Profiles

ASGA talks truck registry, global production and awards excellence at 2019 AGM

ASGA’s 2019 Award of Excellence was presented by ASGA past-president Travis Coates to Lafarge Canada’s Bill Gowdy for the company’s biodiversity program at its Berrymoor pit, approximately a 90-minute drive west of Edmonton.

The Alberta Sand & Gravel Association (ASGA) kicked off its annual general meeting and trade show held Jan. 9 and 10 with a record registration of approximately 265 attendees flocking to the River Cree Resort & Casino in Enoch, Alta.

CSC releases revised standard industry best practice document; shifts role

The Cornerstone Standards Council (CSC) announces the release of its Responsible Aggregate Standard (V4) and changes to CSC's role moving forward. This announcement comes following a pilot period of CSC's Standard (V3) to evaluate the effectiveness of the standard.

Education and outreach: Lafarge Canada creates win-win scenario in northern Alberta

At 15 tonnes, Alberta uses more tonnes of aggregate per capita than any other province. Despite the province’s needs for stone, sand and gravel products, industry still has its challenges starting up and operating pits and quarries in many communities, due to concerns from residents related to groundwater quality, increased truck traffic, and potential dust and noise. In areas where residents are especially concerned, community outreach and regular communication between producers and residents are keys to creating positive relationships between municipalities and aggregate companies.

Feeling the pinch

Land reclamation is of great importance to sand and gravel producers in Alberta, and from smaller operators to larger ones, all of them realize the value of being good stewards to the environment in which they operate. The Alberta Sand & Gravel Association’s (ASGA) very roots go back to ensuring that players in the aggregate industry in Alberta go about their work in an ecologically responsible way; which ensures that land is reclaimed to a state which makes it usable once more.

Lafarge Canada awarded 2018 ESAA Industry Award

Lafarge Canada was awarded the 2018 ESAA Industry Award for Environmental Innovation.

Lafarge Habitat for Humanity Partnership Carter Work Project 2017

Check out the highlights from Lafarge's Habitat for Humanity Partnership Carter Work Project in 2017.

Luck Stone expands operations deeper into Southeast U.S.

Luck Stone, the crushed stone and aggregates division of Luck Companies, has significantly broadened its footprint into new areas of the southeastern U.S. following the acquisitions of Stephens Industries in Atlanta, Ga., and Willow Oak Quarry in Kershaw County, S.C.

Lehigh Hanson announces 2018 Quarry Life Award winners for North America

Lehigh Hanson, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of HeidelbergCement, is pleased to announce the winners of the 2018 Quarry Life Award for North America. The Quarry Life Award program is HeidelbergCement's international research and education competition focusing on mining sites and the need to raise awareness about the biological value of mineral extraction sites worldwide.

Crushing it in cottage country

Currently one of the main focuses of Darren Neil’s business is custom crushing.

Darren Neil has built and grown Darren Neil and Sons Excavating Inc. from the ground up in the heart of Ontario’s cottage country. Born and raised in Collingwood, Ont., Darren identified several opportunities in his hometown where a person with a strong entrepreneurial spirit could build a business doing niche work within the construction sector. In 2003, he did exactly that.

MHCA increasingly concerned about Quarry Rehab Program

The future of a long-standing and successful program that sees spent pits and quarries rehabilitated is in doubt after months of no movement by the provincial government to flow funds to pay for the work.

Polycor merges with Indiana Limestone Company

The largest producer of natural stone in North America, Polycor Inc., is pleased to announce the completion of its merger with Indiana Limestone Company (ILCO), a leading dimensional limestone quarrier and building products producer headquartered in Bloomington, Ind. This announcement comes shortly after Polycor's recent acquisition of four limestone quarries in France in July, now positioning the company as a global leader in the natural stone industry.

ASGA report on Minister Jansen meeting

Alberta Sand & Gravel Association Rocky View Committee chair Travis Coates and executive director John Ashton reports back from their meeting with Alberta Infrastructure Minister Sandra Jansen.

Creative sentencing: Alberta Occupational Health and Safety going beyond fines

Workers expect to come home safely from their jobs. What happens when they don’t? How does society move forward from workplace fatalities? Are fines enough? Are any lessons learned when a company is convicted, pays a fine and carries on with its work in silence?

Walker Industries donates to two community projects

Walker Industries has a long tradition of giving back to the communities in which we live and work. We have recently committed $75,000 over the next five years to two important community projects in Niagara.

New OSSGA appointment to MLRC

June 15, 2018 - Matt McDonald has been appointed as the new OSSGA representative on the Mining Legislative Review Committee (MLRC). He succeeds Jim Clark who was the industry member for many years.