National Driller, October 1st, 2004
Crushed stone, or aggregate, is used to make concrete and asphalt roads, concrete for homes and office buildings, and is used in a wide variety of erosion control projects. Approximately 50 percent of all aggregate is used for publicly funded construction projects--i.e., highways, water and sewer systems, public buildings, airports and other county and municipal public works projects.
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It's a Blast
The photo to the upper left is a view of Wake Stone Corp.'s crushed stone quarry near Raleigh, N.C. It is located near an i...
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