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Thornton Quarry is one of the largest aggregate quarries in the world, located in Thornton, Illinois just south of Chicago. The quarry is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) long, 0.5 miles (0.80 km) wide, and 450 feet (140 m) deep at its deepest point. Gallagher Asphalt Corporation has been operating on the grounds of the quarry since 1928.
In May 2005, the company announced a $65 million expansion of its plant in LaSalle, Illinois. [4] In September 2012, the company acquired plants in Sugar Creek, Missouri and Tulsa, Oklahoma from Lafarge for $446 million. [5] In October 2014, the company acquired CRS Proppants LLC, a frac sand supplier, for $225 million. [6]
Aggregate Industries, a member of the Holcim Group, is a company based in the United Kingdom with headquarters at Bardon Hill, Coalville, Leicestershire. Aggregate Industries manufactures and supplies a range of heavy building materials, primarily aggregates such as stone , asphalt and concrete to the construction industry and other business ...
Thornton Quarry, just south of Chicago, Illinois. One of the largest aggregate quarries in the world, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) long, 0.5 miles wide, and up to 450 feet deep, site of a Silurian reef. Quarried since 1836. The quarry also acts as an emergency flood control reservoir as part of Chicago Deep Tunnel project.
At least eight people in were injured in Decatur, Illinois, after an explosion at a processing plant operated by Archer Daniels Midland Company, officials said.
Tyson Foods held a ceremony Wednesday to celebrate a $180 million investment to the manufacturing plant in Caseyville. ... Tyson employs more than 4,000 full-time workers in Illinois, and 293 at ...
[1] [2] There are thousands of aggregate-producing companies in the US, operating in each of the 50 states, and employing 105,000 people. Most aggregate is used by the construction industry, where it is an essential raw material and the main ingredient in concrete and asphalt concrete .
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