AGGREGATE STOCKPILE SYSTEM INCREASES PRODUCTION CAPACITY AT ALABAMA MINE Reputation is everything; each supplier in the chain needs companies and equipment it can rely on, recently benefiting from the quick delivery of a tailored dolomite stockpiling system is Lhoist North America TEXT
Zack Hood
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Bruks Siwertell
LHOIST GROUP KNOWS A LOT ABOUT AGGREGATES . The company has global status as a leading producer of lime, dolime, sometimes known as dolomitic lime, and minerals. Lhoist understands what it needs from the dry bulk handling equipment that keeps these caustic, alkaline materials flowing from mines to end users.
Commencing operations in Belgium in 1889, the company has undergone a series of expansions, and now operates around 100 facilities, including lime, limestone and dolomite plants, in more than 25 countries. Lhoist’s development 32
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has also seen an international spread, and in the 1980s, it established subsidiary company, Lhoist North America. Lhoist North America also has a reputation firmly placed as a major supplier of lime, limestone and clay products throughout the US and into Canada. One of its key locations is the Brierfield quarry, near Brierfield, in Bibb County, Alabama. This active stone mine specializes in crushed, broken limestone, and for the past few months has been seeing the benefits of new aggregate handling equipment from Bruks Siwertell.