A Closer Look Vulcan on track for eighth record year

摘要

With aggregate operations serving 22, mostly southern states, Vulcan Materials Co. is the largest supplier of crushed stone, sand and gravel in the United States. And as the industry leader, it is on track to complete its eighth consecutive year of record earnings.Despite lower-than-anticipated demand in some markets, particularly during the last three weeks of September, Vulcan reported sales of 1,593.6 million dollars from its construction materials segment during the first nine months of 2001, a 12.8 percent increase from the same period in 2000. Segment earnings for the nine months were 299.2 million dollars, 3.6 percent greater than the prior-year period.