Extra-coarse and ultra-fine grades are generally reserved for rough sanding and polishing. A medium or fine grade works best for most projects around the house. The coarsest sandpaper grades and grits ...

Bloomberg on Thursday reported that privately held building-materials maker Quikrete Holdings has approached Summit about a potential takeover, with a per-share price in the "low 50s," according ...

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A representative for Quikrete couldn’t immediately be reached for comment. Summit’s shares, which had previously gained only 5.6% this year, rose as much as 13% on Thursday. The shares closed ...

Summit Materials (NYSE:SUM) is catching attention with shares surging to all-time-high at $45 at the time of writing, driven by a reported takeover bid from Quikrete Holdings in the "low 50s" per ...

Summit Materials (NYSE:SUM) jumped 7% after a report that Quikrete Holdings approached the company about a takeover. The building materials company is working with advisers as it pursues an offer ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Building materials provider Quikrete has approached rival Summit Materials, which has a market value of more than $7 billion, with an acquisition offer, people familiar with ...

Quikrete Holdings has approached Summit Materials (SUM) about a potential takeover, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg’s Aaron Kirchfeld and Crystal Tse. The building materials maker ...

A worker has died at a sand mine in Lochaber. Emergency services were called to Lochaline Quartz Sand Ltd at Lochaline at about 12:25 on Monday. Police said the man was pronounced dead at the scene.

Some jurisdictions are trying to crack down on illegal mining, but the world's insatiable demand for sand is unlikely to slow. As one of the deadliest typhoons in decades ripped through Vietnam ...

Take a walk along a beach in parts of South Australia, and you may come across unusual patches of pink sand. When a team of geologists began analysing samples of this mysterious sand to find out ...