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Patented, Continuous Process Creates High-Quality Biodiesel (1st / 2nd Quarter 2007) Complementing its range of petroleum and fuel services, Vecenergy, a unit of corporate parent Vecellio Group, has entered the alternative fuel industry by partnering with BIDA (Biodiesel de Andalucia), a European technology firm which has conducted extensive research with Spain’s University of Cordoba to develop…

White Rock Reaches Top Of The Heap, Quarry Ranked Largest Producer In U.S. (1st / 2nd Quarter 2007) White Rock has cemented its reputation as a high-volume, low-cost producer of limestone aggregates. Its main quarry, situated along US-27 / Okeechobee Rd. in Miami-Dade County, FL, has been recognized as the largest-producing crushed stone location in the…

WRQ Safety Slogans (1st / 2nd Quarters 2007) Safety slogans are more than just signs on the wall at White Rock Quarries. Through regularly held contests, employees themselves contribute safety slogans, getting everyone into the spirit of safety. Gary Moorer receives a check from Tim Blaisdell for his slogan, “Safety is Free; Don’t Pay with…

White Rock Sponsors Relay For Life (3rd/4th Quarter 2006) J.C. Bermudez, Mayor of Doral, FL, addresses the crowd at the Doral / American Cancer Society Relay For Life earlier in the year. White Rock Quarries was an event sponsor and received certificates of appreciation from Doral and Miami-Dade County. Return to top   Giving Back To…

White Rock Steps Up Capacity With World’s Largest Aggregate Dragline (1st/2nd Quarter 2006)       Vecellio Group owners Katie, Leo, Michael and Christopher Vecellio stand with North American Mining’s Cliff Miercourt and White Rock’s Jim Hurley at the catered luncheon. In the foreground is a custom-made cake featuring a “Marion 8200” at work. White Rock…

White Rock Production Photos (3rd & 4th Quarters 2005) Loader Operator Manuel Gutierrez extends the pad at White Rock Quarries South in Miami-Dade, FL, after heavy rains raised the water table throughout the area. High-capacity front-end loaders can quickly fill customer trucks at White Rock Quarries main operations. Material is loaded into a haul truck…

Asphalt: America’s Most Recycled Product (1st/2nd Quarter 2005) Asphalt pavement is the most recycled product in the country, pound for pound. Rubble asphalt from road surfaces is taken to recycling centers, such as White Rock Quarries’ portable Recycled Asphalt Products division, which operates onsite at its customers’ asphalt plants. There, the rubble is converted into…

  Aerial view showing both the new plant (dark gray conveyors) and existing plant. White Rock Steps Up Production In Miami (4th Quarter 2004) Florida is the second largest consumer of limestone aggregate in the nation. The state is also the second largest producer, but the heavy demand still outpaces available supply. To help the…

WRQ’s Craig Evans Named FLAI Chair (3rd Quarter 2004) White Rock Quarries Sales Manager Craig Evans has been elected Governing Board Chairman of the Florida Limerock and Aggregate Institute, which serves as an industry liaison to the legislature and public. Evans has been employed by White Rock since 1997. White Rock Quarries — On-The-Job Photos…

Vecellio Group Climbs ENR’s “Top 400” Contractor Rankings (1st/2nd Quarter 2004) White Rock Quarries is part of the Vecellio Group, Inc., which has moved up 15 spots to #153 on Engineering News-Record’s annual ranking of the Top 400 contractors in the United States. In its specialty, transportation construction, the Vecellio Group ranks in the Top…