Wake Stone Corporation, one of the nation’s largest independent quarry operators, has reached an agreement to sell its business to Vulcan Materials Company, the nation’s largest producer of construction aggregates.
Since 1982, Raleigh’s Wake Stone Corp. has pulled 55 million tons of rock from its quarry adjacent to Umstead State Park and near Raleigh Durham International Airport in western Wake County. Read full article here.
Wake Stone has been blasting and crushing rock for 42 years near Umstead State Park. The company would like to expand and build a second quarry on leased Raleigh-Durham International Airport property. The News & Observer reports on the ongoing…
The head of Wake Stone Corp. says a settlement with the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality doesn’t mean rock blasting is imminent at a planned rock quarry near Umstead State Park.
State regulators have reached a settlement with Wake Stone to allow a new quarry to operate next to Umstead State Park.
For years, environmentalists have been protesting plans for a new quarry next to Umstead State Park – causing challenges for Wake Stone Corp. as legal fees pile up and operational plans get delayed.
After years of stakeholder engagement and due diligence, the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Division of Energy, Mineral and Land Resources has issued Wake Stone Corporation a mining permit modification to expand the Triangle Quarry to the adjacent 105-acre…
KNIGHTDALE, NC – Wake Stone Corporation, a leader in aggregate products in North and South Carolina, announced a donation to the Town of Knightdale for the development of an inclusive playground at Harper Park. The $226,000 donation is a matching…
By all accounts Umstead State Park is flourishing. It consistently ranks one of the most-visited parks in North Carolina, welcoming more than a million people annually — all while Raleigh-Durham International Airport and two quarries have operated for decades on…
The approval of Wake Stone Corporation’s lease proposal by the Raleigh-Durham Airport Authority paves the way for significant recreational and economic benefits for the Triangle.