Martin Marietta Materials News

Martin Marietta Materials posted a loss per diluted share of $0.07, compared with earnings per diluted share of $0.60 for the same quarter last year.

The United Way of Forsyth County says that it raised $17.2 million in its 2009 campaign, $200,000 more than its goal.

The closing of a plant near the North Carolina- Virginia state line will eliminate 40 jobs.

SPARTA a ' Martin Marietta Composites Inc. said yesterday that it is closing its manufacturing plant in Sparta, eliminating 40 jobs.

ANDERSON TWP. - After dozens of hours of hearings over the past 17 months, the two sides in the fight over a proposed underground limestone mine in Anderson Township will square off for the last time Monday.

Dust, noise, traffic - " even explosions. That's what some Anderson Township residents say can be expected if a limestone mine moves into the neighborhood.

ANDERSON TWP., Ohio -- Anderson Township's Board of Zoning is holding a meeting to discuss a controversial mine proposal Monday night.

A new lucrative contract with a major public company will keep Port Manatee rocking for the next 30 years.

PALMETTO, Fla.-- --The Manatee County Port Authority authorized a 30-year, $42 million contract with Martin Marietta Materials at its Dec.

Filed under: Analyst reports , Analyst upgrades and downgrades , Analyst initiations , AOL Analyst Upgrades Stephens upgraded Martin Marietta to overweight from equal weight on valuation and expectations that infrastructure and highway spending will increase.

CHANGE IN RATINGS CA upgraded at Deutsche from Hold to Buy. $28 price target. Emerging opportunity in virtualization is significant.

A compromise has been crafted between two gravel quarries near the Raccoon River and area residents who say the noise and debris caused by the businesses are harming their quality of life.

West Des Moines City Council members face a new noise problem. It has nothing to do with music, but everything to do with rock.

Raleigh-based Martin Marietta Materials has signed a distribution agreement with Well Fargo Securities to distribute up to 1.94 million shares of Martin Marietta common stock with an aggregate offering price of $62.3 million in blocks over time.

Martin Marietta Materials Inc. has announced that its 64-year-old chairman and CEO, Stephen P. Zelnak Jr., will retire in the middle of 2010 after leading the company for more than 27 years.

Home Depot, the largest home-improvement retailer, says its third-quarter earnings fell 8.9 percent as the housing and renovation markets remained weak.

Speaker: John Anderson, Vice President N. Ga District "Martin Marietta Materials" Martin Marietta Aggregates is a leading producer of construction aggregates in the United States, supplying the crushed stone, sand and gravel used to build the roads, sidewalks and foundations on which we live

The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area - by Chris Baysden Triangle Business Journal Longtime Martin Marietta Materials Inc.

Anne H. Lloyd, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.

Several local stocks soared Monday as the Dow Jones Industrial Index hit a 13-month high, and the major U.S. markets posted sizable gains.