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The company recently finished construction on a perlite plant in Nebraska .
“ We ’ re shipping ore from Nevada — our own mine , our own perlite ore facility — and we ’ re shipping it in railcars to Nebraska ,” Jones said . “ It gives us a nice centrally located perlite facility to supply what is a pretty big market in the Midwest .”
He added that among other improvements , the company is also investing heavily in their exploration group to facilitate the discovery of new ore deposits . Among those investments are technologies that improve their overall drilling ability .
It would be wrong in every sense of the expression to refer to the veteran company as an up-and-comer or say they were “ on the path ” to success — they ’ ve been there for some time . Rather , it ’ s important to point out all the ways they ’ re already present in the market around us , and that they have no intentions of slowing down .
“ I think it ’ s worth noting that a lot of businesses are selling commodities and they don ’ t have a lot of interaction with the end-use markets ,” Jones said . “ One thing that we ’ ve always been focused on , and its part of our growth story , is not only understanding our markets that we sell into and understanding the value that our products contribute to those applications , but working on new applications . That ’ s what ’ s always gotten me interested in the business : the constant opportunity to find something new and figure out how we can sell into a new space .”
Company Information
Industry
Mining
headquarters
Nevada
founded
1843
employees
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