Episode 57: 2025 reflections and onward to 2026

About this episode

The episode reflects on the key developments in the aggregate industry throughout 2025 and looks ahead to 2026.

As 2025 comes to a close, Drilling Deeper wraps up the year with one final episode that reflects on what shaped the aggregate industry over the past 12 months – and what’s already building momentum for 2026. Editorial director Kevin Yanik and managing editor Jack Kopanski open the show with year-end banter before diving into Pit & Quarry’s 16 most-read stories of 2025. From major equipment launches and autonomous equipment advancements to mergers and acquisitions, this episode revis...

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Hosts: Kevin Yanik, Jack Kopanski

Topics covered

• aggregate industry
• year-end reflection
• equipment advancements
• mergers and acquisitions
• most-read stories

Keywords

• aggregate industry
• 2025
• 2026
• equipment launches
• autonomous equipment
• mergers
• acquisitions

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Organizations: Pit & Quarry

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