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Industry Overview

PART 1: INDUSTRY STRUCTURE (Aggregates & Mining)

1.1 What We Actually Do

We do not “serve mining.”

We perform:

Aerial inventory measurement and volumetric reporting for outdoor bulk materials.

Mining & aggregates just happens to be the best-fit vertical.

Core Function:

  • Capture aerial imagery

  • Generate 3D surface models

  • Calculate volumes

  • Provide cut/fill comparisons

  • Deliver audit-ready reporting

Everything else is industry context.

1.2 The Mining & Aggregates Ecosystem

A. Metals Mining (Not Our Focus)

  • Gold, copper, iron ore

  • Massive open pits

  • Benches, haul roads, highwalls

  • Rare in Texas

  • Highly engineered, global operators

Status: Opportunistic, not primary.

B. Coal Mining (Declining Sector)

  • Strip mining

  • Draglines

  • Massive earth movement

  • Regulatory decline

Status: Low priority.

C. Construction Materials (PRIMARY FOCUS)

This is where we dominate.

It includes:

  • Crushed Stone (Quarries)

  • Sand & Gravel (Dredge or excavated)

  • Lime/Cement

  • Terminals

  • Ready Mix (Batch Plants)

  • Asphalt Plants

  • Concrete Recyclers

This entire chain touches the same materials multiple times.

That’s the key insight.

 

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