Unfired bricks dry at The Belden Brick Co., in Sugarcreek, Ohio, U.S., on Thursday, July 28, 2011. Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg
Fired bricks cool as they exit a tunnel kiln at The Belden Brick Co., in Sugarcreek, Ohio, U.S., on Thursday, July 28, 2011. Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg
A cube of bricks wrapped in shipping bands move on a conveyor at The Belden Brick Co., in Sugarcreek, Ohio, U.S., on Thursday, July 28, 2011. Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg