New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co. Inc. announced that it has further developed its previously disclosed cost-reduction and operational-efficiency plan. The company has appointed BDO USA LLP as the company’s new independent registered public accounting firm for its fiscal year ending Feb. 28, 2014.
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Congressional Fellowship
November 24, 2013 – Want to go shake up Congress? Someone has to. The Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (SME) has established a Congressional Fellowship for mining for the 2014-2015 legislative session in Washington, D.C. The application process opens Dec. 1 and closes Dec. 31, 2013. The successful candidate will begin work in Washington Sept. 1, 2014, and conclude…
Read MoreInfrastructure Bank Bill Introduced
Sens. Mark Warner (D-Va.) and Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) announced Nov. 14 the introduction of the BRIDGE Act, a bipartisan bill designed to create an “independent nonpartisan financing authority” to accompany current transportation funding. The legislation proposes setting up a $10 billion infrastructure bank. The authority would use the funding to provide loans and loan guarantees to help states and localities fund “the…
Read MoreSandvik Construction /Dyno Nobel Quarry Academy a Success
Strategic alliance partners Sandvik Construction and Dyno Nobel held their annual Quarry Academy Nov. 12-15, at the Omni La Mansion del Rio Hotel in San Antonio. More than 130 producers from all over the country took advantage of the program. Rock Products Editor Mark Kuhar was the only quarry industry editor to attend the event.
Read MoreVulcan, Martin Marietta Look Ahead
Vulcan Materials and Martin Marietta Materials, in their respective quarterly reports, looked ahead to the end of 2013 and into 2014.
Read MoreDufferin Aggregates Honored for Safety
Dufferin Aggregates, a division of Holcim (Canada) Inc., was recognized as one of Canada’s Safest Employers in 2013. This honor identifies outstanding achievements in workplace health and safety that span 11 categories, including mining and natural resources, for which Dufferin Aggregates was selected.
Read MoreNSSGA Urges Passage of WRDA
The U.S. House of Representatives on Nov. 14 agreed to go to conference with the Senate to resolve differences between their respective versions of the Water Resources Development Act reauthorization. The House appointed 28 conferees – 16 Republicans and 12 Democrats.
Read MoreBuilder Confidence Holds Steady in November
Builder confidence in the market for newly built, single-family homes was unchanged in November from a downwardly revised level of 54 on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI). This means that for the sixth consecutive month, more builders have viewed market conditions as good than poor.
Read MoreConstruction Employers Add 11,000 Jobs In October
Construction employment hit a 50-month high as employers added 11,000 jobs in October, the fifth consecutive month of sector job gains, and the industry unemployment rate fell to 9 percent, according to an analysis of new government data by the Associated General Contractors of America. Association officials said that the new employment figures indicate there was little nationwide short-term impact…
Read MoreOff-Highway Diesel Prices
The national estimated average price-per-gallon for off-highway diesel fuel as of Nov. 18 is $3.552. That is lower than the previous comparison price-per-gallon of $3.619.
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