The new Model MR-7 Screener from Midwestern Industries features a compact, highly efficient design engineered for conveyor-type installations. The double-deck MR-7 allows materials to be separated from an approximately 1-in. opening on the top deck to a separation down to 1/8-in. opening on the bottom screening deck. This deck combination with end-tensioned panels provides a screening unit that can effectively…
Read MoreDay: June 2, 2014
New Home Sales Rise Again
Sales of newly built, single-family homes rose 6.4 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 433,000 units in April, according to newly released data from HUD and the U.S. Census Bureau. The gain builds on an upward revision of sales numbers reported for the previous month. “Builders are gradually increasing sales, but tight credit conditions, particularly for first-time home…
Read MoreConstruction Spending Ticks Upward
April construction spending was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $953.5 billion. Find out how highways fared.
Read MoreMemphis Stone’s Parks Testifies Before Congress
Alan Parks shared his company’s experiences with water permitting regulations. Find out about the caution he issued regarding regulatory overreach.
Read MoreMSHA Announces Results of April Impact Inspections
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration today announced that federal inspectors issued 147 citations and 15 orders during special impact inspections conducted at 12 coal mines and four metal and nonmetal mines in April. The monthly inspections, which began in force in April 2010 following the explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine, involve mines that…
Read MoreW.S. Tyler Demonstrates Hydro-Clean at New Jersey Plant
W.S. Tyler, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, and Kemper Equipment, Honey Brook, Pa., demonstrated Hydro-Clean Mobile Test Plant at R.E. Pierson’s quarry operation in Bridgeport, N.J., on May 22. Rock Products Editor Mark Kuhar attended the demonstration. W.S. Tyler utilized its Hydro-Clean Mobile Test Plant at the site, which enables operations to test Hydro-Clean washing technology before committing to a capital…
Read MoreAggregates Production Strong in First Quarter
The estimated U.S. output of construction aggregates produced and shipped for consumption in the first quarter of 2014 was 370 metric tons (Mt,) an increase of 7 percent compared with that of the same period of 2013, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. “The revised estimated annual output produced for consumption in 2013 was 2.03 billion metric tons (Gt,) still…
Read MoreAlan Parks
Alan Parks, vice president, Memphis Stone & Gravel Co., Memphis, Tenn., testified before Congress on behalf of the aggregates industry and NSSGA, sharing his company’s experiences with water permitting regulations. Congratulations, Alan, you are a Rock Star!
Read MoreApac Central Wins Award
June 2, 2014 – The winners keep rolling in. Apac Central, a division of Oldcastle Materials, received the Argos Win-Win Award jointly with Arkansas and Missouri Railroad. The Argos Win-Win award, made at the North American Rail Shippers Association conference in San Francisco, recognizes innovation and co-operation in a sometimes adversarial relationship. It is given to railroads, shippers and organizations that develop innovative…
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