The management team of NALC USA Corp., wholly owned subsidiary of North American Limestone Corp. based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, announced the buyout of the company’s assets, effective July 1, 2014. The name of the new entity is NALC, LLC.
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Construction Spending Ticks Up in May
The U.S. Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce announced that construction spending during May 2014 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $956.1 billion, 0.1 percent (±1.6 percent) above the revised April estimate of $955.1 billion. The May figure is 6.6 percent (±2.1 percent) above the May 2013 estimate of $896.6 billion.
Read MoreEdwards Named COO of Aggregates Industries US
Guy Edwards has been appointed chief operating officer by Aggregate Industries US, a Holcim group company.
Read MoreCASE Joins Forces with Texas Good Roads, ASCO
CASE Construction Equipment has partnered with the Texas Good Roads and Transportation Association and ASCO Equipment to bring its Dire States initiative to Texas in support of Proposition 1 (the Texas Transportation Funding Amendment).
Read MoreVolvo CE Inaugurates New Customer Center
Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) inaugurated its North American Customer Center on June 23, with a ribbon cutting by Congressman Bill Shuster, Congressman Lou Barletta, Congressman Scott Perry, Volvo CE Americas President Göran Lindgren, Swedish Ambassador to the United States Björn Lyrvall, Pennsylvania State Senator Richard Alloway and other dignitaries.
Read MoreOne-Third of Trucks on Road Use Clean Diesel
More than one-third of all medium and heavy duty commercial trucks registered in the United States – 2.9 million of 8.8 million trucks – are now equipped with newer technology clean diesel engines, according to new data compiled by HIS Automotive for the Diesel Technology Forum (DTF).
Read MoreTerex Horizontal Screen Module
Terex Minerals Processing Systems (MPS) displayed its MHS6203 Horizontal Screen Module, “a mainstay of screening efficiency in its ever expanding modular product range,” at this year’s Hillhead show in Buxton, England.
Read MoreVolvo Launches New Products at Florida Event
Volvo Construction Equipment, at a special media event, introduced three new products at Flagler Construction Equipment in Tampa. Flagler is the exclusive Volvo dealer in Florida. Rock Products’ Associate Editor Josephine Smith was on hand for the roll-out. The products introduced were: The EC380E excavator. The EC380E is a 38-metric-ton-class excavator crawler that will be launched in December 2014. The…
Read MoreDrilling and Blasting Safety is Critically Important
MSHA’s Accident Prevention Program includes tips on drilling and blasting safety. Following are several items the agency wants to bring to the attention of plant operators or contractors performing drilling and blasting operations in quarries. Avoid Surface EntanglementsMany accidents have occurred when miners have come into contact with rotating drills: They tried to manually thread drill steels, unplug clogged suction…
Read MoreFixing a Flat
July 7, 2014 – According to NSSGA, the Senate Finance Committee is targeting this week to decide on how to temporarily fix the Highway Trust Fund. The Congressional Budget Office estimated June 27 that the Highway Trust Fund will require a $6.6 billion infusion of cash to continue uninterrupted payouts to the states through the end of the year and…
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