By Henry Chajet
Read MoreMonth: August 2014
June Construction Jumps 6 Percent
Modest Gains Reported For Housing And Nonbuilding Construction; New Highway Construction Starts Improve 6 Percent. By Mark S. Kuhar
Read MorePermitting – August 2014
Cemex Requests Hearing DelayCemex has asked for a postponement before a controversial mining expansion at its Brooksville, Fla., site in Hernando County, was set to go before county commissioners at a public hearing. Cemex has asked for a postponement until Dec. 9. The action comes one week after planning and zoning board members shot down Cemex’s request to amend the…
Read MoreRoach’s Rules for Digital Communication
By Thomas J. Roach In the industrial age we had Murphy and his Law: Anything that can go wrong will go wrong. Of course, stuff was made out of wood and metal. It broke and rusted and bent and eventually stopped working. In the age of digital communication we have the opposite problem.
Read MoreJuly Construction Rises; Highways Down
New construction starts in July climbed 6 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $588.8 billion, according to McGraw Hill Construction, a division of McGraw Hill Financial. Nonresidential building continued to advance, supported by yet another robust month for manufacturing plant projects as well as improvement for commercial building.
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The three-person Buffalo County, Wis., Board of Adjustment tabled a conditional use permit for the Seven Sands frac sand mine and wash plant at a recent public hearing in Alma, Wis. The hearing lasted six hours and included expert testimony by consultants hired by Glacier Sands, the company that would operate the mine, as well as attorneys representing the Cochrane-Fountain…
Read MoreProgram Announced for Frac Sand Insider Conference
Rock Products magazine will present the second annual Frac Sand Insider Conference & Exhibition, Nov. 16-18, 2014, at the Westin Hotel and Conference Center in Pittsburgh.
Read MoreCN, Superior Sands Partner on Project
CN and Superior Silica Sands announced a multi-year agreement to move frac sand from a new processing plant now under construction in northern Wisconsin.
Read MoreVictory Nickel Commissions 7P Plant
Victory Nickel Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiary Victory Silica Ltd. announced the successful completion of commissioning of its 500,000 tpy Seven Persons frac sand plant (7P Plant) near Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada.
Read MoreMexico Invests in Energy Projects
The Secretary of Energy, Pedro Joaquín Coldwell, and the General Director of the CFE Enrique Ochoa Reza announced the concessions for five mega projects that represent a total of $2.8 billion that add 1,642 megawatts (MW) of generation to total installed capacity for Mexico.
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