The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) released its quarterly U.S. mine and plant production data for selected mineral commodities. These are provided to the Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System (FRS), for use in preparing its index of industrial production and the related capacity indexes and capacity utilization rates.
Read MoreMonth: September 2014
Off-Highway Diesel Prices
The national estimated average price-per-gallon for off-highway diesel fuel as of Sept. 23 is $3.508. That is lower than the previous comparison price-per-gallon of $3.547.
Read MoreABB Promotes Energy Efficiency
ABB announced at the UN Climate Summit in New York that it is joining the United Nations Environment Program’s global action on improving appliance and equipment efficiency. The company will provide expertise on energy efficient motors and transformers to help governments devise policies that accelerate energy savings. “ABB is excited to be part of the United Nations initiative and to…
Read MoreBridging the Funding Gap
Sept. 23, 2014 – Big cheer for Pennsylvania for innovative infrastructure financing. More than 500 of Pennsylvania’s worst bridges will be replaced under a program that uses a private consortium to finance, design and build the bridges and then maintain them for 25 years. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation released the final list of 558 state bridges in the Rapid…
Read MoreTransportation Empowerment Act Strongly Opposed
On Sept. 16, a broad coalition of highway users, construction sector groups, and the general business community sent a letter to strongly oppose the Transportation Empowerment Act (TEA).
Read MoreLafarge Appoints Roux
Bruno Roux was appointed president and chief executive officer for the Eastern Canada business unit of Lafarge Canada Inc. In his new role, Roux will serve as Lafarge’s senior leader for all market areas and product lines in Ontario, Quebec, and the Atlantic provinces. Roux will also join the Board of Directors of Lafarge Canada Inc. Roux’s responsibilities include all…
Read MoreBeckmann Quarry Reaches Safety Milestone
The Beckmann Quarry, owned and operated by Martin Marietta Materials, celebrated a milestone of reaching two million consecutively logged employee hours without a reportable incident or incident of lost time. This covers a period that stretches back to 2007. “I am very proud of the team at the Beckmann Quarry for putting safety first. Reaching two million logged hours without…
Read MoreAugust Construction Declines; Highways Move Up
At a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $540.6 billion, new construction starts in August dropped 9 percent, according to McGraw Hill Construction, a division of McGraw Hill Financial. The decline followed July’s elevated volume, the strongest so far in 2014, and brought activity back to the average pace reported during the first seven months of this year.
Read MoreW.S. Tyler, Haver Host Open House, Symposium
W.S. Tyler and its sister company Haver Filling Systems held an open house and technical symposium on Sept. 11 for more than 70 customers at Haver’s Conyers, Ga., office and warehouse complex. Rock Products Associate Editor Josephine Smith was the only aggregates industry editor at the event.
Read MoreHousing Starts Fall in August
Led by a steep 31.7 percent decline in multifamily production, nationwide housing starts fell 14.4 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 956,000 units in August, according to newly released figures from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Census Bureau. Single-family housing starts dropped 2.4 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 643,000…
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