The Highway Materials Group – including The National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association (NSSGA) and other members who supply the materials and equipment that build and maintain the nation’s roads, highways and bridges – is renewing the push for increased highway funding during Infrastructure Week 2016. This week offers our industry the opportunity to highlight the importance of the nation’s…
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Lannon Stone Chooses Telsmith
Lannon Stone Products Inc. has selected Telsmith screens to be installed in a retrofit application as part of their facility wide processing equipment upgrade. A 6- x 20-ft. Vibro-King TL was installed to replace an aging Hewitt-Robins screen, while two 8- x 20-ft. Vibro-King TL screens were selected in place of the existing models. Lannon Stone elected to use Telsmith screening solutions for…
Read MoreMassachusetts Producer Settles with MSHA
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) announced a global settlement with Worcester Sand and Gravel Co. Inc., of Shrewsbury, Mass., to resolve citations and orders in three separate dockets. An administrative law judge with the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission approved the settlements amounting to $181,200, the largest penalty amounts recovered from a…
Read MoreMSHA Enhancing Enforcement of ‘Rules to Live By’
In a meeting with mining industry stakeholders, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) announced that the agency is enhancing enforcement of its “Rules to Live By” initiative of standards commonly cited following mining deaths, as well as nine underground coal mine exam rule standards for hazards that pose the greatest risk to miners in underground…
Read MoreVermeer Debuts Terrain Leveler Surface Excavation Machine
At a special media event in San Antonio, Texas, Vermeer elaborated on precision surface excavation. The process utilizes the Vermeer Terrain Leveler surface excavation machine (SEM), which was created when Vermeer took a rock trencher, removed the trencher attachment and added a patented tilt-head milling attachment with top-down cutting action. Top-down cutting allows the cutter teeth to gain penetration without…
Read MoreLafarge Quarry, Local Students Release Salmon Into River
Lafarge North America’s Presque Isle Quarry (a member of LafargeHolcim), in partnership with Rogers City Middle School in Rogers City, Mich., recently released nearly 200 juvenile salmon, known as salmon fry, into the Trout River in Presque Isle County. This project was part of the Wildlife Habitat Council’s Salmon in the Classroom Program. “This is our ninth consecutive year participating in…
Read MoreBack on the Job
May 15, 2016 – Officials with Carmeuse Lime and Stone said they will be recalling most of the workers laid off at the company’s Maysville, Ken., facility this spring. In early March, Carmeuse laid off 76 employees and will be recalling 69 of those employees, based upon increased demand for its products, according to the company. Officials said they are hopeful…
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