EPA Claims Hydraulic Fracturing Impacts Drinking Water

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its scientific report on the impacts from hydraulic fracturing activities on drinking water resources, which provides states and others the scientific foundation to better protect drinking water resources in areas where hydraulic fracturing is occurring or being considered. The report, done at the request of Congress, provides scientific evidence that hydraulic fracturing activities…

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This Week’s Market Buzz

• The possibility of a renewed demand for western Wisconsin’s frac sand in 2017 was discussed on Wisconsin Public Radio’s “The West Side” program on Dec. 12 on 88.3 WHWC-FM/ Menomonie-Eau Claire and 88.7 WRFW-FM/ River Falls. Host Rich Kremer was joined by guests Rich Budinger, operations manager for Fairmont Santrol, and Samir Nangia, a director of consulting with IHS Energy…

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Aggregates Production Dips in Third Quarter; Higher for Year

An estimated 687 million metric tons (Mt) of total construction aggregates was produced and shipped for consumption in the United States in the third quarter of 2016, a slight decrease compared with that of the third quarter of 2015. The estimated production for consumption in the first nine months of 2016 was 1.78 billion metric tons (Gt), an increase of…

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IronDirect’s On-Line Product Demo

Dec. 12. 2016 – On December 15 at 10 a.m. EST, IronDirect is hosting a product demonstration at its Customer Experience Center in Asheville, N.C. During the event, the company will showcase its full line of value-priced excavators, wheel loaders and bulldozers, as well as offer a peek at its Paladin attachment lineup, Case tractor and Miskin scraper. The event will…

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Construction Spending Ticks Upward

The U.S. Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce announced that construction spending during October 2016 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1,172.6 billion, 0.5 percent (±1.5 percent) above the revised September estimate of $1,166.5 billion. The October figure is 3.4 percent (±1.8 percent) above the October 2015 estimate of $1,134.4 billion.

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IronDirect Opens 100-Acre Customer Experience Center

IronDirect, which offers a convenient online platform for construction equipment buyers to acquire machines, attachments, parts and services, announced the grand opening of a 100-acre customer experience center in Asheville, N.C. The state-of-the-art facility offers prospective customers, dealers and sales partners the opportunity to operate and evaluate premium and value-priced equipment from brands such as Paladin, Berco, Lonking, Shantui and…

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Postle Industries Hard Surfacing Wires

Hardface Technologies (by Postle Industries) introduced two austenitic manganese hard surfacing wires. Postalloy 2865-FCO is a flux-cored open-arc wire that deposits a fully austenitic alloy with a much higher chromium content compared to typical manganese alloys. It can be used equally well for joining and buildup/surfacing of carbon, low alloy and manganese steels. Weld deposits have an excellent combination of…

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