Caterpillar Inc. announced it will locate a limited group of senior executives and support functions in the Chicago area later this year and reaffirmed the ongoing importance of its presence in Peoria and Central Illinois.
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JCB’s North American Dealer Network Adds Las Vegas Location
Equipment dealer Southwest Material Handling Inc., headquartered in Mira Loma, Calif., added a new JCB-dedicated location in Las Vegas. JCB of Las Vegas offers JCB’s industry-leading backhoe loaders and telehandlers, rough terrain forklifts, large and compact excavators, and skid steers and compact track loaders with unique side-entry doors and a patented, single-arm PowerBoom, according to the manufacturer. “Considering JCB’s dedication to the…
Read MoreMB Crusher America Attachments
MB Crusher manufactures a line of jaw crusher attachments that will allow contractors to easily move with their equipment and crush material right where they are. “If you’re working in a small or tight area, you’ll want to save all the time and money you can, especially if you need to transport material to be processed. With our attachments, you…
Read MoreThis Week’s Market Buzz
Light, sweet crude for delivery rose 44 cents, or 0.8 percent, to $53.19 a barrel during the Globex electronic session of the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent crude for March delivery added 48 cents, or 0.9 percent, to $55.56/barrel. Prices continue to swing back and forth around the low $50-a-barrel level, and traders continue to weigh the outlook for a…
Read MoreProppant Transport Technology for Use in High Salinity Water
Fairmount Santrol announced an extension to Propel SSP proppant transport technology, which increases hydraulic fracturing efficiency, for plays where operators face high produced-water disposal costs and constraints on freshwater availability.
Read MoreEagle’s Proppant Business Down in Third Quarter
Eagle Materials Inc. reported financial results for the third quarter of fiscal 2017 ended Dec. 31, 2016. The company is reporting:
Read MoreHamm: We Can Double Oil Production to 20 Million Barrels a Day
U.S. drillers have the ability to double the country’s oil production to 20 million barrels a day, but doing so too soon would tank oil prices, Continental Resources CEO and fracking advocate Harold Hamm said.
Read MoreInfrastructure on the Front Burner
Jan. 24, 2017 – The National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association reports that President Trump signed an executive order that is designed to speed up environmental reviews and fast-track critical infrastructure projects. “We intend to fix our country, our bridges, our roadways,” he said at a press event. “We can’t be in an environmental process for 15 years if a bridge…
Read MoreQuarry Lockout Continues in Canada
Workers at Texada Quarrying on Texada Island in British Columbia, Canada, have been locked out since the middle of October, reported the Powell River Peak. Bargaining between LafargeHolcim and United Steelworkers Local 816 has fallen through over wording around seniority rights, despite an offer to improve benefits and wages from the company.
Read MoreNonmetallic Mineral Products Index Increases in December
The nonmetallic mineral products industry leading index increased to 255.6 in December from a downwardly revised 253.6 in November. Its six-month smoothed growth rate increased to 3.7 percent in December from a downwardly revised 2.2 percent in November, according to the U.S Geological Survey.
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