FMI Corp. released its “2019 FMI Overview,” featuring FMI’s latest forecast, the 2019 U.S. and Canada Construction Outlook. The publication offers comprehensive construction forecasts for a broad range of market segments and geographies in the United States and Canada and provides valuable insights from FMI executives on how to navigate the next 12 months.
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Carbo Sells Millen, Ga., Plant
Carbo Ceramics closed a $23 million deal to sell its Millen, Ga., plant to U.S. Silica. The plant makes ceramics proppants for hydraulic fracturing.
Read MorePreferred Proppants Opens New Resin-Coating Facility
Preferred Proppants, LLC announced that it has commenced commercial operations at its resin-coating facility in Monahans, Texas. Preferred said it is the first company to open an in-basin resin coating facility to serve the Permian Basin.
Read MoreAthabasca Scores Test Results for Montney Project
Athabasca Minerals Inc. (AMI) has provided its initial test results for the Montney in-basin frac sand project (MIB project) in Canada.
Read MoreVista Transload Terminal Facilitates Texas Deliveries
Vista Proppants and Logistics announced the commencement of operations of a transload terminal facility to facilitate enhanced delivery of frac sand into the Midland and Delaware Basins of the Permian Basin.
Read MoreThis Week’s Market Buzz
• International Brent crude oil futures fell 55 cents, or nearly 1 percent, to $60.95 per barrel at press time, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures fell 52 cents, or 1 percent, to $52.49 per barrel.
Read MoreHelp NAPA Track U.S. Use of Recycled Materials, Warm Mix
Every asphalt mix producer in the United States is asked to participate in the National Asphalt Pavement Association’s (NAPA) annual survey on the use of recycled materials and warm-mix asphalt. This survey is conducted by NAPA under a cooperative agreement with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and is an important tool for tracking the use of sustainable practices by the…
Read MoreKespry Features Innovations at World of Concrete
Drone-based aerial intelligence solution provider Kespry highlighted its new construction industry-focused innovations at the World of Concrete show in Las Vegas in collaboration with John Deere’s exhibit. Kespry displayed new capabilities to improve the efficiency of earthworks construction projects, including site-design plan integration, removal of heavy equipment from automated volumetric and progress tracking and a new tool to provide rapid…
Read MoreSullivan Predicts Construction Spending Increases
At World of Concrete in Las Vegas, Ed Sullivan, executive vice president and chief economist for the Portland Cement Association, noted that the state of the economy is good. Sullivan’s presentation is one of the highlights of the show each year. He is predicting construction spending increases of 2.2 percent, 1.5 percent, 0.9 percent, 1.1 percent and 1.3 percent from 2019 to 2023. He is predicting cement production increases…
Read MoreInfrastructure Whispering
Jan. 22, 2019 – Reuters reported that 20 high-ranking Trump administration officials met with the president to discuss a potential infrastructure plan. According to reporters David Shepardson and Alexandra Alper, “the administration is considering a 13-year program but has not settled on key issues, including whether it will propose new ways to pay for increased spending.” The 13-year aspect would mirror…
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