Screen Machine Industries LLC is now offering SMI Compact Crushers and Screening Plants. These machines are significantly smaller than the standard line crushers and screens that Screen Machine has been manufacturing and selling for more than a half century. “We see huge potential for SMI Compact equipment, especially in urban areas where full-size crushing & screening machines are simply too…
Read MoreMonth: August 2019
AEM Sets a New Course
Aug. 29, 2019 – The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) board of directors has approved a new 2020-2022 Strategic Plan that will set the long-term direction of the association and guide its activities and services. The plan was reviewed and approved by the board at its Aug. 7 meeting in Indianapolis. The goals of the new Strategic Plan are 1) Build positive…
Read MoreMSHA Moves Closer to a Silica Rule
On Aug. 29, the Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA) took a step closer to an updated regulation for respirable crystalline silica. In a published Request for Information (RFI), the agency is soliciting “data and information on economically and technologically feasible best practices” to protect the health of coal miners and metal/nonmetal workers from “exposure to quartz, including a reduced [workplace…
Read MoreNSSGA and PCA Hire Pritchard
The National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association (NSSGA) and Portland Cement Association (PCA) have joined together on hiring Director of Construction Materials Safety Policy Elizabeth “Libby” Pritchard. Pritchard, an aggregates industry veteran, has begun her work to promote and defend the interests of NSSGA and PCA members on all safety-related legislative and regulatory issues as well as provide technical assistance to members seeking…
Read MoreChamber Decries Roadblocks to Labor Day Travel
As summer comes to an end and Congress prepares to head back to Washington, D.C., the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is continuing to urge lawmakers to pass a comprehensive infrastructure bill this year and save Americans money and time on the roads.
Read MoreNew Study Details Mining Industry Hearing Loss
A new study published in the American Journal of Industrial Medicine is the first to examine hearing loss prevalence and risk by industry within most mining sector industries; as well as the oil and gas extraction sector.
Read MoreODNR’s Abandoned Mine Land Program Wins Award
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources’ (ODNR) Abandoned Mine Land (AML) Program has won the U.S. Department of the Interior’s (USDOI) Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation National Award for its work on the Dessecker Mine Project in Tuscarawas County. ODNR will be honored at the 2019 AML Reclamation Awards in Pittsburgh on Sept. 9.
Read MoreSuperior Names Belt Tech New Conveyor Components Distributor
Superior Industries, Inc. announced Belt Tech, Inc. as its new conveyor components distributor for the Central Appalachia region of the United States. The 40-year-old family business will stock, sell and service the manufacturer’s conveyor idlers, pulleys, scrapers and accessories in in southern West Virginia, western Virginia, east Kentucky and east Tennessee. “Belt Tech’s entire business is built around keeping their customer’s conveyors…
Read MoreAnother Court Strikes Down Wetlands Proposal
A federal district judge has ruled an Obama administration-era wetlands regulation fails to comply with the law, handing the 2015 directive its second defeat since May, according to the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA).
Read MoreHighway Work Bounces Back
Aug. 26, 2019 – You don’t expect highway and bridge construction to dip during the summer construction season, but that is exactly what happened in June. Fortunately, July was a different story. Highway and bridge construction in July improved 9%, rebounding after a 5% decline in June, according to Dodge Data & Analytics. Large highway and bridge projects entered as July construction starts were the $238 million project to repair the…
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