Eagle Iron Works (EIW), part of McLanahan Corp., hired Tim Denehy as sales manager. With more than 20 years of experience working in the mining and aggregate industries, Denehy has exceptional knowledge about the equipment and processes producers need to create a profitable and reliable operation, according to the company. As sales manager, he will be working with the company’s…
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MSHA Issues Water Safety Alert
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) issued the following statement with regard to water safety.
Read MoreConExpo-Con/Agg Announces 143 Educational Sessions
ConExpo-Con/Agg 2017 organizers announced the show will offer a record 143 educational sessions across 10 tracks. ConExpo-Con/Agg and the co-located IFPE exhibitions will be held March 7- 11, 2017, at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, targeting the construction and construction materials and fluid power/power transmission/motion control industries.
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Oil and gas companies using hydraulic fracturing are expected to continue to ramp up their use of frac sand in their drilling operations. According to Tudor Pickering Holt, drillers have stepped up sand use in order to make wells more productive, rising from 3 million lb. per well in 2013 to 5 million lb. per well in 2014, to 8…
Read MoreWisconsin DNR Releases Industrial Sand Strategic Analysis
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has prepared a strategic analysis to reassess the latest scientific, natural resource and socioeconomic information relating to industrial sand mining and its associated infrastructure in Wisconsin.
Read MoreBMC to Construct New Transload Facility in Texas
A plot of land just south of Pecos, Texas, will become home to the newest transload facility for Badger Mining Corp. (BMC) in the coming months. Sitting on the Pecos Valley Southern Railway, which connects to the Union Pacific in Pecos, the nearly 300-acre site will accommodate 120 railcar spots after Phase I of construction is complete in early 2017.
Read MoreUnimin Plants Receive Community, Safety Awards
Unimin Specialty Minerals and its Tamms and Elco plants have been recognized for outstanding community involvement and support activities as well as safety performance by the Illinois Association of Aggregate Producers (IAAP).
Read MoreNew Pioneer Project in Texas Moves Forward
Pioneer Natural Resources Co. announced that the company closed on its previously announced acquisition of approximately 28,000 net acres in the Midland Basin from Devon Energy for $435 million, before normal closing adjustments.
Read MoreTerramac Expands Market Presence in the Southeast
Terramac, a leading manufacturer of innovative rubber track crawler carriers, appointed Linder Industrial Machinery Co. as part of its dealer network. Linder will represent the versatile Terramac product line in Florida, North Carolina and South Carolina. The dealer will offer Terramac’s RT9, RT14 and RT14R crawler carriers to serve a wide range of industries including general construction, mining, agriculture and…
Read MoreU.S. Shipments Down, Canadian Up on Great Lakes
Shipments of limestone on the Great Lakes totaled 3,348,040 tons in July, a decrease of 18 percent compared to a year ago, according to the Lake Carriers Association. July’s loadings were also 14 percent below the month’s five-year average.
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