Heidelberg Restarts Sale of Activities in Israel
HeidelbergCement is restarting the sale of its activities in Israel. This move follows an indication by antitrust authorities in Israel that they would oppose the originally intended sale to Mashav-Initiating and Development Ltd. ...
EPA Strengthens Emission Standards for Large Ships
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized a rule setting tough engine and fuel standards for large U.S.-flagged ships.
The agency calls this a major milestone in its coordinated strategy to slash marine diesel emissions....
Jobs Bill Holds $39 Billion for T&I Programs
A bill to build on the success of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act by creating jobs through infrastructure investment narrowly passed the House of Representatives by a five-vote margin—217 to 212...
Recovery Act Funds 10,000th Highway Project
The Federal Highway Administration has approved 10,000 highway projects funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 since its passage in February...
Harrington Suceeds Kitzmiller as Lehigh Hanson CEO
Daniel M. Harrington will succeed James K. Kitzmiller as CEO of Lehigh Hanson effective Jan. 1. Kitzmiller will retire after more than 39 years of service with the company. ...
Report: North Dakota’s Highway System is Best
North Dakota continues to have the nation's most cost-effective, state-owned highway system, according to the Los Angeles-based Reason Foundation's 18th Annual Highway Report. ...
Americans not Feeling benefits from ARRA
Most Americans think the condition of the infrastructure in their area has stayed the same or worsened despite the billions of dollars made available to state and local governments ...
NRP Acquires Ariz. Aggregate Reserves
Natural Resource Partners L.P. acquired approximately 220 acres of mineral and surface rights related to sand and gravel reserves in southern Arizona for $3.75 million. ...
Lakes Limestone Trade at 25-Year Low
The Great Lakes limestone trade has closed for the year and the 2009 total is the lowest since 1984. U.S. and Canadian ports shipped 23.5 million net tons of limestone in 2009. ...
Smaller Goverments Earn More with Resource Development
States with small governments, low taxes and labor market freedom enjoy greater benefits from natural resource development than states with large and intrusive government policies, according to a new study by a Florida State University researcher...
Mapes Wins Environmental Award
Dan Mapes of the National Lime & Stone Company, Findlay, Ohio, will receive the National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association's 2009 Environmental Leadership Award. ...
Study: Global Aggregate Demand to Top 28B Tons
World demand for construction aggregates is forecast to expand 2.9% annually through 2013 to 28.7 billion metric tons. ...
NSSGA Board Members Announced
The National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association recently elected its new board members. The board will begin its term at the upcoming Annual Convention, Feb. 14-17, 2010. ...
ARTBA’s Sant to Chairman Safety Equipment Institute
American Road & Transportation Builders Association Vice President of Safety & Education Brad Sant was elected chairman of the Virginia-based Safety Equipment Institute.<...
Lakes Limestone Down 11% in Nov
Shipments of limestone from U.S. and Canadian Great Lakes ports totaled 3.1 million net tons in November, a decrease of 11% compared with a year ago. ...
Holcim Names New Managers
Bill Bolsover will retire from his position as Holcim's area manager and member of the senior management at the end of March 2010. In 2006, he was appointed CEO of Aggregate Industries with activities in the United Kingdom and the United States. ...
Feds put up $32 Million for 100 Tribal Projects
A new bus maintenance facility for the Navajo Nation in Arizona and a new transportation center for the Eastern Band of Cherokee in North Carolina are two of the transit projects on tribal lands that will share in $32 million in Public Transportation on Indian Reservations funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration.<...
FAA Bill Extended
The House of Representatives passed HR 4217 that extends current federal aviation programs and taxes through March 31, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials reported. The fuel and ticket taxes support the Airport and Airway Trust Fund. ...
Study: Climate Initiatives Won’t Harm Economy
Measures being proposed by the U.S. Climate Action Partnership to curb greenhouse gas emissions are unlikely to affect potential long-term economic growth in the United States...
Vulcan Elects Directors
Kathleen Wilson-Thompson and James T. Prokopanko were elected to Vulcan Materials Company’s board of directors.
Wilson-Thompson is the senior vice president of global human resources for the Kellogg Company....
Former Aggregate Owner gets 3 Years for Tax Fraud
Micheal Fisher, a former co-owner of Fisher Sand & Gravel Co. Inc. based in Dickinson, N.D., was sentenced to 37 months in prison. Fisher was ordered to pay a $90,000 fine and to pay restitution of $308,069....
Obama Wants to Double ARRA Infrastructure Spending
President Obama recently outlined his plan to ease the nation’s unemployment. Part of that plan calls for pumping an additional $50 billion into infrastructure spending directed at roads and bridges.<...
AASHTO Responds to President's Speech on Job Creation
Statement by John Horsley, Executive Director, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials...
Highway Construction Market Expected to Grow
Driven by record federal investment in surface transportation, increased spending through the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act, and continued decreasing material prices, the highway construction market is expected to grow eight percent in 2010, according to the American Road & Transportation Builders Association’s annual economic forecast....
Bauma 2010 Focuses on Emissions Rules
A major theme among the innovations to be expected at Bauma 2010 in Munich is bringing experts together to search for solutions to Stage III B Directive 97/68/EC and Tier 4 US emissions legislation. ...
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