Leading Economic Index Declines
The Conference Board Leading Economic Index for the United States declined 0.2% in June to 109.8, following a 0.5% increase in May and a 0.1% decline in April...
Cemex Wins Panama Canal Expansion Contract
Cemex was awarded a supply contract for approximately 500,000 tons of cement for construction of a third set of locks in the Panama Canal expansion project...
Silvi Supplies Rock for Airport Construction
Gibraltar Rock Inc., a division of the Silvi Group Companies, is wrapping up the delivery of 260,000 tons of stone used to manufacture ready-mix concrete on site in the JFK Airport bay runway reconstruction...
TXI Reports Losses, Aggregate Shipments Flat
Texas Industries reported financial results for the quarter and year ended May 31, 2010...
New Strategy Needed for America's Bridges
Built to last 50 years, the bulk of the nation's 590,000 bridges are 43 years old...
Hillhead Quarry Show Finishes
After last year's cancellation, England's Hillhead, a working quarry and recycling show, was again held at a Tarmac quarry near Buxton in late June...
Graniterock Donates to Horse Show
During a week-long horse show event in California next month, equestrians typically are not thinking about the clean up involved after hundreds of horses and their riders compete in hunting and jumping competitions...
Voters Wrongly Think Stimulus Spent on Infrastructure
Association of Equipment Manufacturers released details of a nationwide poll it commissioned about voter attitudes on the economy, manufacturing and transportation infrastructure...
Study: Effective Leadership Depend on Leaders at all Levels
Successful senior leadership depends on the collective effectiveness of other leaders throughout the organizational hierarchy, according to a study co-authored by Professor Jennifer Chatman at the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley...
Housing Falls 5% in June
Single-family housing starts were virtually unchanged from the previous month at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 454,000 units in June, according the U.S. Commerce Department...
TXI Changes Stock Holder Rules
Texas Industries has reached an agreement with its largest shareholder, NNS Holding, a holding company controlled by Nassef Sawiris, for the early termination of its shareholder rights agreement...
Aggregates Left Out of Mine Safety Bill
At a full House Education and Labor Committee markup of proposed mine safety legislation, surface and underground aggregates mines were excluded from provisions that were designed to prevent reoccurrences of disasters like the Upper Big Branch coal mine tragedy...
Former Mine Regulators Criticize MSHA Bar
Massey Energy says that two former, high-ranking federal mining regulators, David Lauriski, former assistant secretary of labor for the Mine Safety and Health Administration, and former MSHA Deputy Administrator Michael Lawless agree that MSHA has exceeded its legal authority by barring Massey from photographing and conducting other tests at its Upper Big Branch mine ...
MSHA's Main Testifies on Mine Bill
Administration safety leaders testified at a recent House Education and Labor Committee hearing on H.R. 5663, the Miner Safety and Health Act of 2010...
MSHA Offers Mine Safety Grants
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration will hold a competition for $500,000 in safety and health training grants to help identify, avoid and prevent unsafe working conditions in and around mines...
AIMS 2010 Third International Symposium
More than 380 participants from 32 countries attended the third international symposium Mineral Resources and Mine Development of the Aachen International Mining Symposia (AIMS) series at the RWTH Aachen University in Germany in late May...
Lakes Limestone Trade Up 29% in June
Shipments of limestone on the Great Lakes totaled 3.9 million net tons in June, an increase of 6.2% compared with May, and an increase of 29% compared with a year ago...
DOT Convenes Panel on Transportation Funding
In a panel session hosted by the Department of Transportation, the 2010 American Road & Transportation Builders Association Chairman Larry Tate said it was time to level with the public about the scope of the transportation challenges facing the nation and how much time and money it will take to address them...
Survey: Demolition Market Improving
A recent survey of the member companies of the National Demolition Association reveals that the companies are experiencing a slow improvement in the dynamics of the demolition industry...
Granite Lands Calif. Rail Project
Granite Construction has been awarded a $78 million contract by the Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board of Caltrain for a rail project approximately 10 miles south of San Francisco...
Employment Index Signals Moderate Job Growth
The Conference Board Employment Trends Index increased again in June for the eleventh consecutive month...
Vulcan's Concrete Plant Green-Star Facility
The National Ready Mixed Concrete Association awarded Vulcan Materials Company, Western Division's Palomar Transit Mix subsidiary's Oceanside concrete plant with NRMCA's Green-Star Certification...
AASHTO: Freight Transportation Demands Near Crisis
In 10 years, an additional 1.8 million trucks will be on the road; in 20 years, for every two trucks today, another one will be added...
CEO Confidence Holds Steady
The Conference Board Measure of CEO Confidence, which had decreased in the first quarter, was unchanged in the second quarter...
New Transit Gets $293 Million
A $293 million investment announced by U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood means that residents in dozens of communities nationwide will see major transit improvements, including new streetcars, buses and transit facilities...
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