Metso Obtained Long-Term Funding 

Metso has made a placement of five-year bonds to a group of European investors under Metso's EMTN program. ...

Lafarge Sells Quality Pavement Repair to Quikrete  

Lafarge sold its Quality Pavement Repair division to Quikrete. Harris Williams & Co. acted as the exclusive advisor ...

Demand for Great Lakes Limestone Weak in May  

With the construction and steel industries mired in recession, demand for limestone on the Great Lakes in May was down ...

Obama sets Stimulus Targets for Second 100 Days 

During the second 100 days of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act...

Grupo Carmelo Names new President and CEO 

Puerto Rican aggregate and concrete producer Grupo Carmelo named Edgar Figueroa as president and CEO...

Addressing the Highway Trust Fund 

Addressing the long-term solvency of the federal Highway Trust Fund (HTF) and sustaining the gains of the stimulus law should be motivating factors...

City and Industry Squabble Over Ordinance in Vermont 

Bristol Vermont has prepared a draft to revise a zoning ordinance related to mining...

Perttu Louhiluoto to lead Metso's EMEA market area 

Perttu Louhiluoto has been appointed senior vice president of Metso’s EMEA market...

Finland Lime Plant Boost Production 

ABB, a power and automation technology group has increased production increase figures achieved by their Expert Optimizer solution ...

Mack Reaches Union Agreement  

Mack Trucks Inc. employees represented by the United Auto Workers have ratified a new 40-month Master Agreement...

A hard Road Ahead 

It seems that the issues surrounding and potentially derailing each successive long-term transportation funding bill are more complicated than the last....

Recession is not Always a Buyer's Market 

With mining and processing equipment inventories piling up, this recession would seem to be a buyer’s paradise. But, not so fast, says Martin Burhans, a financial consultant with Heartland Resources. He’s been dealing with heavy-equipment and finance issues for more than 25 years, part of that time working for such companies as Lafarge and Hanson....

Eagle Materials CFO Resigns 

Mark V. Dendle, executive vice president of finance and administration and CFO for Eagle Materials, will resign effective June 12...

China Construction Set to Grow 

According to researchers, construction expenditures in China are forecast to grow 8.1% annually ...

Consumer Confidence Index Increases Sharply 

The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index, which had improved considerably in April...

Multifamily Builder Confidence Up 

Recent hints of optimism in the housing industry appear to have spread to the multifamily sector, according to the first quarter results ...

Polaris Wins Safety Award 

Polaris Minerals’ subsidiary, Orca Sand & Gravel Ltd., won the 2008 Stuart/O'Brian Safety Award ...

ARTBA Hands out Awards 

Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), and Gene McCormick, a top executive with the engineering firm Parsons Brinckerhoff are the recipients ...

Continental Materials Reports Q1 Loss 

Continental Materials Corp. reported a net loss of $490,000 or 31 cents per diluted share for its first quarter ending April 4...

Granite Construction Declares Quarterly Dividend 

Granite Construction Incorporated (NYSE:GVA) today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend...

Cemex and Service Rock Opposed Near Vegas 

Cemex and Service Rock Products, are seeing some tough opposition to a proposed gravel quarry in the Las Vegas Valley's southern tip...

Builder Confidence Continues to Rise in May 

Builder confidence in the market for newly built, single-family homes improved for a second consecutive month in May to the highest level since September of 2008...

Lafarge Sells Canadian Asphalt and Paving Operations  

Coco Paving Inc., will acquire Lafarge Eastern Canada’s Ontario and Quebec asphalt and paving construction operations...

Biden Delivers Report on Stimulus Progress 

Vice President Joe Biden submitted his first quarterly report to President Obama detailing progress implementing the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act...

Obama Calls for Scientific Integrity 

In May, President Obama issued a memorandum directing his administration to use sound science...

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