Job Satisfaction at Lowest Level in Two Decades
Americans of all ages and income brackets continue to grow increasingly unhappy at work—a long-term trend that should be a red flag to employers, according to a report by The Conference Board...
Practices of Innovative CEOs
The most innovative CEOs spend 50% more time practicing five specific innovation skills than do their less creative counterparts, according to a six-year study by three prominent business scholars....
Labor Data Points to Beginning of Job Creation Process
The December 84,000-job loss figure released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics was more than projected, but a three-month data review suggests that labor conditions are improving at a pace better than expected.<...
Mining Fatalities Record Low in 2009
Preliminary data from the U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration indicates that mine fatalities in 2009 fell to an all-time low for the second straight year. ...
AGG1 Launches Interactive Website
Industry professionals can go online to access all the information they need to register for and participate in the upcoming AGG1 Aggregates Forum & Expo and World of Asphalt Show and Conference.
The show ...
Transportation Top Priority for Counties Group
Surface transportation and aviation program reauthorizations, the inclusion of county priorities in any jobs creation package and in health care reform efforts, and a reduction of unfunded mandates are top legislative priorities in 2010 for the National Association of Counties...
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...
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