• IPI: Strengthen The Economy To Strengthen The Country
With the current war on terrorism and the potential for a war with Iraq, The Institute For Policy Innovation's Center For Tax Analysis says that reforming...
• Lafarge Q3 Earnings up 9%; up 29% Year-to-Date
Lafarge North America reported that third-quarter net income rose 9% as pricing gains in most product lines and better cost performance in the company's...
• Lafarge Opens Alabama Cement Plant
Lafarge North America opened a newly modernized 1.4 million tpy cement plant in Calera, Ala. The Roberta plant is a state-of-the art facility where everything...
• Oglebay Norton Reports Q3 Results
Oglebay Norton Chairman and CEO John N. Lauer says, "Despite a tough economy, we were able to improve margins in each of our business segments. Revenue,...
• Vulcan Earns $77 Million in Q3
Vulcan Materials Co. reported third quarter net earnings of $76.8 million, or $0.75 per diluted share, as compared to $92.2 million, or $0.90 per share...
• United States Lime & Minerals' Q3 Results
United States Lime & Minerals reported net income of $585,000 ($0.10 per share) in the third quarter 2002, compared to restated net income of $772,000...
• Economists Say Housing Stable
Spurred by the lowest mortgage interest rates since the 1960s, the housing sector will continue to bolster the economy into next year. Although the path...
• MSHA Establishes New Small Mines Division
The Mine Safety and Health Administration established a Small Mine Office to address the specialized needs of the nearly 6,500 small mines around the...
• Ashland's APAC Division to Sell Tennessee Assets
APAC, Inc., a wholly owned division of Ashland Inc., plans to sell certain assets in the Nashville area to LoJac Enterprises, based in Lebanon, Tenn....
• Proposed Rule Would Allow Alternate Testing of Mining Equipment
The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration issued a proposed rule that would allow manufacturers who seek MSHA approval of their...
• MDU's Aggregate Div. Revenues up 23% in Q3
MDU Resources Group, Inc. announced financial results for the three months ended Sept. 30, showing consolidated earnings of $53.7 million, an increase...
• Housing Rebound in Sept.--Confidence up for Oct.
Total housing starts surged by 13.3% in September to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.84 million units, according to Commerce Department figures,...
• Four More Fatalities in Oct.
There were four more deaths in the aggregate mining industry this month. This raises the total metal/nonmetal mining deaths this year to 33. On Oct. 12,...
• Florida Rock Promotes Veep
Florida Rock Industries promoted Robert W. Howell to vice president, operations for the Florida Concrete Group. Howell has been with Florida Rock since...
• Alaska Needs Better Roads and Bridges
The Road Information Program study concluded that 25% of Alaska’s major urban roads are considered congested because they carry more traffic than they...
• Kobe Steel and Kawasaki form Crusher Partnership
Kobe Steel and Kawasaki Heavy Industries entered a basic agreement to combine the marketing and design portions of their crushing equipment businesses...
• Gephardt's Economic Plan Calls for More Schools
In a speech to the Economic Policy Institute in Washington D.C., House Democratic Leader Richard Gephardt (D-Mo.) offered a plan for promoting both short-...
• Dragon Concrete: 4 Years Without a Lost-Time Injury
The concrete division of Dragon Cement and Concrete completed four years – close to 650,000 work hours – without a lost-time injury among the nearly 100...
• APAC Restructures Operations
APAC Inc., the highway construction and materials division of Ashland Inc., restructured its operations to improve competitive market positions and increase...
• Association Pushes Asphalt Roofing
The Asphalt Roofing Manufacturers Association launched a communication campaign to keep asphalt-roofing products fresh in the minds of builders, architects,...
• Conexpo-Con/Agg 2005 Names Leaders
Gerald L. Shaheen, group president, Caterpillar Inc., and Brenton P. Cook, central region president, Aggregate Industries were selected as co-chairs to...
• Luck Stone Wins Top Community Award
The Virginia Aggregates Association gave Luck Stone Corp. its 2002 Community Impact Award. Presented at the association’s Annual Fall Conference, the...
• OSHA Publication: Se Habla Espanol
A new Spanish language publication, OSHA: Listos para ayudarle! (OSHA: Ready to Help You!), is the newest piece in a growing number of programs and products...
• BNSF Offers On-Time Guarantee
The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Co. is offering a full-money-back guarantee for carload rail service. Shippers will have the option to purchase,...
• OSHA Publication: Se Habla Espanol
A new Spanish language publication, OSHA: Listos para ayudarle! (OSHA: Ready to Help You!), is the newest piece in a growing number of programs and products...
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