• Construction Put in Place Slips 0.4% in August
"A decline in private nonresidential building and stagnant homebuilding swamped gains in apartment and public construction in August," says Kenneth D....
• MDU Resources Acquires Gesell Concrete Products and Bemidji Blacktop
MDU Resources acquired Gesell Concrete Products, Inc. and Bemidji Blacktop, Inc., privately held ready mix, asphalt and aggregate companies serving northwestern...
• Michigan Agg. Assoc. Gets Safety and Training Grant
The Michigan Department of Consumer and Industry Services awarded the Michigan Aggregates Association a safety and training grant. MAA will use the $40,000...
• Rinker Completes Kiewit Materials Acquisition
Rinker Materials successfully completed the $540 million acquisition of Kiewit Materials, an integrated aggregates, concrete and asphalt company with...
• Study Looks at Mine Pollution in Streams
Downstream from mining sites, a suffocating gel forms in the water of creeks and rivers. A new study by an international team of researchers details the...
• ARTBA Applauds Rep. Young's Streamlining Bill
U.S. House of Representatives Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Don Young (R-Alaska) introduced legislation Sept. 25 designed to reduce...
• Safety Program Receives Top Lafarge North America Award
Lafarge North America announced the second quarter winner of its 2002 President's Award for Commitment to Excellence. Michael Martinez, a quality control...
• Vulcan Lowers Q3 Expectations
Source: Vulcan Materials Co. Vulcan Materials Co. said that earnings for the third quarter are expected to be in the range of $0.74 to $0.82 per share...
• Jeffords to Offer Water Resource Bill
Senate Environment Committee Chairman James Jeffords (I-Vt.) plans to introduce legislation to revamp the Water Resources Development Act and include...
• Granite Construction Awarded $221 Million Waterway Project
Granite Construction as part of TGM Constructors, a joint venture, was awarded a $221 million contract by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville...
• MSHA Clarifies HazCom Training Requirements
The Mine Safety and Health Administration issued a program policy letter clarifying the agency’s expectations under the new Hazard Communication rule’s...
• Caterpillar Donates Historic Excavator To 2008 Olympic Games
Caterpillar donated the 5,000th Caterpillar excavator manufactured in China to The People's Government of Beijing Municipality. Caterpillar Vice President...
• EPA Imposes New Engine Standards
The Environmental Protection Agency adopted new air pollution standards that will affect equipment used in the mining industry. The new rule sets more...
• New Home Sales Hit Record Level in Aug.
New home sales in August increased to a record 996,000 units on a seasonally adjusted annual basis, the Commerce Department reported. That is a 1.9% increase...
• Funding Decision Still up for Grabs
These are critical weeks for Congress as legislators face many decisions over funding government programs through the fiscal 2003 appropriations process....
• UPDATE Expert: Price Fixing Case may be Open-and-Shut
The U.S. Attorney's Office in Boston indicted two Aggregate Industries' officials on charges of mail fraud, witness tampering and conspiracy to collude...
• Concrete Homes Make In-Roads in S.C.
Hurricanes are just part of life in the seaside resort community of Myrtle Beach, SC. But Seacoast Communities is using Insulated Concrete Forms in its...
• U.S. DOT Implements Environmental Order to Speed Decisions on Transportation Projects
The U.S. Department of Transportation is taking to implement President Bush's executive order regarding environmental stewardship and the streamlining...
• Builder Confidence Rebounds in Sept.
Historically low interest rates on home mortgages and their positive effects on buyer demand boosted builder confidence in the market for new single-family...
• Sentinels of Safety Named
The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration and the National Mining Association named eight U.S. mining operations as winners...
• Aggregate Industries Execs Arrested for Price Fixing Conspiracy and Witness Tampering
Two high-level Aggregate Industries' executives were arrested Sept. 10 and charged in federal court with mail fraud, witness tampering, and conspiracy...
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• Environmental Groups Threaten to Sue Over D.C. Air
In a move that could result in delaying federal roadbuilding money from reaching Washington, D.C., Earthjustice and Sierra Club called on U.S. Environmental...
• Aggregate Industries Acquires Wakefield
Bethesda, Md.-based Aggregate Industries acquired the aggregate and ready-mixed concrete assets from Wakefield Materials Inc. The assets are located in...
• Aggregate Industries Acquires Wakefield
Aggregate Industries acquired the aggregate and ready-mixed concrete assets from Wakefield Materials Inc. The assets are located in northern Massachusetts...
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