• EPA Cites Stone Cutters for Clean Water Act Violations
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency cited seven stone-cutting related companies in northeastern Pennsylvania for violating federal Clean Water Act...
• Court Rules on Engine Makers' Dispute
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia denied motions by Caterpillar and Detroit Diesel Corp. requesting modifications of the consent decrees...
• Turner Corp: Increase In Construction Costs for Q3
The Turner Corp. estimates that construction costs in the third quarter of 2002 are projected to increase 0.16% from the second quarter of 2002. According...
• Centex Closes Texas Quarry
Centex Construction Products, Inc. closed its aggregates quarry and crushing plant in Georgetown, Texas, north of Austin. The operation is owned by CXP...
• MSHA Offers Interactive Compliance Training on HazCom
The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration now has interactive training for mine operators on compliance with its recently issued...
• Rogers Operations Honored in Ky.
Several Rogers Group locations were recently awarded the Good Neighbor Award from the Kentucky Crushed Stone Association. The Good Neighbor Award recognizes...
• Better Roads Can Keep Students Safe
With millions of children returning to class after the Labor Day holiday, traffic safety becomes more than an academic issue as they ride in buses and...
• Grace Period for Non-Attainment is Back
Local jurisdictions that Environmental Protection Agency has determined are not attaining Clean Air Act standards once again will have a one-year grace...
• MMM to Operate Fla. Quarries, Sells in Iowa, Buys in Texas
Martin Marietta Materials signed a mining services agreement allowing it to operate three limestone quarries in northern Florida for Limerock Industries....
• OSHA Announces Restructuring Plan
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is restructuring and realignment of the agency. The reorganization features the creation of a new Office...
• New Home Sales Hit Record High in July
Sales of new homes in July soared to a record 1.02million units on a seasonally adjusted annual basis, according to the Commerce Department. That is a...
• NSSGA Files Wetlands Brief in U.S. Supreme Court
NSSGA filed a "friend of the court" (amicus curiae) brief in support of the plaintiffs in the U.S. Supreme Court case, "Borden Ranch Partnership v. Army...
• All-Lafarge Habitat Home Finished
On August 21, Philippe Rollier, President and CEO of Lafarge North America, traveled to Kansas City, Kansas to formally dedicate a house built almost...
• DeLay to Help Houston Transportation Group
House Majority Whip Tom DeLay (R-Texas) joined a partnership effort to execute a comprehensive transportation policy that will expand mobility in the...
• Congress Likely to Boost Corps Funding
The Senate Appropriations Committee approved a FY2003 water projects bill that would boost the Army Corps of Engineers' funding $475 million more than...
• NSSGA Featured in PBS Enviro Series
The environmental accomplishments and environmental stewardship of the aggregates industry are the focus of the national television series, "American...
• Fish Species Listing Could Hit Industry
In a move that could affect sand and gravel mining operations in the Southwest, the Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed designating the Gila chub,...
• MMS Outlines Limits on OCS Mining
The Minerals Management Service, a branch of the Department of the Interior, issued a final rule specifying how to conduct geological and geophysical...
• Firstline Opening Magnetite Deposit, Sells Sand-Blasting Product
Firstline Environmental Solutions Inc., signed a 5-year agreement with Slate Creek Mining Ltd., to bring its Magnetite mining property near Princeton,...
• TXI Promotes Executives
Dallas based TXI recently promoted four vice presidents. Ronnie Pruitt was promoted to the position of vice president, Cement and Aggregate Sales. Prior...
• TXI Promotes Executives
Dallas based TXI recently promoted four vice presidents. Ronnie Pruitt was promoted to the position of vice president, Cement and Aggregate Sales. Prior...
• Cities Hurt by Economy, Budget Forecast Bleak
Cities predict a bleak future for their budgets, which have been hurt by the economic downturn and the surge in local homeland security spending, according...
• July Housing Starts Decline 2.7%, Permits Hold Steady
In line with expectations, the pace of nationwide housing starts slowed 2.7% in July to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.65 million units, the Commerce...
• Quarry Drownings Prompts Renewed Warnings
A recent spate of drownings has prompted the Mine Safety and Health Administration to reissue warnings about the dangers of swimming in active and abandoned...
• Polyphalt Revenues Grow to $4.7 Million in First Six Months
Polyphalt Inc.'s revenues for the first six months of the year were $4.7 million, an increase of $298,000 compared to the prior period. The company reported...
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