Cat Joins NASA's Moon Mining Competition
Caterpillar is supporting the NASA Lunabotics Mining Competition at the Kennedy Space Center...
Sen. Voinovich Wins ARTBA’s Highest Honor
Senator George Voinovich (R-Ohio) and Rich Wagman, chairman and CEO of highway and bridge contractor G.A. & F.C. Wagman, are the recipients of the American Road & Transportation Builders Association’s highest honor – the 2009 ARTBA Award...
Silica may Become Cancer Drug Vehicle
Packaging anti-cancer drugs into particles of chemically modified silica improve the drugs' ability to fight skin cancer in mice, according to new research...
Incentive Pay Can Spur Cheating
Paying employees to perform better can enhance their productivity, but also can entice them to cheat, finds a new study by Ryerson University and University of Guelph researchers...
China Construction to Grow 9%
Construction expenditures in China are expected to rise 9.1% per annum in real terms through 2014, moderating significantly from the pace of the 2004-2009 period...
AASHTO Wants Ports Improved
Inland and Gulf Coast ports in Mississippi pumped more than $6.2 billion into the state's economy in 2009, producing 46,000 jobs and a payroll worth more than $1.8 billion, according to statistics from the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials...
Roanoke Cement Praised for Safety, Air Quality
Roanoke Cement Company's Winston-Salem terminal has been honored by North Carolina state and county government for its safety and air quality...
Court Allows MSHA to Close Hearings
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia has ruled in favor of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration in a recent challenge to the agency’s decision to conduct private interviews as part of its investigation of the Upper Big Branch Mine explosion...
MSHA Outlines Hearing Process for Upper Big Branch
The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration further defined its plans for a series of public hearings in the investigation of the April 5 explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine in Raleigh County, W.Va....
HeidelbergCement, IFC to develop Africa's Cement Capacities
HeidelbergCement and IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, signed an agreement to support the development of local infrastructure in Sub-Saharan Africa by increasing the local supply of cement...
Granite Construction's Dorey Retires
William Dorey, president and CEO of Granite Construction, will retire Aug. 31 after 42 years with the company...
Quantum Mechanics Used to Understand Silica
Scientists have used quantum mechanics to reveal that the most common mineral on Earth is relatively uncommon deep within the planet...
PCA: Climate Bill Needs to Protect U.S. Cement Industry
The energy and climate legislation released last week by Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) addresses several issues important to maintaining a strong domestic manufacturing sector...
Home Builder Confidence Up in May
Builder confidence in the market for newly built, single-family homes rose for a second consecutive month in May to its highest level in more than two years, according to the latest National Association of Home Builders Wells Fargo Housing Market Index...
Vulcan Settles Illinois Lawsuit
Vulcan Materials Co. reached a settlement of a lawsuit filed against it by the state of Illinois and the Illinois Department of Transportation...
Employment Index Grows at Slower Pace
The Conference Board Employment Trends Index increased again in April for the eighth consecutive month. The index now stands at 94.7, up from March's revised figure of 93.9. The index is up 7.1% from a year ago...
Confidence Low for Older Adult Home Building
Builder confidence in the mature-housing market remained weak, according to 2010 first-quarter data from the National Association of Home Builders' 55+ Housing Market Index...
Granite's Joint Venture to Compete for Projects in Guam
The joint-venture team composed of Granite Construction, Hensel Phelps and Traylor Brothers is among seven teams of contractors awarded a $4 billion multiple-award construction contract by the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC), Pacific...
ARTBA: Senate Climate Bill Shorts Transportation
A majority of the revenue generated from a new transportation user fee included in a climate bill proposed in the U.S. Senate would be diverted to nontransportation purposes--a departure from 54 years of federal policy, according to the American Road & Transportation Builders Association...
Cement Demand to Grow in S. Africa
Increased infrastructural spending by the government, numerous planned projects by public corporations, low-cost housing projects, and the revival of residential building construction are factors likely to spur the demand for cement in South Africa over the next few years...
MSHA to Hold Public Meetings on Massey Investigation
The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration plans to hold two public hearings, two public forums and a public comment period as part of its overall federal investigation into the April 5 explosion at Massey Energy’s Upper Big Branch Mine in Raleigh County, W.Va....
April Great Lakes Limestone up 1 Million Tons
Shipments of limestone on the Great Lakes in April point to a continued rebound in economic activity in the nation’s industrial heartland...
Holcim Constructs Cement Plant on Java
In view of the continuous economic growth in Indonesia, Holcim Ltd. will build a new cement plant with an annual capacity of 1.6 million tons in the eastern part of the main island of Java, near the city of Tuban...
Recovery Act Stimulates 300,000 Transportation Jobs
At least 311,000 direct, on-project highway and transit jobs have been created or sustained across the country during the first year of the Recovery Act, according to a report released last week by the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee...
North American Limestone Enters High-Calcium Market
North American Limestone Corp., through its wholly owned subsidiary, Ohio River Trading Co., has leased a grinding and processing facility for high-calcium carbonate limestone...
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