Bauma Overcomes Volcano
Bauma 2010 organizers say this year’s show marks a turnaround in the international construction machinery industry. And, this was despite the ban on air travel, which contributed to a 17% drop in attendance...
AASHTO Calls for Balanced Approach to Livability
The Department of Transportation has indicated that livability is among the administration's top priorities for future transportation funding. Soon it will be up to Congress to determine how livability will fit into the next multiyear transportation authorization legislation...
MSHA Ramps up Coal Inspections
The Mine Safety and Health Administration launched an inspection blitz at 57 coal mines with a significant number of violations or conditions that may include problems relating to methane accumulations, ventilation practices, rock dust applications and inadequate mine examinations...
ARTBA Argues Against Emissions Retrofitting Rule
The American Road & Transportation Builders Association is asking the Environmental Protection Agency to not grant California a waiver allowing a proposal to require the mandatory retrofitting of off-road diesel ...
Conexpo-Con/Agg 2011 gains International Buying Status
Conexpo-Con/Agg 2011 and the co-located IFPE 2011 have been named to the federal government's International Buyer Program. The program is designed to boost international attendance at U.S.-based trade shows and create international business opportunities for show exhibitors...
Mich., Canadian Leaders Want new Intl Bridge
Stressing the importance of growing jobs, commerce and trade, an all-star line-up of leaders from Michigan and Canadian business and labor, city and the state governments together urged Michigan lawmakers to pass legislation to allow Michigan to enter a public-private partnership to build and operate a new ...
MGA Receives Certification for Self-Cleaning Concrete
MGA Cast Stone, which makes architectural precast and cast stone, has been certified to manufacture photocatalysis cement induced concrete...
VantaCore to Invest $115M in Aggregate Industry
VantaCore Partners consummated a significant acquisition-financing package that it will use to acquire aggregate operations. The financing consisting of $100 million of equity funding from Trilantic Capital Partners and a $15 million Acquisition Facility from PNC. ...
Miner Dispute Flares in L.A.
Hundreds of miners and family members involved in a labor dispute at Rio Tinto's borax mine in the Mojave Desert join supporters from across Southern California in a protest against the U. K. mining corporation at the British consulate in Los Angeles. ...
Road Funding Subject of House Hearing
The massive gap between current federal investment levels and what the Department of Transportation says is needed to maintain and improve highway and transit systems cannot be closed without boosting current user fees and significantly expanding the use of other financing methods...
Senate Road Committee Hears Safety Pitch
The Senate Environmental and Public Works Committee recently held a hearing on improving transportation safety. Industry groups tried to make the connection between increased funding and increased safety....
MSHA Admits Computer Errors, Launches Investigation at W.V. Mine
Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis admitted that computer errors kept the agency from giving Massey Energy’s Upper Big Branch mine as a pattern of violation status. ...
ARTBA Urges Clarity, Flexibility in Transportation Planning
The American Road & Transportation Builders Association told the White House Council on Environmental Quality in comments submitted April 9, that the categorical exclusion ...
NIOSH Seeks Asbestos Comments
The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health is accepting comments on a proposed asbestos bulletin until April 16....
Groups Oppose Divert Fees in Climate and Energy Legislation
The American Association of the State Highway and Transportation Officials is one of 27 transportation, industry, and labor organizations urging the lawmakers to ensure climate and energy legislation that retains the long-standing principle ...
NSSGA Taskforce Addresses MSHA
The National Stone Sand & Gravel Association’s ad hoc taskforce on worker safety and health policy has developed possible legislative remedies for the Mine Safety and Health Administration enforcement seen as inappropriate. ...
Panel Addresses Infrastructure Bank Concept
The National Chamber Foundation, a division of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, held the first in a five-part series on the potential creation of a national infrastructure bank. ...
Researchers to Diagnose Troubled Bridges
Tess Ahlborn, a professor of civil and environmental engineering, is leading a team of two dozen Michigan Technological University researchers working to identify the best remote-sensing technologies for monitoring the health of bridges. ...
Court Rules for Vulcan Texas Quarry
The 5th Circuit Court recently ruled in favor of Vulcan Materials’ proposed quarry in Medina County, Texas. The ruling upheld decisions made by the Surface Transportation Board and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. ...
Conexpo-Con/Agg Management Committee Named
Michael Haberman, President of Gradall will serve as chairman of the 2011 Conexpo-Con/Agg show-management committee. ...
25 Dead in W.Va. Coal Mine Explosion
A methane gas explosion in an underground coal mine on Monday has killed 25 workers; four remained trapped, but danger in the mine forced rescue workers to suspend their efforts to find those missing. It is the worst mining tragedy in decades....
Aggregate Shipments Fall 21% in Q4
The U.S. Geological Survey reports that an estimated 255 million metric tons of crushed stone was produced and shipped for consumption in the United States in the fourth quarter of 2009, a decrease of 20% compared with that of the same period of 2008. The ...
Pervasive Bacteria Found in Chinese Drywall
Sabre Environmental Services announced the latest results of its continuing research and analysis of Chinese drywall. Testing performed by Sabre and independent labs has demonstrated viable bacteria present in Chinese drywall...
Polaris Minerals Sales Drop in 2009
Polaris Minerals reported sales of $18.8 million, a 36% decrease over sales of $29.6 million generated in the prior year for the year ended Dec. 31, 2009. ...
Study Examines EPA Rule Effects on Cement
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