Senate Committee Touts Six-Year Transportation Bill

May 14 – According to the National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association (NSSGA), leaders of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee released a bipartisan, six-year surface transportation bill May 12 that would maintain spending on federal-aid highways at current levels plus inflation.

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Vibration Analysis for Optimum Screen Performance

  Data Mining Can Help Achieve Optimum Machine Performance. By Carol Wasson Most producers will agree that vibrating screens must be properly specified and designed, or they will be the biggest bottleneck within an operation. The key to optimum screening is maximizing capacity without losing efficiency – and that means that there are many operating parameters that one must consider.…

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Volvo to Work with EPA, NHTSA

The Volvo Group committed its support to working with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on Phase II of the national program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve the fuel efficiency of medium- and heavy-duty trucks and buses. The announcement followed the Obama Administration’s statement that the EPA and NHTSA develop…

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Q&A with Ekkhart Matthies

How is a company like Weir Minerals helping mine operators prepare for the future while facing the challenges today? As the pressures continue to build on the mining and aggregates industries, mine operators are pressed to identify solutions that maintain, or even, improve their bottom line. Some of the solutions are complicated, some are relatively easy. Many mines around the…

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