Victory Nickel Inc. announced that its subsidiary Victory Silica Ltd. has filled two senior operating positions and has ordered key pieces of equipment for its newly acquired, 400,000-tpy frac sand processing plant – the 7P Facility – located in Seven Persons, Alberta.
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Iowa Board Endorses Study of Frac Sand Health Impact
According to the Decorah Newspapers, the Winneshiek, Iowa, County Board of Supervisors has unanimously endorsed a study that will address the public health impact of frac sand mining.
Read MoreMcCarthy Confirmed at EPA
Environmental Protection Agency official Gina McCarthy won Senate confirmation to head the agency in a 59 to 40 vote on July 18.
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According to Post-Bulletin.com, the Goodhue County, Minn., Mining Study Committee voted to recommend that the county’s silica sand mining moratorium not be extended. The issue passed by a 7-2 vote. Goodhue County was the first Minnesota county to face organized citizen opposition in 2011 after Windsor Permian, an Oklahoma-based energy company, purchased 155 acres of land near Red Wing with…
Read MoreGCAA Announces Support for Automation & Energy Conference
Rock Products is pleased to announce that in addition to the National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association’s (NSSGA) sponsorship, the Georgia Construction Aggregates Association (GCAA) will co-sponsor the magazine’s Automation & Energy Conference being held Nov. 19-21 at the Cobb Galleria Centre in Atlanta.
Read MoreMSHA Touts Record-Low Fatality, Injury Rates
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration announced the release of final data for 2012 that indicate the lowest fatality and injury rates in the history of U.S. mining, along with the lowest rate of contractor fatalities since the agency began calculating those rates in 1983.
Read MoreBuilder Confidence Rises
Builder confidence in the market for newly built, single-family homes rose six points to 57 on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) for July. This is the index’s third consecutive monthly gain and its strongest reading since January 2006.
Read MoreBoart Longyear Sells E&I Drilling Services Operations
Boart Longyear Limited announced the sale of its Environmental and Infrastructure (E&I) drilling services operations to Cascade Drilling, L.P. of Woodinville, Wash.
Read MorePowerscreen Delivers 100th Warrior 2400 Mobile Screen
Powerscreen has delivered its 100th Warrior 2400 mobile screen, this one to distributor General Engineering Services (Genserv) in Oman. One of Oman’s leading infrastructure companies, Galfar Engineering SAOG, originally requested a scalping plant from Genserv.
Read MoreAsh Grove Names President
Ash Grove Cement Co. announced that Stuart E. Tomlinson is joining the company as its vice president of manufacturing for the Midwest region and will be based in the company’s home office in Overland Park, Kan. He will join Ash Grove Aug. 15. The current vice president of manufacturing – Midwest region, Edwin Pierce, retires effective Dec. 31.
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