February 21, 2014 – Deister Machine Co. Inc., will launch its new BFO-11224-EX2 Mine-Duty Screen at ConExpo-Con/Agg 2014 in Booth #51572. Offering the next generation in machine size and production output, this 12- x 24-ft., horizontal, single-deck unit delivers day-to-day reliability and high-volume capacities in a variety of hard rock mining and mineral processing applications.
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First Quarter Looking Up
February 21, 2014 – Things continue to look up! FMI’s First Quarter Nonresidential Construction Index report shows a 7.5 point increase since the 2013 fourth quarter report, as well as a 6.8 point increase from Q1 2013. This is the highest NRCI score to date.
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Two challengers out-polled incumbent Trempealeau County, Wis., supervisor Tom Bice in a recent primary election, leaving the frac sand mining proponent off the April general election ballot. Jon Schultz and Daryl Kramer received 61 and 55 votes, respectively, according to the LaCrosse Tribune. Bice, the District 5 supervisor since 2010 and former chairman of the Environment and Land Use Committee,…
Read MoreProcessing Begins at Victory Nickel’s Seven Persons Plant
Victory Nickel Inc. announced that the first nine-railcar shipment of washed, concentrated sand from Winona, Minn., has arrived, been unloaded and moved to the company’s Seven Persons (7P) frac sand plant near Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada, for initial plant commissioning.
Read MoreTexas Fracking Advocate Takes Message to UK
A high-profile advocate for hydraulic fracturing has taken to national newspaper advertising in the UK to face down doubters and opponents. Texan energy industry executive Chris Faulkner – the president and chief executive of Breitling Energy Corp. – in a full-page ad in The Sunday Telegraph, asks, “Do you know your country is blessed with an incredible gift?”
Read MoreWildcat Opens Transloading Storage Facility
Wildcat Minerals has opened a new frac sand and proppant transloading storage facility in Odessa, Texas. In addition, the company is near completion of modifications to its unit train capable facility in East Fairview, ND.
Read MoreWabash Offers Proppant Crush Test Press
Wabash MPI offers the Genesis Series Proppant Crush Test Press for use with sand, resin coated sand and ceramic proppant used in the hydraulic fracturing process.
Read MoreGetting into a ‘Boxer’ Match
February 19, 2014 – A new federal transportation funding mechanism is beginning to move forward. Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, speaking at a hearing on the Economic Importance of Maintaining Federal Investments in Our Transportation Infrastructure, said, “It is critical for our nation to continue investing in our aging infrastructure. Therefore, preserving the…
Read MoreStone Shipments Increase on Great Lakes
Shipments of limestone on the Great Lakes totaled 27.6 million tons in 2013, an increase of 1.7 percent compared to 2012, according to the Lake Carrier’s Association (LCA). The trade was, however, still 4 percent below its long-term average.
Read MoreNSSGA Submits Comments to OSHA
The National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association (NSSGA) filed formal comments with the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) on the agency’s proposed rule on occupational exposure to respirable crystalline silica.
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