According to the Wisconsin Radio Network, a state lawmaker said he’s open to revisiting a proposal to create statewide standards for regulating frac sand mines.
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Wisconsin DNR Facing Permit, Research Questions
According to WSAU radio in Wisconsin, the state Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has continued to let new frac-sand mines open, even though the agency’s environmental regulations expired nine months ago.
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Dec, 17, 2014 – The U.S. aggregates industry faces a challenging year in 2015. Aggregates producers are looking ahead with anticipation to improved market conditions, driven by the resurgence in residential housing and increased activity from state DOTs, however, many questions remain. Can a new Congress pass an acceptable infrastructure bill? Will they find an answer to replenishing the fast-dwindling Highway Trust…
Read MoreNew Kids in Town
Dec. 16, 2014 – There are some new kids in town. It was announced that freshman GOP Sens. Shelley Moore Capito, W.Va., Mike Rounds, S.D., and Dan Sullivan, Alaska, will join the Environment and Public Works Committee, which has jurisdiction over the bulk of surface transportation reauthorization. All current GOP members of the EPW Committee will remain. The Commerce Committee, with oversight of transportation…
Read MorePolaris Minerals Renamed Polaris Materials
Polaris Minerals Corp. will change its name to Polaris Materials Corp. The change of name was approved by shareholders at the company’s 2014 Annual General Meeting when 99.3 percent of the votes cast were in favor of the proposed change of name. The company will continue to have the same TSX stock symbol of ‘PLS’ and will adopt a new…
Read MoreSuperior Washing Fines Recovery System
Superior Industries Inc. reported that its washing fines recovery system was granted patent protection from the United States Patent and Trademark Office. This exclusive technology, manufactured into the company’s Aggre-Dry Dewatering Washer, reroutes minus 25mm material fines from an onboard dewatering screen back to the integrated sand screw. Traditionally, the company says, these fines are lost to waste ponds, but the…
Read MoreSuperior Hires Jason Adams as Construction Management GM
Superior Industries hired 20-year industry veteran Jason Adams as general manager of the company’s construction management division. Adams comes to Superior Industries after spending the last seven years as operations manager and eventually vice president of operations at Continental Equipment Co., a construction-aggregate equipment distributor located in Fenton, Mo. He first came to the industry in 1994 when he started welding…
Read MoreLuck Stone Receives Special Achievement in GIS Award
Luck Stone was presented with the 2014 “Special Achievement in GIS” (SAG) Award at the Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) User Conference in San Diego, for the successful implementation of ArcGIS Online for Organizations, which includes a mobile Geographic Information System (GIS) App (for Androids and iOS platforms). The “Special Achievement in GIS” award acknowledges leadership, vision, hard work, and the innovative use…
Read MoreNSSGA, Rock Products Team Up to Support Young Leaders
The National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association (NSSGA) and Rock Products are teaming up to support the industry’s Young Leaders. Rock Products has been named Official Sponsor of the Mark S. Walsh Annual Leadership Award – presented each year at the Young Leaders annual convention – to an individual who exemplifies the leadership traits of professionalism, enthusiasm and commitment, and…
Read MoreFunding Bill Stays Status Quo on Transportation
Dec. 12, 2014 – The House of Representatives narrowly passed a bill to fund the government through September, and the Senate is expected to pass one within days. Critical to infrastructure advocates is, the new bill earmarks $71 billion for transportation programs, including $40.3 billion in highway funding for states, same as its 2014 level. That is also the 2015 level set…
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