Sales of newly built, single-family homes rose 5.4 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 507,000 units in July, according to newly released data from HUD and the U.S. Census Bureau.
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Traffic Congestion Costs Americans Billions of Dollars
A new report produced by INRIX and the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) shows that traffic congestion has returned to pre-recession levels.
Read MoreFairmount Santrol Delivers Paper on Self-Suspending Proppant
Fairmount Santrol presented a technical paper July 22, confirming self-suspending proppant increases oil and gas production by not harming the formation. The company presented the paper at the Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTeC).
Read MoreUSGS Releases Nonmetallic Minerals Products Index
The nonmetallic mineral products industry leading index decreased 2.4 percent to 240.5 in July from a revised 246.3 in June, and its 6-month smoothed growth rate fell to -0.7 percent from 4.3 percent in June. The 6-month smoothed growth rate is a compound annual rate that measures the near-term trend.
Read MoreMunicipal Wastewater Being Used for Fracking
Top shale oil producer Pioneer Natural Resources Co. has found an unusual way to both save water and cut costs for its wells: tapping the treated runoff from toilets, sinks and showers in west Texas.
Read MoreVictory Nickel Suspended Production in Q1
Victory Nickel Inc. reported financial results for the three- and six-month periods ended June 30, 2015. Effective Oct. 1, 2014, the company changed its functional currency and presentation currency to the United States dollar from the Canadian dollar.
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Environmental group The Houston County Protectors offered the Houston County, Wis., board what the advocacy group described as a “thoughtful, balanced” amendment to the county’s mining ordinance. Representing the Protectors, Ken Tschumper in a statement said the proposed change to the county’s mineral extraction ordinance “resolves much of the controversy … by proposing two significant changes” – prohibiting frac sand…
Read MoreMSHA Targets Aggregates Operations With Special Inspections
Mine Safety and Health Administration inspectors issued 225 citations and six orders during special impact inspections at 15 coal mines and six metal and nonmetal mines in July.
Read MoreAggregates Production Rises in Second Quarter
An estimated 607 million metric tons (Mt) of total construction aggregates was produced and shipped for consumption in the United States in the second quarter of 2015, an increase of 3 percent compared with that of the second quarter of 2014, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
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