Aggregate Industries’ McHenry Sand and Gravel site received the Illinois Association of Aggregate Producers (IAAP) Industry Leadership Award, the highest level recognition awarded by the IAAP. This award is given to member mine sites that have demonstrated leadership in the industry while promoting the image and wellbeing of their mine sites, employees and the industry as a whole.
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Winona County Looking into Legality of Frac Sand Ban
Winona County, Minn., Attorney Karin Sonneman will advise the County Board later this spring on whether the board has the legal authority to ban new frac sand mines and processing facilities in rural parts of the county, according to the Winona Post. Her legal opinion could be the first step toward a vote on the issue sometime this year.
Read MoreDakota Plains Increases Transloading 251 Percent
Dakota Plains Holdings Inc. announced financial results for the three and 12 months ended Dec. 31, 2015. The company:
Read MoreEmerge Energy Looks to the Future
Emerge Energy reported net loss of $9.9 million, or $0.41 per diluted unit for the three months ended Dec. 31, 2015. Net income, net income per unit and Adjusted EBITDA for the three months ended Dec. 31, 2014, were $24.4 million, $1.01 per diluted unit and $36.3 million, respectively.
Read MoreNew PopTester/KELRIK Report Evaluates Market
PropTester Inc. and KELRIK LLC announced the release of its latest Proppant Market Report. The 2015 Proppant Market Report is a detailed overview of the global proppant market in relation to prior years. The report will also be available to subscribers at www.proppantmarketreport.com.
Read MoreThis Week’s Market Buzz
Oil prices rose after a top energy monitor said that prices might have bottomed on hopes that falling supply would help alleviate the global glut of crude. The International Energy Agency said that prices have been supported by easing supply around the globe but cautioned that the recent rally might not be sustainable as the demand outlook remains uncertain. Crude…
Read MoreRiddle Of Cement’s Structure Finally Solved
After stone, concrete is the world’s most widely used construction material. Yet answers to some fundamental questions about the microscopic structure and behavior of this ubiquitous material have remained elusive. As you know, concrete forms through the solidification of a mixture of water, gravel, sand and cement powder. Is the resulting glue material (known as cement hydrate, CSH) a continuous…
Read MoreFive Minutes With Joe Main
ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF LABOR FOR MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH JOSEPH A. MAIN TALKS IMPACT INSPECTIONS, LOW FATALITIES AND BOOTS ON THE GROUND. By Mark Kuhar Talk about MSHA’s monthly impact inspections. How are you targeting some of the operations you visit? We have criteria we use for selecting mines and this is something I put in place right after our…
Read MoreConsent Decree Filed Where Operator Threatened, Fired Gun Around Inspectors
U.S. District Court Judge Benjamin Settle approved a consent decree for a permanent injunction against Andersen & Sons Gravel, and owner Eric Andersen, from preventing MSHA inspections at the company’s mining operation based in Clallam County, Wash.
Read MoreMouse Trap
As we proceed through a normal day we expect to encounter a certain amount of hazards. Most of these present low level risks and most are subject to control systems that are already in place and active. Just the same, we should pay attention to these as they occur (and whenever possible in advance). One of the tools that I…
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