The new L260H wheel loader from Volvo Construction Equipment is a true global two-pass loader that is purpose-built to take on the toughest jobs, ensuring optimum performance, profitability and a 10 percent fuel efficiency improvement, the company stated.
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RAM Adds Critical Topics to Premier Surface Blasting Course
R.A. McClure Inc. (RAM) will hold its Premier Surface Blasting Course at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology in Rapid City, S.D., from Sept. 6-8, 2017. In addition to the signature core curriculum, the three-day Surface Blasting course will add special presenter Randy Wheeler of White Industrial Seismology Inc., who will instruct attendees on proper seismographic placement, signature…
Read MoreConExpo-Con/Agg Revisited (Part 2)
It Was the Biggest ConExpo-Con/Agg Ever. Here Are Some of the Products and Services We Saw at the Show.
Read MoreThe Rock Products Interview: Mark Helm
As the CEO of Dolese Bros. Co. Takes Over as Chairman of the National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association, He Talks About Infrastructure, Young Leaders and the Best Business Advice He Ever Received.
Read MoreWorkplace Perceptions of Safety
What Do Workers Think About Health And Safety, Why Does It Matter And What Can You Do About It?
Read MoreThe Crushing Equation
New Technology + Innovative Engineering = The Latest Generation of Crushers.
Read MoreYoung Leaders Conquer Arizona
The National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association’s (NSSGA) Young Leaders group has been around for 25 years now. They celebrated in fine fashion with a well-attended annual meeting in Chandler, Ariz.
Read MoreFIRST LOOK – MAY 2017
TOP NEWS Nye Tells Congress to Invest Ward Nye, Martin Marietta chairman, CEO and president, explained to members of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources about the importance of aggregates for infrastructure projects and the negative impact of excessive regulation on efforts to fix the nation’s crumbling infrastructure. BMC Enterprises Expands BMC Enterprises Inc. made three…
Read MoreLakes Limestone Trade Down 5.4 Percent in May
Shipments of limestone on the Great Lakes totaled 3.6 million tons in May, a decrease of 5.4 percent compared to a year ago. May’s loadings were, however, slightly above the month’s five-year average.
Read MorePostle Industries Introduces Hardfacing Alloy for Extreme Abrasion
Postle Industries introduced a vanadium-tungsten carbide, hardfacing alloy for extreme abrasion, Postalloy PS-150 Vanguard, available as an open-arc welding wire. Postalloy PS-150 Vanguard is a tubular metal-cored hardfacing wire that provides a dense, heterogeneous deposit of vanadium-tungsten carbides, resulting in a very good combination of abrasion and impact resistance that is superior to chromium carbide hardfacing alloys; almost equal to…
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