U.S. mines produced approximately $82.3 billion in minerals in 2020 – about $1.5 billion lower than the 2019 revised total of $83.7 billion – the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) announced Feb. 2.
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Buttigieg Confirmed as Secretary of Transportation
Former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg was confirmed as secretary of transportation by a vote of 86-13.
Read MoreEmergency Repair Needed
Feb. 2, 2021 – Talk about a road in need of repair. A huge piece of California’s Highway 1 was washed out by a winter storm that brought heavy rain and snow. California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) officials said in a statement a debris flow from the hillside above the roadway “overwhelmed drainage infrastructure, flowed across the highway, and eroded the…
Read MoreConstruction Spending Up in December; Rises for Year
The U.S. Census Bureau announced that total construction spending during December 2020 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1,490.4 billion, 1.0% (± 0.8%) above the revised November estimate of $1,475.6 billion.
Read MoreMSHA Reports Second Metal/Nonmetal Fatality of 2021
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reported that on Jan. 19, 2021, a miner at Clyde Companies’ Hansen Pit, Salt Lake County, Utah, backed a haul truck to the edge of a dump point that was over-steepened by a loader removing material at the bottom of the slope. When the edge of the bank failed, the haul truck traveled backwards and…
Read MoreRural Infrastructure Coalition Sends Priorities to Biden Administration
The Rebuild Rural Coalition, which collectively represents U.S. agricultural producers, rural businesses, rural communities and rural families, sent a letter urging President Joe Biden and his administration to address the unique needs of rural infrastructure in all related legislative proposals.
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