Commanders Seek Chantilly Crushed Stone Site

June 16, 2021 – Negotiations between the Washington Commanders football team and economic leaders in Loudoun County, Va., are continuing despite the failure of a stadium financing package that would have given owner Dan Snyder hundreds of millions of dollars to help pay for the stadium, according to WUSA9 news. But if the Commanders want to build its new stadium in…

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Holcim North America to Scale up Mineralization Technology

Holcim North America announced a financial investment in Blue Planet Systems Corp., to support the development and commercialization of their mineralization technology. Blue Planet’s novel process sequesters carbon emissions into aggregate that can make concrete carbon-negative. Each tonne of Blue Planet’s aggregate can mineralize up to 440 kg of CO2, preventing it from emitting into the atmosphere. Blue Planet’s CCUS…

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Palombo Appointed Director of Comminution for Weir Minerals in North America

The Weir Group PLC has appointed Sam Palombo as director of comminution for North America. Palombo holds an MBA from the University of Strathclyde and has spent eight years with Weir Minerals, having served as the general manager of comminution for North America.  He has held many senior leadership positions during his more than 20 year career in the mining,…

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