At press time, international benchmark Brent crude ended the day at $107.91 for a loss of 4.88%. U.S. crude futures for May delivery settled 6.99% lower at $100.28 per barrel.
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Durex Armor Screens Offer Long Wear Life, High Open Area, Reduced Noise
Armor Screens from Durex Products Inc., Luck, Wis., protect operations with the triple benefits of long wear life, high open area and reduced noise. Built from high-grade wire cloth with molded premium polyurethane, this unique combination of technologies creates screens that have a much higher open area than conventional polyurethane screens and much longer wear life than wire screens.
Read MoreThe Romans Built Roads to Last Thousands of Years
By Mark S. Kuhar It is estimated that the Roman road network was about 250,000 miles long, out of which about 50,000 miles were paved with stone. Like arteries, these marvelous feats of engineering ferried goods and services rapidly and safely, connecting Rome, “the capital of the world,” to the farthest stretches of the empire, and facilitated troop movements to…
Read MorePreparing for MSHA’s “Take Time Save Lives” Campaign
MSHA Is Focusing On Task Training, So Let’s Look Quickly At What’s Required And What You Can Do To Comply. By Brian Hendrix MSHA recently announced its “Take Time Save Lives” campaign to “reach miners, promote best practice resources, and ensure mine operators have the tools they need to fully train miners to use equipment.” This new campaign is MSHA’s…
Read MoreRemembering the Pandemic
COVID-19 Taught Us Lessons That Are Changing The Way America Works. By Thomas J. Roach The pandemic of the 21st century may not be over, but in the United States we are seeing a distinctive ebb in its development, and we are provided with an opportunity to take in the scope of its impact. In 1999, a Gallup poll asked…
Read MoreCan You Measure Ethics and Integrity?
They Are Hard To Keep Track Of Unless They Are In Question. By Steve Schumacher In my years as a consultant, I have worked a great deal with organizations on analyzing jobs, building job descriptions, performance reviews, success factors, etc. In all those years I have found it very difficult to measure ethics and integrity. We all know they are…
Read MoreMartin Marietta Educates Future Generations
The Company Supports the Earth Moves exhibit at Durham’s Museum of Life and Science. By Therese Dunphy Imagine an environment where children play among rocks and a waterfall, cool off in an erosion stream, explore sandstone caves and – along with their parents – learn about the region’s geology. That’s exactly what can be found at the Earth Moves exhibit,…
Read MoreCBM Aggregates’ Shelter Valley Plant Receives OSSGA Rehabilitation Award
CBM Aggregates’ Shelter Valley Pit in the Township of Alnwick/Haldimand, Ontario, Canada, received the Ontario Stone, Sand & Gravel Association’s (OSSGA) 2021 Progressive Rehabilitation Award, presented at OSSGA’s 2022 Conference and annual general meeting at the end of February. Shelter Valley Pit earned its first Progressive Rehabilitation Award for its success in transforming the extraction faces around its east and…
Read MoreMartin Marietta Achieves Record Safety Performance
Martin Marietta employees set new benchmarks for safety in 2021 as the company completed its safest year on record. Heritage operations reduced reportable incidents by 21%, which led to Martin Marietta teams achieving a total injury incidence rate (TIIR) of 0.84; the performance exceeded the world-class TIIR standard of 0.90 for the first time in company history. Three operating divisions…
Read MoreReports from Rhode Island, Canada, California
Charlestown, R.I., council members passed two resolutions calling on action from the state as Charlestown joins a growing list of communities that are seeking to resurrect legislation first presented in 2016 that would let towns better regulate and monitor quarry activity. The resolutions, which were presented by councilor Bonnie Van Slyke and passed unanimously, take aim at addressing combinations of…
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