According to Wisconsin Public Radio, a Wisconsin appeals court has upheld a Trempealeau County, Wis., decision denying a permit to open a new sand mine. The 3rd District Court of Appeals ruled against Iowa-based AllEnergy Sand. It had argued that a Trempealeau County environmental and land use committee in 2013 wrongly denied its permit to open the 550-acre sand mine…
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Fairmount Santrol Releases Corporate Social Responsibility Report
Fairmount Santrol released its 10th annual Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Report, entitled “All In.” The 2015 report follows the new Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) G4 Guidelines. “To meet these guidelines, we conducted an assessment where we engaged internal and external stakeholders to identify and prioritize Fairmount Santrol’s most significant sustainability-related impacts, risks and opportunities,” the company said.
Read MoreIMA-NA Hits Capitol Hill for Producers
Last week, the Industrial Minerals Association – North America (IMA-NA) held its annual Washington, D.C., spring meeting. One of the primary purposes of the meeting is to get its members in front of the decision makers on Capitol Hill.
Read MoreSelect Sands Divests Gold Project
Select Sands Corp. and Comstock Metals Ltd. announced that they have entered into a letter of intent in respect of a proposed purchase by Comstock of Select Sands’ Preview SW gold project located in the La Ronge district of Saskatchewan and Select Sands’ early-stage Old Cabin property in Ontario.
Read MoreEagle Materials Aggregates Business Up 19 Percent
Eagle Materials Inc. reported financial results for fiscal year 2016 and the fiscal fourth quarter ended March 31, 2016.
Read MoreCSTK JCB Hosts Successful Open House at New Location
Equipment dealer CSTK JCB hosted a successful open house at its new JCB sales, service and rental facility at 401 Shawnee Avenue in Kansas City, Kan., earlier this month. “Our dedicated JCB facility has been open for a few months, but we wanted to host an event during warmer spring weather that would allow us to demonstrate JCB equipment and its many…
Read MoreTerramac Appoints Wilson Equipment as Authorized Dealer
Terramac, a leading manufacturer of innovative rubber track crawler carriers, expanded its representation in the North American market to include Wilson Equipment as part of its dealer network. Wilson Equipment will represent the Terramac product line in the Louisville, Lexington and eastern Kentucky markets as well as southern Indiana. Wilson Equipment will offer Terramac’s versatile RT9 and RT14 straight frame crawler carriers…
Read MoreSuperior Doubles Size of Nebraska Plant
Superior Industries Inc. completed a major expansion at its manufacturing plant in Columbus, Neb. The expansion creates space and adds capabilities for building newly launched Guardian Horizontal Screens and portable processing plants for crushing, screening, washing and feeding, in addition to the wet processing equipment already manufactured at the plant. “Although we incorporated the existing facility into our expansion, it’s like…
Read MoreAggregate Industries US Maryland Operations Honored
Aggregate Industries US (AIUS) operations in Maryland received recognition for its safety accomplishments at this year’s Maryland Transportation Builders and Materials Association (MTBMA) Safety Awards Banquet in Glen Burnie, Md. These awards are annually given to employees who, while working for Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) locations, promoted safety on their job sites and maintained zero accidents under their…
Read MoreNew Construction Falls in April; Highways Rise
The value of new construction starts in April fell 8 percent from the previous month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $608.3 billion, according to Dodge Data & Analytics. Nonresidential building pulled back following its sharp March increase, and residential building also declined due to a slower pace for multifamily housing. Meanwhile, the nonbuilding construction sector showed improvement, with…
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