Manufacturer News – June 2014

Caterpillar Inc. reported that first-quarter 2014 sales and revenues were $13.241 billion, about flat with the first quarter of 2013 sales and revenues of $13.210 billion. “Given the business and economic uncertainties around the world and continuing decline in our mining sales, I am pleased with our performance in the first quarter. We understand we don’t control the economy and…

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This Week’s Market Buzz

According to the Allamakee County Standard, the Allamakee County, Iowa, Board of Supervisors held a public hearing regarding the regulation of frac sand mining and other industrial minerals. Allamakee County Zoning Administrator Tom Blake said the county received an application for the mining of silica sand almost two years ago, and though that application was eventually withdrawn, it did bring…

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Hi-Crush Opens Third Facility in Wisconsin

Hi-Crush Proppants LLC, celebrated the opening of its third production facility located near Whitehall, Wis. The governor of Wisconsin Scott Walker and several local officials, including representatives from Independence, Wis., and the Town of Lincoln, Wis., attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony and community appreciation event.

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Baldor Promotes Galen Burdeshaw

Baldor Electric Co. promoted Galen Burdeshaw to power transmission components engineering manager. In this role, Galen will be responsible for all Dodge- and Maska-branded, power transmission product-related engineering and will directly manage the product development team in Greenville, S.C. Burdeshaw is currently the customer order engineering manager for Bearings and PT Components. He began his career with Baldor in 1995 as…

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April Construction Advances 3 Percent

New construction starts in April rose 3 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $533.7 billion, according to McGraw Hill Construction, a division of McGraw Hill Financial. The increase maintained the upward movement established in March, which followed sluggish activity at the outset of 2014.

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Aggregates Industry Veteran Joins Rock Products

Mining Media International (MMI) is pleased to announce that Kyle Nichol has joined the staff of Rock Products and C&D World magazines as a regional sales manager. Nichol is a familiar name to many in the industry from a previous tenure with Pit & Quarry and Portable Plants & Equipment magazines, where he worked as an editor before making a successful transition to sales and marketing. Nichol has also…

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