Chinese Heavy Machinery: Friendly Competition or Threat to the U.S. Market?

By Samir Shah China is the world’s manufacturing giant – that’s a fact, but that hasn’t stopped its interest in America. Although Chinese construction companies first arrived in the U.S. market in the 1980s, recently, Chinese companies such as XCMG, Sany and Zoomlion have started investing heavily in the U.S. market due to its vast consumer market and robust economy. …

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Proppants: Are You Getting What You Pay For?

By Penny Aschenbrenner Q: What do oil companies and sand mines have in common?A: Proppants and profits. The following information describes the crippling inefficiencies of proppant quality control and how it affects the bottom line for sand mines and oil producers. We’ve come a long way since 1866 when the first “exploding torpedo” was used downhole to fracture shale. That…

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Guest Editorial: Improving the Aggregate Industry Starts with Fixing Supply Chains

By Priyesh Ranjan Aggregates are quite literally the bedrock of U.S. infrastructure. In 2020 alone, the estimated U.S. output of construction aggregates produced and shipped for consumption was 2.43 billion metric tons. But despite a growing aggregate demand, there is one cog in the machine that’s preventing the industry from reaching its full potential: a broken supply chain network. 

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