The Salt Lake County Council voted to officially oppose a proposed mining bill at the state capitol. The bill recommended would lessen regulations to allow mines to expand with a focus on reducing the cost of sand and gravel. Critics argued it would undermine local authority and infringe on property owners’ rights. A similar bill filed in the Senate earlier in the…
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Heidelberg Materials Partners With BirdLife International
Heidelberg Materials and BirdLife International, the world’s largest network of nature conservation organisations, have extended their long-standing partnership. The partners signed a memorandum of understanding covering the next three years and setting the course for continued long-term collaboration.
Read MoreMSHA Issues Alert on Rotating Conveyor Rollers
MSHA is reporting that three miners have been permanently disabled since the beginning of 2024 because of rotating conveyor rollers. Serious and fatal injuries occur when miners clean or adjust conveyor rollers, pulleys and idlers while the belt is in motion. Injuries vary from broken bones to loss of fingers, hands and arms. Some accidents have resulted in fatal injuries. …
Read MoreMSHA Tackles Social Media
Right Now, MSHA Isn’t Reaching Many People Via Social Media In Any Category, And I Doubt That’ll Change Anytime Soon. By Brian Hendrix Do you follow MSHA on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter? Are you Facebook friends with MSHA? Have you downloaded MSHA’s “Miner Safety and Health App”? If you answered “yes” to any of those…
Read MoreCommunication and Technology
The Emergence Of Artificial Intelligence Is Just The Latest Development In The Menacing Partnership Between Technology And Human Affairs. By Thomas J. Roach Over the last 100 years, while technology dramatically changed how we live and work, it quietly changed who we are. We think of technology in terms of physical objects like computers, electric automobiles or smartphones, but the…
Read MoreThe Gift of Giving
Luck Companies Celebrates Its Centennial By Empowering Associates To Contribute To The Charity Of Their Choice. By Therese Dunphy In 2023, Luck Companies marked 100 years in business by reflecting on its core values and traditions and celebrating them throughout a year-long campaign that included 34 events. From the time it was founded by Charles Luck Jr., Luck has been…
Read MorePermitting: New York
According to fingerlakes.com, the owner of the 14.3-acre Padua Ridge sand and gravel mine that abuts the Watkins Glen State Park and a Catholic cemetery in Schuyler County, N.Y., is proposing a 60.95-acre expansion, the state Department of Environmental Conservation disclosed. The DEC said it plans a pair of public hearings on the project in February. Mining at the site…
Read MorePERMITTING: Texas
According to www.click2Houston.com, several city, county, state, health and federal leaders are pushing back against a concrete crushing company that is trying to build a facility across the street from Lyndon B Johnson Hospital located on Kelley Street near Homestead in northeast Houston. Officials say the pollution can lead to health problems, worsening existing conditions. “It should be obvious to…
Read MoreConstruction Spending Rises in November
Construction spending during November 2023 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $2,050.1 billion, 0.4% (±1.0%) above the revised October estimate of $2,042.5 billion. The November figure is 11.3% (±1.5%) above the November 2022 estimate of $1,842.2 billion. During the first 11 months of 2023, construction spending amounted to $1,817.1 billion, 6.2% (±1.0%) above the $1,711.1 billion for…
Read MoreFirst Look – February 2024
TOP NEWS CRHCaterpillar Inc. has signed an electrification strategic agreement with CRH to advance the deployment of Caterpillar’s zero-exhaust emissions solutions. CRH is the number-one aggregates producer in North America and the first company in that industry to sign such an agreement with Caterpillar. Summit MaterialsSummit Materials shareholders approved proposals at the heart of a September 2023 agreement with Colombia-based…
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