August 18, 2015 – One month ago, an elevated section of Interstate 10 collapsed amid heavy rains in the California desert, injuring one driver, stranding many others and halting travel for thousands by cutting off both directions of the main corridor between Southern California and Arizona. Did you ever wonder how many more bridges out there are in line to fail?…
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MSHA Alert on Bins and Hoppers
August 10, 2015 – MSHA has issued a special alert on steel storage bins and hoppers. Steel storage bins can hold a large amount of material and if they fail, the consequences can be fatal, the agency said. From 2012 to 2014, there have been 5 reported failures in the U.S. mining industry. Bin failures are often preventable with periodic inspection and…
Read MoreRain, Rain, Go Away
August 4, 2015 – While parts of the West are suffering from historic drought conditions, other parts of the country experienced massive rainfall earlier this year. So much so, that the rainy conditions were mentioned in both the Vulcan Materials and Martin Marietta second-quarter reports. Ward Nye, chairman, president and CEO of Martin Marietta, said, “According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric…
Read MoreFinlay Debuts New Machines
July 24, 2015 – Terex Finlay debuted two new machines and two others for the first time in the Eastern U.S. at a special dealer event near Charlotte, N.C. Rock Products Editor Mark Kuhar was the only aggregates industry editor at the event. Finlay debuted the portable J-960 jaw crusher and 873 screen, and offered the industry a second look at…
Read MoreAdd this Ad to Your Outreach Efforts
July 13, 2015 – The National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association continues its advocacy efforts for a long-term highway bill with a featured advertisement in Roll Call, a Washington, D.C., newspaper covering Capitol Hill. You can download the ad and send it to your congressional representatives or share on social media to help advocate for a six-year highway bill. Everyone needs to work together to…
Read MoreMummy Found at Indiana Quarry
June 28, 2015 – Land surveyors discovered a mummy that could be 2,000 years old on the site of the planned Singleton Stone quarry in south Lake County, Ind., and archaeologists are investigating whether they stumbled onto a Native American burial ground. The planned quarry is located in Eagle Creek Township, according to nwi.com. Area residents long have opposed the Singleton…
Read MoreSurface Transportation Developments
June 23, 2015 – As the clock ticks down to the July 31 expiration of the current highway act extension, discussion of surface transportation reauthorization is heating up. Two hearings are scheduled this week on highway funding, according to NSSGA. The House Ways and Means Special Revenues Subcommittee chaired by Rep. David Reichert (R-Wash.) is holding a June 24 hearing on taxing…
Read MoreLaw Considered for Quarry Closing
June 15, 2015 – Massachusetts State Sen. Mike Rush, along with fellow state Rep. Ed Coppinger and other colleagues, is working on creating a unified set of rules and regulations regarding the shutting down of a quarry regardless of where it is in Massachusetts. Currently there are not any state laws governing the process, Rush said during a meeting of the West…
Read MoreNIOSH Study a Concern
June 4, 2015 – A new health study proposed by the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) concerns NSSGA because its methodology and possible misapplication of the results has raised questions among NSSGA members and within the broader mining community. The Institute seeks to examine the health and working conditions of current and former metal/non-metal (MNM) miners and contractors,…
Read MoreSign the Petition
May 19, 2015 – The National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association (NSSGA) and its partners in the Transportation Construction Coalition are pushing for a permanent Highway Trust Fund funding solution and passage of a multi-year surface transportation bill. As part of this effort, a new online petition was created calling on key congressional leaders to get the job done as soon as possible.…
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