June 7, 2013 – I am blogging live this week from Pittsburgh, where Rock Products is hosting the first-ever Frac Sand Insider Conference and Exhibition.
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New Cat Alliance Targets Driver Fatigue
May 27, 2013 – Are you tired of fatigue? Caterpillar Global Mining has entered into an alliance agreement with Seeing Machines Limited to deliver and support operator fatigue-monitoring technology through its Cat dealer network. Seeing Machines, headquartered in Canberra, Australia, has developed fatigue-monitoring systems using patented eye and head tracking technology to detect operator fatigue and distraction and to alert the mine controller…
Read MoreProduction Disappointing in First Quarter
May 23, 2013 – Well, the numbers are in and they are disappointing. The estimated U.S. output of construction aggregates produced and shipped for consumption in the first quarter of 2013 was 352 Mt, a decrease of 3 percent compared with that of the same period of 2012.
Read MoreUpdated Sand and Gravel Info
May 13, 2013 – USGS just updated its Sand and Gravel information page in the USGS Minerals Yearbook. The data was updated by Wallace P. Bolen, with domestic survey data and tables prepared by Michelle B. Blackwell and Hodan A. Fatah, statistical assistants.
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