U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced the selection of four construction companies to build concrete prototypes of the wall President Trump has said he wants to build along with border with Mexico.
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Aggregates Production Dips in Second Quarter
An estimated 606 million metric tons (Mt) of total construction aggregates was produced and shipped for consumption in the United States in the second quarter of 2017, a slight decrease compared with that of the second quarter of 2016, according to Jason Willett, crushed-stone commodity specialist for the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The estimated production for consumption in the first…
Read MoreVulcan Materials Acquires Polaris Materials
Vulcan Materials Co. has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Polaris Materials Corp., an aggregates and logistics company that serves key California markets from strategically situated operations in British Columbia, Canada. The Polaris business includes a high-capacity aggregates processing plant and deep water port on Vancouver Island along with associated long-term aggregate reserves and five distribution yard outlets in the…
Read MoreNMA Poll Shows Majority of Voters Concerned About Infrastructure
Eighty-six percent of voters are concerned about the state of American infrastructure, according to a new poll conducted by Morning Consult for the National Mining Association (NMA); just three percent of voters are not concerned about the country’s infrastructure.
Read MoreNew Home Sales Pull Back in July After Strong Spring
Sales of newly built, single-family homes in July fell 9.4 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 571,000 units from an upwardly revised June reading, according to newly released data by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Census Bureau. This was the lowest sales reading since December 2016. Meanwhile, year-to-date, new home sales are…
Read MoreCemex Delivers Knowledge to Customers at Building-Materials Forum
Cemex hosted close to 70 customers at its first-ever building-materials forum Aug. 23 in Scottsdale, Ariz., sharing global knowledge and best practices with clients to help them prepare for upcoming changes in the construction industry.
Read MoreSeattle Strike Settled; Producers, Teamsters Reach Agreement
A week after 86 Teamsters at CalPortland walked off the job in Seattle and 208 other Teamsters in the sand and gravel industry prepared to do the same, a deal was reached in the pre-dawn hours between Teamsters Local 174 and the five companies involved in bargaining.
Read MoreCaterpillar Second Quarter Revenues Up $1 Billion
Caterpillar Inc. announced second-quarter 2017 sales and revenues of $11.3 billion, compared with $10.3 billion in the second quarter of 2016. Second-quarter 2017 profit per share was $1.35, compared with $0.93 per share in the second quarter of 2016. Excluding restructuring costs and a gain on the sale of an equity investment in IronPlanet, second-quarter 2017 adjusted profit per share…
Read MoreIndeco Names Two New Dealers
Indeco North America, a provider of fuel-saving hydraulic breakers, compactors, steel shears, crushers, grabs and pedestal booms, added two new official dealers – Gibson Machinery, LLC and W.I. Clarke – to its ever-expanding distribution network. Bill Pankracij, Indeco North America PR analyst, noted, “Indeco is pleased to partner with W.I. Clark and Gibson Machinery. As dealers with many years of experience in…
Read MoreTrump Scraps Plan for Infrastructure Advisory Council
President Donald Trump will not move forward with a planned Advisory Council on Infrastructure, according to a report on Bloomberg.com.
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