ConExpo-Con/Agg Kicks Off This Week

ConExpo-Con/Agg 2014 kicks off this morning in Las Vegas, and will feature new equipment, technology and product breakthroughs for the construction and aggregates industries. The show already covers a record-breaking 2.3 million net sq. ft. of indoor and outdoor exhibits, and IFPE 2014 has achieved record status with 165,000 net sq. ft. of exhibit space.

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No Respect

By Randy K. Logsdon Rodney Dangerfield made a fortune by exploiting the line “I get no respect.” Housekeeping is the Rodney Dangerfield of occupational safety in many industries, including mining. There may be a number of reasons (possibly excuses) for neglecting housekeeping in the workplace — rushing, someone else’s job, planning? I suggest that one of those reasons is an…

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EPA Proposes Rule to Modernize Clean Water Act Reporting

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed a rule that would modernize Clean Water Act (CWA) reporting processes for hundreds of thousands of municipalities, industries and other facilities by converting to an electronic data reporting system.

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TXI Reports Fourth Quarter, Yearly Results

Texas Industries Inc. (TXI) reported financial results for the quarter and year ended May 31, 2013. Net income for the quarter was $44.1 million or $1.52 per share. Net income included income net of tax from discontinued operations of $28.5 million or $.98 per share. Net income from discontinued operations included a pre-tax gain on the disposition of expanded shale…

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