According to The Times Weekly, the Joliet, Ill., city council postponed until April action on a proposal that could allow quarry blasting near a residential neighborhood. The city council previously tabled a vote to allow for more public input. The parcels in question are owned by VM Land and First Midwest Bank, and the annexation agreement would allow P.T. Ferro…
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Boaters Watch Cliff Wall Fall
June 30, 2021 – Boaters on northern Michigan’s Lake Superior captured a dramatic video of a large section of cliff wall crashing into the water. The piece of the cliff wall, which consists of sandstone and dirt measuring around 200 ft., fell at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The rock fall looked like a quarry face coming down after…
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Cemex Wins Florida Expansion Case Cemex Construction Materials Florida has won the legal case that blocked its expansion into new mining territory west of Brooksville, Fla., according to the Tampa Bay Times. It comes after eight years of testimony by dozens of experts, a half dozen public meetings and hundreds of signed petitions opposing the expansion. Administrative law Judge Suzanne…
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