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Technology Spotlight: Linear crushers
These non-traditional portable plants produce aggregate from recycled road material – on the fly. Portable rock crushers are often used to provide the material needed to maintain primary roads because they have large production capabilities and they’re able to meet… Keep Reading
Like a good neighbor
Memphis Stone & Gravel Co. goes the extra mile for area residents by instituting a Good Neighbor Trucking Policy. Question: Do aggregate companies have any leverage for managing the behavior of truck drivers who don’t work directly for them? Tennessee’s… Keep Reading
Affordable Care Act
Don’t overlook tax credits and other employer sweeteners that were created as part of the Affordable Care Act. Lawmakers are attempting to repeal it, businesses are suing to prevent its implementation, and local governments and unions continue their efforts to… Keep Reading
MSHA demands for company files
The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held in Big Ridge v. Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission that Congress gave MSHA powerful tools to protect miners, and that those tools include demands to inspect documents.… Keep Reading