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Case dealers to carry Thunder Creek trailers
Case Construction Equipment is now offering Thunder Creek Equipment’s new FST Series trailers through its nationwide dealer network. According to a press release, the trailers offer a shop for heavy equipment owners’ fuel and diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) storage and… Keep Reading
MSHA report offers details of year’s mining deaths
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) released a midyear report noting that 18 miners died in the first half of 2015. According to MSHA, eight miners died at surface metal and nonmetal mines and two died at underground metal… Keep Reading
June construction starts retreat 15 percent
New construction starts in June dropped 15 percent from the previous month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $620.2 billion, according to Dodge Data & Analytics. The decline followed an especially strong May, the company says. Nonbuilding construction in… Keep Reading
Senate’s focus this week: highway funding
The Hill reports that work on a highway bill is expected to dominate the U.S. Senate's work this week, beginning with a procedural vote on Tuesday. The House of Representatives passed a five-month Highway Trust Fund fix last week, but,… Keep Reading
NSSGA: New MSHA workplace exam guidance a concern
The Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA) is planning to issue new guidance on compliance for workplace exams. A new program policy letter (PPL), obtained by the National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association (NSSGA), would reportedly expand the tasks required… Keep Reading
ARTBA Conference focuses on transportation funding
More than 200 transportation design and construction executives, financial services and consulting professionals, and government officials gathered in the Washington to discuss the role of public-private partnerships (P3s) in financing transportation infrastructure projects. Under the theme of “P3s in Transition:… Keep Reading
Dolese Bros. invests $20 million in Coleman Quarry
Dolese Bros. Co. held a grand reopening ceremony at its Coleman Quarry in Oklahoma. The ceremony celebrated the more than $20 million investment made in upgrades to the Coleman operation. The Daily Ardmoreite reports that Governor Mary Fallin, Secretary of Transportation… Keep Reading
Former mining site takes on unique new life
Golf courses. Parks. Residential communities. These are a few of the things former aggregate sites and other mines have been restored to over the years. They're also among the more traditional uses of former mining sites. But there are non-traditional… Keep Reading
State association executives meet in Illinois
The National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association (NSSGA) reports that more than a dozen directors of state aggregates associations discussed advocacy efforts for a long-term highway bill at a meeting of the Aggregates and Concrete Executives (ACE) in Springfield, Ill.… Keep Reading
