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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
Six-year highway bill in the works?
The Hill is reporting that senators from both parties are hoping to reach agreement on a long-term highway bill before the July 31 deadline. Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed an extension of highway funding into mid-December, but Senate… Keep Reading
Caterpillar dealer to purchase aggregate equipment supplier
Wagner Equipment Co. entered an agreement with Inter-Mountain Construction Equipment Inc. to acquire all assets of Inter-Mountain. Wagner, based in Aurora, Colo., is a Caterpillar dealer that serves Colorado, New Mexico and west Texas. Inter-Mountain supplies aggregate equipment from Metso… Keep Reading
SME co-sponsors mining sustainability conference
The Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration Inc. (SME) co-sponsored the 7th International Conference on Sustainable Development in the Minerals Industry (SDIMI) July 12-15, 2015, in Vancouver, British Columbia. The conference goal was to get insight from the mineral extraction… Keep Reading
