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NSSGA webinar to examine screening
Screening is the subject of NSSGA’s May AGG1 online webinar, which will teach attendees how to choose the right screen for the job, how to measure the effectiveness of their screen and how to evaluate their screen’s performance. "How to… Keep Reading
Volvo Construction Equipment creates app for customers
Volvo Construction Equipment has created the Volvo CE Insider app that provides North American customers access to the company’s latest news, product information and special offers. “The new Volvo CE Insider app puts helpful information and important functions right at… Keep Reading
Vulcan posts first-quarter gains
Vulcan Materials Co. released its 2014 first-quarter results, revealing total revenue for its aggregates business segment was up 13 percent and gross profit increased 55 percent compared with last year. "Our aggregates business reported solid growth in the first quarter… Keep Reading
MSHA summit focuses on fatal accidents
MSHA held a special summit with stakeholders, where it examined a recent uptick in fatal accidents. It provided more detailed information on the 19 deaths at metal and nonmetal mines that occurred since 2013 at crushed stone, sand and gravel,… Keep Reading
Caterpillar Global Mining extends Immersive partnership
Caterpillar Global Mining renewed for another five years its exclusive agreement with Immersive Technologies, a supplier of equipment training simulators to the mining and earthmoving industries. Cat will exclusively recommend Immersive Technologies’ high- and medium-fidelity training simulator products and provide… Keep Reading
Grasan Equipment names regional sales manager
Grasan Equipment Co. appointed Bill Humphrey regional sales manager for Indiana, Illinois and western Kentucky. Humphrey has 19 years experience serving aggregate customers, the company says. He started his career selling explosives to mining companies, transitioning to equipment sales in… Keep Reading
Performance Truck Opens Texas Kenworth Dealership
Performance Truck opened a full-service Kenworth location in Victoria, Texas. “This new location is ideally situated near Highway 59, a major north-south route from the international border with Mexico in the south, north to Houston,” says Dayne Yeager, Performance Truck… Keep Reading
Precision Machine names head of sales, marketing
Precision Machine and Manufacturing Inc. named Neil Burck vice president of sales and marketing, a new position at the company. “Neil brings a wealth of experience to this position,” says Kirk Morton, president and CEO of Precision Machine. “He brings… Keep Reading
MSHA gathering industry to discuss spike in mining deaths
MSHA plans to host a meeting of mine industry stakeholders in the wake of a dramatic increase in metal and nonmetal mining deaths. The meeting, to take place May 5 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. ET at MSHA's headquarters… Keep Reading
