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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
Bosch Rexroth expands hydraulics operation
Bosch Rexroth officially opened its newly expanded hydraulics manufacturing and distribution center in Bethlehem, Pa. The new manufacturing facility houses the company’s valve and manifold manufacturing center for mobile and industrial hydraulics. The new logistics and distribution facility handles shipments… Keep Reading
OneMine online library offers millions of searchable pages
The Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (SME) says OneMine now offers more than 1.8 million searchable pages of mining-related material to the public. SME says the online library, which it established in 2008, is a collaborative effort among multiple… Keep Reading
MSHA to increase enforcement following fatalities
MSHA, following a string of industry fatalities, is encouraging inspectors to do more to keep miners out of hazardous situations, NSSGA reports. According to the association, MSHA Administrator Neal Merrifield indicated he has directed agency inspectors to look for miners… Keep Reading
NSSGA offers support for the Grow America Act
NSSGA has offered its support of the Grow America Act, a $302 billion, four-year surface transportation reauthorization bill U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Anthony Foxx unveiled April 29. “We welcome the administration’s involvement in the reauthorization debate through introduction… Keep Reading
Nonresidential drives Martin Marietta’s first quarter aggregates growth
Martin Marietta Materials Inc. released its first-quarter report April 29, touting net sales increases of 10 percent and increases in aggregate product line volumes. “Our first-quarter 2014 results reflect the continued economic momentum from 2013’s fourth quarter, as well as… Keep Reading
