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Lafarge initiative geared toward community enrichment
Lafarge Canada Inc. is reaffirming its commitment to communities and customers through a new initiative called Building Better Cities. According to Lafarge Canada, Building Better Cities will be applied to all internal and external marketing and communications materials across Canada.… Keep Reading
Lafarge relocates facility to redeveloped quarry
Lafarge Canada Inc. has moved its western Canada headquarters to a rehabilitated gravel pit in Calgary. One hundred Lafarge employees will be based there. "This is really a full lifecycle story," says René Thibault, CEO of Lafarge in western Canada.… Keep Reading
Three metal/nonmetal miners killed in year’s first quarter
Eleven miners died in accidents in both coal mining and metal and nonmetal mining during the first quarter of this year, according to MSHA. Three of the 11 fatal accidents occurred in metal and nonmetal mines. One metal/nonmetal miner died… Keep Reading
Hillhead now on YouTube
The Hillhead show has launched its own YouTube channel, offering videos commissioned by organizers, as well as videos exhibitors and visitors can post. All aspects of the show are covered there, including footage of the blasts that have taken place… Keep Reading
Atlas Copco appoints rock-drilling tools manager
Peter Redaelli has been named product manager for Atlas Copco Construction Mining Technique USA’s rock-drilling tools line. Redaelli's first project is the launch of Atlas Copco’s specialty drilling consumables, such as its line of polycrystalline diamond compact products and workover… Keep Reading
Aggregate Industries plants achieve safety milestone
Three Aggregate Industries U.S. facilities have received safety achievement awards from the Illinois Department of Mines and Minerals. The facilities were recognized for accomplishing a zero-lost-time accident rate in 2012. The accomplishment is based on a company's lost-time-injuries record, which… Keep Reading
Cemex at odds with proposed bill
Cemex says that a bill introduced April 18 to block a proposed sand-and-gravel mine in Santa Clarita, Calif., is not a viable resolution to a long-running dispute between the approved open-pit operation and local residents, reports the Santa Clarita Valley… Keep Reading
Bell returns to U.S. market with new dealer network
Articulated dump truck (ADT) manufacturer Bell Equipment is returning to the U.S. market after more than a decade, with a new distribution network and the forthcoming launch of its new E-series range. A joint venture between Bell and several U.S.… Keep Reading
Bauma 2013 sets multiple records
A record-breaking 530,000 attendees from more than 200 countries converged on the Messe München exhibition center April 15-21 for Bauma 2013 in Munich, Germany. More than 200,000 of those 530,000 attended from outside of Germany – the largest international representation… Keep Reading
