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Vig elected chairman of NSSGA division
Joe Vig, group vice president of KPI-JCI and Astec Mobile Screens, has been appointed chairman of NSSGA’s Manufacturers & Services Division. As chairman, Vig will lead the division as it provides NSSGA producer members with information about equipment, services, supplies… Keep Reading
Slight gain for construction starts expected through 2012
McGraw-Hill Construction, as part of its 2012 Dodge Construction Outlook Midyear Update, is predicting total construction starts in the United States to increase 2 percent this year. McGraw-Hill Construction revised its forecast from last October, when it predicted total construction… Keep Reading
Processing alliance formed between global companies
As first reported by Pit & Quarry in March, Brazilian-based Haver & Boecker, German-based Haver Niagara and Canadian-based W. Tyler Ltd. have formed an alliance and named it Haver & Tyler to share with each other their knowledge of particle analysis, screen… Keep Reading
Big River Industries earns pair of safety awards
The Interlocking Concrete Pavement Institute (ICPI) and National Concrete Masonry Association (NCMA) have recognized Big River Industries Inc., a producer of expanded clay lightweight aggregate, with their annual safety awards. Big River’s plants in Erwinsville, La., and Livingston, Ala., each… Keep Reading
Sandvik leaders share vision for crushers, screeners
Global and North American management of mobile crushers and screens within Sandvik Construction met with North American distributors earlier this year in Las Vegas to share the company’s new direction and developments in its track-mounted crusher and screener product line.… Keep Reading
Atlas Copco, ABB collaborate on underground mobile equipment
Atlas Copco’s Underground Rock Excavation division and ABB have come up with what they say is the world’s first system designed to deliver on the vision of a fully integrated underground hard rock mine. The new technology is based on… Keep Reading
Cemex drops plans for Vegas-area gravel operations
The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that one of the companies eyeing plans for a gravel operation at Sloan Hills in the south Las Vegas Valley is no longer pursuing the controversial project. Stephen Wild, Cemex's Southern Nevada district manager, wrote to the… Keep Reading
Graniterock’s chairman, president, CEO dies tragically
On Sunday, June 24, a tragic accident took the life of Graniterock’s chairman, president and CEO, Bruce W. Woolpert. The board of directors and the Woolpert family have implemented the succession plan developed by the company. The first step of… Keep Reading
Astec Mobile Screens now part of AggFlow program
BedRock Software LLC has added Astec Mobile Screens’ high-frequency screens to its AggFlow program that simulates aggregate and mining operations. AggFlow users can calculate mass aggregate and mass water balances flowing through a plant simulation using both stationary and mobile… Keep Reading
