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Former secretary of state to keynote truck show
Condoleezza Rice, the 66th secretary of state of the United States, will be the keynote speaker of The Work Truck Show 2014. Her address is part of the President's Breakfast & NTEA Annual Meeting on March 6. Rice's speech at… Keep Reading
Mine safety the topic of Canadian symposium
The Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (SME) and the Canadian Institute of Mining Metallurgy & Petroleum (CIM) are jointly hosting a symposium Oct. 20-22 on safety and reliability. The symposium, "Safety In Mining: A Reliable Operation Is A Safe… Keep Reading
Liebherr ADTs on the way
Liebherr introduced a 30-ton articulated dump truck (ADT) at its media open house Sept. 12 in Newport News, Va., and it offered performance comparisons of a crawler tractor and a wheel loader against competitive equipment. The 30-ton ADT the company… Keep Reading
Frac sand conference to address inefficiencies in supply chain
The second annual Frac Sand Supply & Logistics Conference is scheduled for Sept. 5-6 at the JW Marriott Hill Country Resort & Spa in San Antonio. According to the conference's website, Petroleum Connection is hosting the event to address the… Keep Reading
Next ISEE conference in Denver
The International Society of Explosives Engineers (ISEE) will hold its 40th annual conference on explosives and blasting technique Feb. 9-12, 2014, at the Hyatt Regency at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver. According to ISEE, as many as 1,600 blasters, manufacturers,… 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
Work Truck Show nearly sets attendance record
The Work Truck Show that took place March 5-6 in Indianapolis drew 10,351 attendees – the second-highest mark in the show's history. The 10,351 fell 51 attendees short of the record set in 2012. According to NTEA (the Association for the… Keep Reading
Every four years
News and commercials on television are filled with Democrats and Republicans touting their candidates, and political conventions have been in the spotlight. It must be time for that once-every-four-years event. Yes, I'm referring to MINExpo International. Though not quite the… Keep Reading
Technical session, tours part of silica sand conference
Registration is now open for the Conference on the Silica Sand Resources of Minnesota and Wisconsin, presented jointly by the University of Minnesota Duluth’s Precambrian Research Center and the Twin Cities Chapter of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration.… Keep Reading
