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Management

Experts Predict Highway Spending Increase. Beltway insiders say more money will be spent on highways…the question is “How much more?”

Vulcan Makes Fortune List.

The U.S. Geological Survey’s Top Producer Lists. Find out where your company (and your competition) ranks.

Operations

Big Plans and New Ideas for Dredging by Shovel. Dredge and dragline technology moves ahead in digging ability and mobility.

Pit Sense: Specific Issues of Short-Term Mine Planning. Prioritize your goals before removing the first bucket of overburden.

Maintenance Matters: Taking the Guesswork Out of Brake Safety. Brakes that are out of adjustment pose one of the greatest threats to your drivers’ safety.

Tech Trends in Drilling and Blasting. When it comes to looking for ways to reduce costs and increase production, crushed stone producers should start at the beginning.

Marketing

The Case for Base. Aggregate industry research and compaction equipment improvements support economic construction of thicker, single-lift bases.

Regulations

MSHA’s Top 20 Standards Cited in 2001. Guarding, horns and backup alarms, and mobile equipment safety defects top the list.

MSHA’s Plan to Improve Health and Safety. Dave Lauriski talks about how the agency can partner with industry to achieve success.

Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission. “Immediate” reporting requirements and grounds for dismissing employees who have made safety complaints.

Rock Law: Picking Your Fight—When to Contest a Citation. When you honestly disagree with a citation, it’s okay to fight it.

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