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Caterpillar Opens New Parts Distribution Center in Spokane, Washington
June 27, 2011
Building on the strength of the industry’s premier global service parts distribution network, Caterpillar Logistics Services, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Caterpillar Inc., will open a new parts distribution center in Spokane, Washington. The new facility, which will replace the…
Alpha Natural Resources Affiliates Recognized for Safety; Receives Award at Ceremony in W. Va.
June 27, 2011
Several Alpha-affiliated operations received the Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association award: Brooks Run Mining Company, LLC, for the Wyoming No. 1 mine, the Cucumber mine, and the Poplar Ridge Deep No. 1 mine. Simmons Fork Mining, Inc.‘s Ewing Fork No. One…
Severstal North America Named Winner of American Metal Market’s 2011 Award for Steel Excellence
June 27, 2011
Severstal North America has been named the winner for Best Brownfield Technology in American Metal Market’s 2011 Awards for Steel Excellence. Severstal’s efforts to remediate a steelworks site in Dearborn, originally built by Henry Ford in 1918, include a $740 million…
Western Potash Purchases the Milestone Project Plant Site in Saskatchewan
June 27, 2011
Western Potash Corp. has completed the purchase of a large parcel of surface lands, advancing the development of the plant site facility for its Milestone potash solution mining project in southern Saskatchewan. The land acquisition program has now successfully secured over…
House Committee Passes Rahall Bill to ‘Rein In’ EPA
June 27, 2011
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved a bipartisan bill June 22 aimed at “reining in the EPA’s overreach.” House Bill 2018, the Clean Water Cooperative Federalism Act of 2011, was introduced by Reps. Nick Rahall, D-W.Va., and John Mica, R-Fla.,…
Interior Department Hires Firm to Review Stream Protection Rule
June 27, 2011
The Interior Department said last week it had hired Massachusetts-based Industrial Economics Inc. to analyze the costs and benefits of the rule, known as the stream protection rule. The contract is worth $1 million. The department faced a wave of criticism…
Applied Instrument Technologies Opens New Manufacturing Facility in California
June 23, 2011
Applied Instrument Technologies (AIT) has opened its new process analyzer manufacturing facility and corporate headquarters, based in Upland, California. AIT is a worldwide leader in the manufacturing and marketing of process analytical instruments including Analect FTIR, PIONIR Near-Infrared, MGA Mass Spectrometers,…
DOE-Sponsored IGCC Project in Texas Takes Important Step Forward
June 23, 2011
A newly signed memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the purchase of electricity produced by the Texas Clean Energy Project (TCEP) is an important step forward for what will be one of the world’s most advanced and cleanest coal-based power plants, funded…
Kentucky Miners Released After Close to 14 Hours Underground
June 23, 2011
According to a release, the three miners who were trapped below the entrance to a Bell County, Ky, coal mine were brought to the surface close to 8:22 p.m. Officials with the Commonwealth of Kentucky and Energy and Environment Cabinet said…
Caterpillar Expands Hydraulic Excavator Facility in Victoria, Texas
June 21, 2011
Caterpillar Inc. plans to significantly increase its manufacturing capabilities and capacity for hydraulic excavators that will be produced at a facility now under construction in Victoria, Texas. In August of 2010, Caterpillar announced that it would build the excavator plant in…
