Sarawak s sole cement manufacturer CMS Cement Sdn Bhd, a unit of diversified Cahya Mata Sarawak Bhd, is investing in a third cement grinding plant, which will boost its installed capacity by one million tonne to 2.75 million tonnes per ...
Tags: Cement, Construction
Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio, like many politicians in Washington, hastily reacted to a media report in his home state before researching and understanding the background and facts about safety regulations and precautions in the truck ...
Metso has received significant orders for its Neles and Jamesbury valves from Sadara Chemical Company (Sadara), a joint venture between Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco) and The Dow Chemical Company. The valves will be delivered ...
Tags: Sadara, Textile, Metso Valves
INDA, the Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry, confirms that CAB 2014, the Converting and Bonding Conference, will be held May 6-8, 2014 at the Hyatt Regency Greenville in Greenville, South Carolina USA. Building upon the ...
Cummins has confirmed to US trucking publication Commercial Carrier Journal that it will be putting development of its 15-litre natural gas engine on hold, leaving the market devoid of a 15-litre product after Westport announced last year ...
Tags: Cummins, Nat-Gas Engine, Market Devoid of a 15-litre Product
American Trucking Associations announced the departure of Howard Abramson as publisher and editorial director of Transport Topics Publishing Group and the appointment of Jeff Mason to head up the publishing unit. ATA President Bill Graves ...
Mankind's primordial dream of flight is taking off with a new twist as a Slovak prototype of a flying car spreads its wings. Inspired by the books about flying by French authors Jules Verne and Antoine de Saint Exupery, Slovak designer ...
Tags: Flying Car, Auto, Transportation
Consumer prices increased by the most in six months in December, the Labor Department reported Jan. 16. The consumer price index, a key measure of inflation, increased 0.3% in December from the month before. It was the biggest gain since ...
Tags: Consumer Price, Transportation
The American Trucking Associations (ATA) have released a few highlights about what the organization expects to happen in the industry over the next decade. In its recently released U.S. Freight Transportation Forecast to 2024, the ATA ...
Tags: Trucking Industry, Transportation
Numbers reported by the DAT North American Freight Index were up for lthe final month of 2013. Compared to November, the spot market freight availability rose 10 percent in December. According to TransCore, the company that produces the ...
Tags: Trucking, Transportation
YRC Worldwide Inc. said is evaluating new approaches to its long-term contract situation in talks with the Teamsters union after last week’s rejection of an extension that would have solidified the carrier’s financial situation. ...
The U.S. economy continued to expand at a moderate pace from November to the end of the year, with reports on transportation services generally positive, the Federal Reserve said. The economic outlook is positive in most of 12 Federal ...
For the first time in its production history, Altos Hornos de Mexico (AHMSA) exceeded the annual level of 4 million tons of crude steel and finished 2013 with a total volume of 4.155 million tons--7 percent more than the 2012 total. The ...
Tags: Steel Production, Mineral
Australia-based miner Fortescue Minerals Limited has announced that it has signed a long-term natural gas transportation agreement to reduce costs at its Pilbara iron ore operations. Gas will be delivered via the existing Dampier to Bunbury ...
Tags: Natural Gas, Mineral
A collaborative 14-year effort involving BASF, automotive and aerospace original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), material suppliers and test equipment manufacturers has resulted in a new American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) ...
Tags: Transportation Coatings, critical coating formulas, new method