Breedon Aggregates Limited is now the largest independent aggregates operator in the UK, with 23 quarries, 18 asphalt plants and 27 concrete plants in England and Scotland, employing in the region of 700 people.
Last Friday we were led to believe that the debt-ceiling crisis would be over by the start ofAsia’s business on Monday. The weekend has gone and so the deal. The markets are very nervous and beginning to worry that a deal will not be made.
Australian Minister for Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations, Senator Chris Evans, launched a new virtual reality mine training and rescue simulator today at the Newcastle Mines Rescue Station in Argenton, New south Wales, Australian Labor reports.
“This amazing new software demonstrates how technology can be used to train people for the very critical task of mine rescue,” Senator Evans said. “While we would hope workers will never need to have to use these skills, or encounter mine accidents, it is reassuring to know that companies are investing in initiatives for the safety of Australian miners.” Developed by Coal Services, the world-leading software package has been developed over the past 18 months and is the latest stage of a five-year project.
The tide of deaths of infants and young children from an outbreak of lead poisoning in Zamfara State, in North West Nigeria did not come like a thief in the night. The stage had been set for the tragic incident several years earlier. Increasing activities of illegal miners and improper processing of lead-contaminated gold ore within households in the community, were largely responsible for the high death toll. Image of an artisinal miner holding wolframite is from Julien Harneis.
Last Friday we were led to believe that the debt-ceiling crisis would be over by the start of Asia’s business on Monday. The weekend has gone and so the deal.
Every time I write a “World According to Gold” piece, gold is setting a new record, among a new crop of bubble-callers, and still the world hesitates to pile into gold for fear of getting burned. Many of those who have doubled or tripled their money have since died, retired, or simply kept on making money investing, succumbing to the addictive quality of wealth.
The bubble that is keeping iron ore prices at historic highs may be about to burst, and when it does, iron ore giant Fortescue Minerals will still be making money, the company's new CEO predicts.
With continuing improvement in demand around the world, Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) report second-quarter 2011 profit per share of $1.72 excluding $204 million of expense related to the acquisition of Bucyrus, a 58-percent improvement from $1.09 in the second quarter of 2010.
CDE have announced the addition of Pilot Crushtec to their global distributor network with responsibility for South Africaand sub-SaharanAfrica. Pilot Crushtec will promote the full range of CDE washing equipment including the Evowash sand washing plant, Prograde screens, M2500 mobile washing plant, Rotomax logwashers and Aquacycle thickeners.
Gold prices surged in Asian trade Monday, after US authorities failed to agree on a debt ceiling, and with no apparent progress toward a deal the financial markets have the jitters. Spot gold traded as high as $1620 an ounce at 5 p.m. Singapore time.