Caterpillar and Bucyrus Interna-tional have announced that they have entered into an agreement under which Caterpillar will acquire Bucyrus International in a transaction valued at approximately $8.6 billion (including net
The value of mineral production in the United States increased 9 percent in 2010 from that of 2009, suggesting that the nonfuel minerals industries, particularly metals, were beginning to recover
The American Water Works Association (AWWA) and the Water Environment Federation (WEF) have announced an agreement to more closely collaborate on programs, services and major policy issues. The resolution states
Atlas Copco has appointed Don Cash to sales manager of its regional store in Denver. Cash has been working for Atlas Copco Construction Mining Technique USA for the past
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted its draft study plan on hydraulic fracturing for review to the agency’s Science Advisory Board (SAB), a group of independent scientists. Natural
Let algae do the dirty work.Researchers at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) in Rochester, N.Y., are developing biodiesel from microalgae grown in wastewater. The project is doubly “green” because algae
"Over the last couple of generations, there has been a huge amount of ground water pollution worldwide, and this has had a negative impact on our drinking water supply," says
Nearly half a mile of rock retrieved from beneath the seafloor is yielding new clues about how underwater volcanoes are created, and whether the hotspots that led to their formation
In 2009, geologists drilling an exploratory geothermal well in Iceland’s Krafla volcano encountered a problem for which they were simply unprepared – magma (molten rock or lava underground) flowed unexpectedly
The National Ground Water Association (NGWA) is offering a new designation – the Certified Vertical Closed Loop Driller (CVCLD) – for drillers who construct closed-loop well systems for ground source
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