February 3, 2015
PQ Weekly Report
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LEADING OFF
Photo credit: jamesomalley / Foter / CC BY Obama proposes
six-year, $478 billion infrastructure budget

President Barack Obama proposed a 14 percent tax on overseas profits that would raise $238 billion over six years and create a $478 billion infrastructure budget. Learn more about this tax, which would help to provide the funds needed for U.S. Infrastructure.
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NEWS
USGS Aggregate production up 7.1 percent in 2014
Total aggregates production rose 7.1 percent in 2014, according to new information from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Find out which states led production in 2014. → MORE
→ Senators to introduce transportation bill
→ MSHA begins inspections for high-fatality occupations
→ MSHA discrimination complaints reach record high
→ Competition heats up for Holcim, Lafarge assets
→ Sand-and-gravel company buys land from Holcim
→ NSSGA names Excellence Award winners
→ Liebherr signs Heavy Machines as distributor
→ Continental acquires Veyance after CADE approval
→ Laser Technology to host mining webinar
FEATURED VIDEO
Featured Video Ruston-Bucyrus 300 stripping shovel
This featured video, which was compiled, narrated and produced by Keith Haddock for the Historical Construction Equipment Association, shows a Ruston-Bucyrus 300 stripping shovel in action at a pit in England.
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Requiring no integrated plant air to function, the MCF PowerSaver generates cost-savings of up to 50 percent over conventional cleaning systems. The MCF is built to handle heavy dust loads and extreme environments, and it provides cleaning capacities up to 250,000 CFM.
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EYE ON THE BLOG
Darren Constantino Transportation secretary calls for long-term bill in committee hearing
Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx met with the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, calling once again for a multi-year highway bill. Find out what Foxx had to say about the shortfall in the highway bill. → MORE
FROM THE MAGAZINE
Pit & Quarry February 2015 → Last of its kind: Shipping by rail

→ Put to the test

→ Cutting costs on heavy equipment

→ Filtration for heavy-duty equipment

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