Zekelman Industries has announced it will build the world's largest continuous electric resistance welded pipe (ERW) tube mill in Blytheville, Arkansas, on property adjacent to its existing Atlas Tube mill. The mill will be capable of producing sections as large as 28-inch outside diameter by 1-inchwall. The company projects an additional 75 new employees will be hired to work in the mill, growing its Blytheville workforce to approximately 150 employees. Startup of the new mill is scheduled for September 2021.

The Washington Post has ranked MGAC among its “2019 Top Workplaces” in the Greater Washington area. The Washington Post selects winners in three categories—small, midsize and large. Awards are based solely on voluntary and confidential employee feedback in relation to job satisfaction within the workplace. 

CASE Construction Equipment and Tidewater Equipment supported Team Rubicon in a public service project and equipment training exercise at Camp Martha Johnson, a Girl Scouts camp in Lizella, Georgia. The training provided Team Rubicon heavy equipment operators and volunteers with valuable stick time and resulted in the complete demolition and removal of four obsolete structures on the site, as well as the cleanup and removal of past storm debris. 

Epiroc,a productivity partner for the mining and infrastructure industries, has donated a COP 1238K rock drillto the Excavation Engineering and Earth Mechanics Institute (EMI) at the Colorado School of Mines. 

Fluor’s scope of work with Cupric Canyon Capital it Botswana includes upgrading the existing copper concentrator plant and new mine surface infrastructure. The project is expected to produce an annual average of 62,000 metric tons of copper and 1.9 million ounces of silver with a life of mine in excess of 20 years.