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Minerals Corporation Announces Milestone Achievement for Kaolin

Minerals Corporation Ltd (Sydney, NSW, Australia) has announced a milestone achievement in volume sales. After engaging in extensive testwork with a number of companies in the Australian cement industry, it has executed ...

27 Jun 2007

Coal-Fired Plant will be among the World's most Energy-Efficient

ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order worth $62 million from the German utility, E.ON-Kraftwerke GmbH, to supply the complete process control system for a new high-efficiency power plan...

27 Jun 2007

Nucor Buys Metal Building Fabricator

Nucor Corporation announced today that it has entered into a Merger Agreement pursuant to which Nucor will acquire Magnatrax Corporation ("Magnatrax"), via the merger of Magnatrax with a wholly owned subsidiary...

26 Jun 2007

NAHB Has Been Honored With The Award of Excellence in the 2007 AAA Awards

The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) has been honored with the Award of Excellence in the 2007 Associations Advance America (AAA) Awards program for its "Building Homes of Our Own" education game. T...

26 Jun 2007

Sustainability and Green Buildings Embraced by the Health Care Industry

Green building and sustainability as it is being incorporated into the health care industry’s construction projects is the focus of a new study by McGraw-Hill Construction (MHC) that has just been released in conjunction...

26 Jun 2007

Safe Building Solutions Distributes AFM Safecoat's Line

Safe Building Solutions is now distributing AFM Safecoat eco-friendly and healthy paints and finishes to major portions of the U.S. "This expansion builds upon our 15-year relationship with AFM Safecoat, the nation's...

26 Jun 2007

Atlanta Company Introduces the World's Largest and Strongest Composite Sheet Piling

Crane Materials International, an Atlanta based manufacturer of synthetic sheet piling, high performance docks, and innovative marine construction products, will now offer two new composite sheet pile sections unlike any...

26 Jun 2007

Products to Deter Water Contamination Through Fire Hydrants Unveiled by Mueller Co.

North America's largest manufacturer of products for water distribution systems showcased two new fire hydrant security products at the Annual American Water Work Association Conference and Exhibition, which opened S...

26 Jun 2007

Paved With Gold: The Real Value of Street Design

Streets are the public spaces that we all use, and the way they are designed affects us all. Investing in better quality streets benefits many people, from developers, investors, and businesses to residents, workers, and...

26 Jun 2007

Southern Cross Station in Melbourne Scoops Prestigious International Architecture Award

Southern Cross Station in Melbourne, Australia by Grimshaw (working within the Grimshaw Jackson Joint Venture) has scooped the Royal Institute of British Architects’ (RIBA) prestigious Lubetkin Prize, supported by ...

26 Jun 2007

RIBA Client of the Year Award Go's to Derwent London

Derwent London has won this year’s RIBA Client of the Year Award for its commissioning of both established and up-and-coming architects to deliver a mix of refurbished and new-built offices all over London, including thi...

26 Jun 2007

New Draft Masterplan for Northstowe Unveiled

A new draft masterplan for Northstowe – the first new town of the twenty-first century – goes on show today, at a series of public exhibitions organised by joint promoters national regeneration agency English Partnership...

26 Jun 2007

Joint Development at Greenwich Peninsula Announced by Crest Nicholson

Crest Nicholson Plc, in partnership with Meridian Delta Limited (the £5bn joint venture between Lend Lease and Quintain), has entered into an exclusivity agreement to develop a 1.1 acre site on the north-eastern shoulder...

26 Jun 2007

J-M Manufacturing and PW Eagle Form Plastic Pipe Giant

J-M Manufacturing Company, Inc. today announced the completion of its merger transaction with PW Eagle, Inc. in which PW Eagle became a wholly-owned subsidiary of J-M Manufacturing. The companies will be collectively kno...

25 Jun 2007

Wilson Holdings Announces it has Acquired Green Builders

Wilson Holdings, Inc.today announced that on June 19, 2007 it acquired Green Builders, Inc. an Austin, Texas-based homebuilding company, and Wilson Holdings will commence its homebuilding operations through the Green Bui...

25 Jun 2007