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April 1, 2015 • Vol. XXVII • No. 7 • 470 Maryland Drive • Ft. Washington, PA 19034 • 215-885-2900 • Toll Free 800-523-2200 • Fax 215-885-2910
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The second part of the project is state funded and makes up a new taxiway bridge for planes at the airport.
By Christine Wolkin
Power Equipment Company Hosts Open House…8
Pinnacle Cranes Solidifies Position in Southeast…12
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the highway and transit sector were at risk because of Washington gridlock. “Despite challenging weather conditions in much of the country, both the number of workers and their average weekly hours rose last month to the highest levels since the recession,” said Ken Simonson, the association’s
The Wild West may soon find itself in another gold rush frenzy: Golden Queen is building the first fully-permitted gold mine to open in California in 50 years. Golden Queen Mining Company Ltd., a Canadian publically-held company, is developing the Soledad Mountain Project, a fully permitted, open pit, heap leach gold and silver project located just outside the town of Mojave in Kern County, Calif., about 90 mi. northeast of the Los Angeles International Airport. The project will use conventional open pit mining methods and the cyanide heap leach and MerrillCrowe processes to recover gold and silver from crushed, agglomerated ore. Construction has started on site and commissioning is planned for 2015. “We expect to produce 1 million ounces of gold and 10 million ounces of silver over the next decade or so,” said Lutz Klingmann, director and president of Golden Queen, who added that he predicts a 12-year mine life. Klingmann has been involved with Golden Queen Mining Co. Ltd. since 2001 and has been instrumental in the development and permitting process of the Soledad Mountain Project. A seasoned mine developer, Klingmann has developed six mines, four of which were in the southwestern United States, since mid-1981. His operating experience spans the globe and includes Africa, Venezuela, Canada and the United States. The primary ore types that will be mined are rhyolite porphyry and flow-banded rhyolite, pyroclastics and quartz latite porphyry representing approximately 70, 10 and 20 percent of the ore tonnage respectively. Minor quantities of siliceous vein material (0.1 percent) will also be mined. The rock types will be found in different areas and at various stages of the mine life. The primary rock types are of extrusive volcanic ori-
see JOBS page 76
see QUEEN page 68
Worth the Wait — U.S. 220 Receives $17.6M Upgrade By Eric Olson
After 20 years of discussion and planning, a two-part road project on Greensboro’s rapidly-growing northwest side is finally under way. The 9.4-mi. (15.1 km) long U.S. Highway 220/N.C. Highway 68 connector, which will one day be rebranded as I-73, is a four-lane highway under construction just west and north of Piedmont Triad International Airport (PTI). The main part of the $176.5 million project also includes two new interchanges and a pair of bridges across Reedy Fork Creek. The second part of the project is state funded and makes up a new taxiway bridge for planes at the airport. The goal of the road portion of the project is to improve the traffic flow around PTI and the northwestern part of Guilford County, which is heavily populated with a mix of neighborhoods and businesses.
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World of Asphalt Breaks Attendance Records…18
Table of Contents ............4 Truck & Trailer Section .... ..................................33-39 Recycling Section ....49-62 Attachment & Parts Section ......................63-67 Auction Section ......82-89 Business Calendar ........87 Advertisers Index ..........90
Calif. to See First Gold Mine in 50 Years
see HIGHWAY page 74
Construction Firms Add 29,000 Jobs Construction employers added 29,000 jobs in February and 321,000 over the past year, reaching the highest employment total in six years, as the sector’s unemployment rate fell to an eight-year low of 10.6 percent, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America. Association officials cautioned, however, that construction jobs in