Tag: Plant
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Carey’s plant transport licence halved after excavator knocked off trailer
Carey London’s plant transport vehicle licence allowance has been halved after one of its drivers struck a bridge, resulting in an eight-tonne excavator falling off a trailer. The plant was being transported on the back of a Carey trailer when it collided with a bridge on the A205 Upper Richmond Road in London, outside East…
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$4B blue ammonia plant set for Louisiana
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. A joint venture of three industrial, energy and finance heavyweights plans to build a $4 billion “blue” ammonia plant in Donaldsonville, Louisiana. CF Industries Holdings, the world’s largest ammonia producer, formed the JV with Japan’s largest energy…
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Wood company fined again after repeated safety failures at Cowie plant
A multinational wood manufacturer has been fined more than £1m after two workers were injured in separate incidents at its plant in Cowie. West Fraser (Europe) Ltd, formerly known as Norbord, pleaded guilty to several health and safety breaches related to the two accidents, which happened within six months of each other in 2020. It…
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Asphalt Plant Seasonal Start-Up Best Practices
Before he passed away, my grandfather used to say, “Machines are meant to run.” He spent his life working as a mechanic for several factories and metal shops in Northeast Ohio, and, eventually, he ended his career working at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. He basically had a full machine shop in his garage,…
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Kore Power nixes plans for $1.25B battery plant in Arizona
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Kore Power has shelved its plans to build a $1.25 billion battery plant in Buckeye, Arizona, after its slated production site was quietly listed for sale in recent weeks. Kore did not immediately respond to…
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Georgia Rivian plant to resume construction
Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: The Department of Energy announced last week that it has closed a $6.57 billion loan to electric vehicle manufacturer Rivian for an electric vehicle plant that previously had been put on pause. The loan will…
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Top 4 Asphalt Plant Maintenance Fixes On A Tight Budget
It should go without saying that asphalt plants are a complex interconnected system. After speaking with experts from several top asphalt plant manufacturers, one of the biggest takeaways I had from the information they shared is just how important overall, comprehensive, regular maintenance is. Each and every part of the machine has some impact on…
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Aiforsite: Manage a Construction Site like a Production Plant
A construction site is not a factory, so managing a construction project is unlike managing a production line. Aiforsite, a construction tech startup, uses video, IoT, and AI to make construction controllable – analogously to manufacturing. “Contractors go to seminars and read about the benefits of digitalization. However, when they eventually want to buy a…
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The Unconventional and Most Effective Ways to Protect Plant from Theft
Plant theft in the UK has cost the industry an estimated £400 million a year. In response to this large and persistent crime wave The Plant Theft Action Group (PTAG) has taken initiatives to stop the plight of plant theft from continuing and worsening. There are number of steps that have been taken from the…