The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is investigating state environmental regulators accused of civil rights violations that happened when Texas recently updated its standard permit for concrete ...

The federal agency launched the inquiry after complaints from the Harris County Attorney and Lone Star Legal Aid about how the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality issues permits to plants that ...

A concrete plant in Austin. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says its investigating the Texas Commission on Environmental Qualitys permitting process for concrete batch plants. (Miguel ...

A concrete batch plant is near homes in the Westmoreland Heights neighborhood. Debbie Orozco Solis says folks in her West Dallas neighborhood have to live with a fine dust that sometimes makes it hard ...

Astec Industries has announced the acquisition of two full-line concrete batch plant manufacturers serving customers around the world. Astec has acquired Concrete Equipment Company (CON-E-CO) and BMH ...

In one example, a manufacturer lost 75 tons of product to waste and experienced nearly eight hours of downtime, costing the company $25,000 plus lost revenues. In industrial manufacturing, precision ...