Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT), devoted to its long-term vision of becoming a leader in the mining industry, announced plans to build a mining truck facility in Indonesia besides increasing capacity at its large mining truck facility and large track-type tractor unit in the United States to the tune of $790 million. Caterpillar will open a new mining truck plant in Batam, Indonesia for a [...]
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AEP Honored as Military-Friendly Employer for Ninth Straight Year
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 14, 2011 /Coal Geology-PRNewswire/ – G.I. Jobs magazine has named American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) one of the nation’s top 100 “military-friendly” employers for the ninth consecutive year. AEP is one of only five companies that the publication has honored each year since the recognition program began in 2003. This year’s honorees were selected from among [...]
Caterpillar to Open Mini Hydraulic Excavator and Small Track-Type Tractor Manufacturing Facility in North America
PEORIA, Ill., Nov. 11, 2011 /Coal Geology-PRNewswire/ — As part of a strategic decision to move production closer to the majority of customers who use these products, Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) announced today that it plans to open a new manufacturing facility in North America for small track-type tractors and mini hydraulic excavators. The decision to shift production from Japan is [...]
Stock Market Update: Anadarko Strikes Oil Offshore Brazil
Special from Zacks Equity Research: The Woodlands, Texas-based Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: APC), yesterday, announced that it struck oil at its appraisal well in the Campos Basin offshore Brazil. Located in block BM-C-32, offshore Brazil, the Itaipu-2 appraisal well discovered a gross petroleum column of nearly 58 net feet in a pre-salt carbonate reservoir. The well drilled to a total depth [...]
VLK Architects’ Office Receives LEED® Certification
Fort Worth, TEXAS — VLK Architects has received LEED® Silver Certification for Commercial Interiors (CI) for its Fort Worth office from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). LEED is the USGBC’s leading rating system for designing and constructing the world’s greenest, most energy efficient and high performing buildings. The West 7th development, which houses the [...]
