Emily Buenzle - Tue July 17, 2018
Billion-Dollar Solar Project to Incorporate Batteries
Las Vegas and its surrounding area could soon see a new source of energy once a proposed $1 billion solar project has been completed. The Gemini solar project, spearheaded by Houston-based developer Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners, will be one of the largest solar projects in the West, Bloomberg reported....
CEG - Tue July 03, 2018
Customers Win Big at Alex Lyon & Son's Las Vegas Sale
On June 23, Alex Lyon & Son held a late-model rental fleet auction featuring used high-quality, well-maintained construction equipment. The sale was held at Ahern's main yard on Bonanza Road in Las Vegas....
MB Crusher America - Tue June 19, 2018
MB Crusher Attachments Can Revolutionize Mining ROI
MB Crusher America, Inc. has been impacting the mining industry for several years with its crushing attachments at two major Nevada mining operations. There, MB's crushers increased productivity rates....
NDOT - Wed May 23, 2018
NDOT Continues Slope Improvements
On May 7, single lane closures were put in place on U.S. 50 near Cave Rock at Lake Tahoe as the Nevada Department of Transportation completed roadside slope repairs. In the winter of 2016-2017, numerous boulders the size of large passenger vehicles fell from a roadside slope onto eastbound travel lanes of U.S....
Craig Mongeau - CEG Editor in Chief - Tue May 22, 2018
Mudslides Threaten Lodge, Force Road Closures
A combination of fire and rain has contributed to two massive mudslides May 21, 2018, that forced closure of U.S. Highway 395 at Topaz Lake just north of the Nevada-California borderThe California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) said Monday's mudslide is 100 ft....
Emily Buenzle - Fri May 18, 2018
Phase 2 Begins on $347M BioFuel Plant Construction
Fulcrum BioEnergy recently held a groundbreaking ceremony for construction of Phase 2 of the Sierra BioFuels Plant at the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center near Reno, Nev. This project boasts two key firsts:It is the California company's very first waste-to-fuels project; andIt is the nation's first commercial-scale plant to utilize a thermochemical conversion process to transform garbage into low-carbon transportation fuels, North Nevada Business reported....
Wed May 09, 2018
Pershing Gold Begins Construction
Pershing Gold Corporation, an emerging Nevada gold producer, announces the start of preliminary construction activities at Relief Canyon. On Feb. 13, 2018, Ames Construction began initial land clearing in preparation for potential construction at Relief Canyon, including future heap leach pads, haul roads and waste rock storage facilities....
Wed April 25, 2018
More Than 2,300 Bidders Participate in Ritchie Bros.' Auction
More than 2,300 bidders participated online and in person at Ritchie Bros.' multi-million-dollar unreserved public equipment auction in Las Vegas, Nev., on April 20, 2018. With bidders from 38 countries, approximately 88 percent of the equipment in the auction was sold to out-of-state buyers, from as far away as China, Cameroon and Vietnam....
Emily Buenzle - Fri April 13, 2018
Crews Use Cranes to Put Golden Knights Jersey on Vegas Statue
Crews in Las Vegas used two cranes to up the ante on a key landmark that needed a wardrobe change. The workers began transforming the 150-ft.-tall Statue of Liberty replica that sits in front of MGM Resorts' New York New York Hotel & Casino with an enormous Vegas Golden Knights jersey, just in time for the team to take on the Kings in Game 2 of the Playoffs, NHL.com reported....
Wed April 11, 2018
County Officials OK Bonds for Raiders Stadium in Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS (AP) Officials in Nevada's Clark County have approved the sale of bonds for the construction of the Oakland Raiders' stadium in Las Vegas. Clark County commissioners voted 6-1 on April 3 in favor of the ordinance authorizing the sale of $750 million in general obligation revenue bonds....
