The massive CONEXPO-ConAgg show begins Tuesday March 11 and will run through Saturday March 15 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. This show includes many dredging exhibits and is sponsored… Read More

. Pump Vacuum Systems has developed the PVS Compact Aggregate Unit designed around the companys patented PVS JetPump. The unit is a modular portable plant for mining old tailings which separates the usable product and returns the tailings to the mine for smoothing and reclamation. Read More

In Memoriam: Ogden Beeman

February 29, 2008

Ogden Beeman died on January 12 2008. He was born March 13 1935 in Oak Park Illinois and grew up in Portland Oregon. He graduated from Stanford University in 1956… Read More

.In late December 2007 both houses of the U.S. Congress passed the $555 billion Omnibus Spending Bill for FY08. It included $70 billion to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan insisted upon by President George W. Bush and $10 billion for local projects described by President Bush |!|wasteful government spending|!| as he signed the bill on December 26. Read More

Automation will increase production especially on sand and gravel dredges.Many U.S. dredges still utilize pneumatic and hydraulic technology for process control and information feedback. Production data when it exists is usually written down on a piece of paper. More often actual production information isn't obtained until a survey is done and compared to the original site survey. Real-time information showing where and how much the dredge is digging is often unavailable. Determining the depth that a dredge is digging at is usually determined with a calibrated stick or length of line hung overboard. Read More