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NW Tech Capital Inc.’s (PINK SHEETS:NWTT) Canada-based subsidiary Bermal Contracting Ltd. is nearing a supply agreement with Grass Kings Landscaping Co.
Bermal Contracting CEO Raffaella Bernar reported that negotiations with the popular new landscaper for purchase of Bermal stackable flagstone and patio flagstone are nearing their successful conclusion.
Grass Kings Landscaping Co. is a promising new landscape business based in Summerland, BC. Ms. Bernar reports that Grass Kings representatives were impressed with the Bermal flagstone. Ms. Bernar feels that the growing popularity of Grass Kings’ customized landscape solutions makes it likely that the company will become a repeat Bermal customer.
Bermal is excited to expand the company’s geographic reach and find another outlet to show the market its high-quality product. In the short term, Bermal will focus on completing this supply agreement with Grass Kings, and NWTT will announce the specifics as soon as they are finalized.
Granite Construction Incorporated (NYSE:GVA) reports that Granite Construction Company and Pulice Construction, Inc. have been awarded an $85 million contract by the Arizona Department of Transportation to rehabilitate ten miles of State Route 202L in Maricopa County. Granite’s share of the contract is 25 percent, or approximately $21 million. Granite will book the project into backlog during the third quarter of 2010.
Scope of the project includes constructing ten miles of HOV lanes in each direction, widening the SB Price Road Bridge and constructing two flyover bridges at the Interstate 10 and State Route 101 interchanges. Work will also include drainage improvements, retaining walls, electrical, utility relocations and landscaping.
Construction is estimated to begin September 2010 and will take approximately 14 months to complete.
Granite Construction Incorporated is a member of the S&P 400 Midcap Index, the FTSE KLD 400 Social Index and the Russell 2000 Index. Granite Construction Company, a wholly owned subsidiary, is one of the nation’s largest diversified heavy civil contractors and construction materials producers. Granite Construction Company serves public- and private-sector clients through its offices and subsidiaries nationwide.

United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. (Nasdaq:USLM) reported second quarter 2010 results: Revenues increased to $37.9 million from $29.1 million in the comparable prior year quarter, an increase of $8.8 million, or 30.2%. Revenues from the Company’s lime and limestone operations in the second quarter 2010 increased $8.5 million, or 30.8%, to $36.2 million from $27.6 million in the comparable 2009 quarter, while revenues from its natural gas interests increased $278 thousand, or 18.6%, to $1.8 million from $1.5 million in the comparable prior year quarter.
For the six months ended June 30, 2010, revenues increased to $71.5 million from $57.4 million in the comparable 2009 period, an increase of $14.1 million, or 24.5%. Revenues from the Company’s lime and limestone operations in the first six months 2010 increased $13.5 million, or 24.9%, to $67.6 million from $54.2 million in the comparable 2009 period, while revenues from its natural gas interests increased $612 thousand, or 18.6%, to $3.9 million from $3.3 million in the comparable prior year period.
The increase in lime and limestone revenues in the 2010 periods as compared to last year’s comparable periods primarily resulted from increased sales volumes of the Company’s lime products due to improved demand, principally from its steel customers, and increased prices realized during the periods for the Company’s lime and limestone products.
United States Lime & Minerals, Inc., a NASDAQ-listed public company with headquarters in Dallas, Texas, is a manufacturer of lime and limestone products, supplying primarily the construction, steel, municipal sanitation and water treatment, aluminum, paper, utilities, glass, roof shingle and agriculture industries.
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