Raw material expenses of listed manufacturing companies surged 18.3% year-on-year in the January-March quarter of FY26, highlighting growing input cost pressures amid global uncertainties. The raw ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Vulcan Materials Company proposed a $20 million expansion for its Dixie Lee Quarry in West Knox County. The company wants to add 58 acres to the quarry, which has operated in the ...

Vulcan Materials Company is looking to expand the Dixie Lee Quarry by 58 acres; neighboring homeowners share safety concerns. Coffee linked to significant new side effect, says massive study Trump ...

Formosa Chemicals & Fibre Corporation said it is accelerating restructuring and diversification efforts after posting losses in 2025, as the petrochemical major pivots toward higher-value materials, ...

Construction materials prices rose 1.7% in April, month-over-month, per the recently released U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Producer Price Index data. Since April 2025, prices have increased by 7%.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The American Civil Liberties Union and ACLU of Tennessee filed a federal lawsuit today challenging Tennessee’s discriminatory new congressional redistricting map. The lawsuit was ...

Tennessee Republicans passed a new congressional map that divides the state’s last safe Democratic district and fractures the Black vote in Memphis. The vote occurred amidst chaotic protests from ...

Just a handful of state lawmakers worked to redraw Tennessee's congressional districts, without any input from U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, R-Ooltewah, he said. On Thursday, Tennessee became the first ...

PCWorld reports that neural texture compression from Intel, Nvidia, and AMD could drastically reduce game file sizes and VRAM usage for PC gamers. Intel’s TSNC technology compresses textures up to 17X ...

A new shape-shifting material can change both its texture and color in seconds, inspired by the camouflage abilities of octopuses. By precisely controlling how a polymer swells with water, researchers ...

Construction prices surged in February with energy prices and raw materials as conflict in the Middle East disrupts supply flow. Contractors said the climb in materials prices will likely cause ...