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Leading environmental equipment specialist, Terex Ecotec, has expanded its shredding range with the introduction of the TSS 390, a robust and versatile single shaft, slow speed shredder.  Powered by a fuel efficient 493HP Scania DC13 engine, ... Read Full Article

Based in Northamptonshire, family run business Shenstone Plant, is run by Nick and Alex Bennie who have been running the business for the past 12 years. The business was first established in 1954 by Nick and Alex’s father David Bennie.... Read Full Article

Mining contractor MacKellar purchased the Liebherr trucks for use at Anglo American’s Dawson MineAnglo American operates the open cut metallurgical coal mine ne... Read Full Article

11:05hrs, Wednesday 11th November 2020The MPA & British Precast Health & Safety Leadership Conference is online this year. Hosted by BBC Radio Presenter Sybil Ruscoe, this approximately hour long Show will combine... Read Full Article

Perth based civil engineering and plant contractors I & H Brown has taken delivery of a thirty tonne Volvo EC300E for its extensive plant fleet, which has been pledged to support health workers by raising money for the NHS Charities Togeth... Read Full Article

EIS Waste Services Ltd, based in Aberdeen in Scotland, has purchased two new Doosan DX180LC-5 18 tonne crawler excavators from Balgownie, the local Authorised Doosan dealer, with headquarters in Inverurie in Aberdeenshire.With roots datin... Read Full Article

Increasing numbers of ageing MRFs are being updated to meet today’s more challenging requirements, and new MRFs are being designed and built differently to those of the past. Ruben Maistry, UK Sales Manager for STADLER, explains why and ... Read Full Article

Tesco has specified Hanson’s reduced emission asphalt (REA) to resurface four customer car parks across the country.The product, which helps to minimise the impact of asphalt production and laying on local air quality, is being produce... Read Full Article

An entirely new hydraulic circuit will reduce fuel consumption by up to 19% with no loss in productivity...Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. has announced that the company will launch the Hitachi EX2000-7 ultra-large hydra... Read Full Article

Despite the regulations and restrictions under which the industry has been forced to operate, quarry owners and aggregates producers continue to display optimism that better times are just ahead.Recent investments in Metso ... Read Full Article

At the BIR Non-Ferrous Metals Division’s eForum in June this year, much of the debate had surrounded China’s proposed “recycled material” reclassification system covering brass, copper and cast aluminium alloy imports... Read Full Article

A combination of an ElectroStatic Separator and a Metal Separation Module is enabling the recovery of fine copper and other metals from a waste product at a UK metal recycling company.... Read Full Article

The start of the new school term also hailed a whole new beginning for Liebherr’s latest intake of 5 apprentices, ranging from school leavers aged 16 to ex-servicemen aged 28.   Ordinarily, Liebherr would have been a significant pr... Read Full Article

The next online Recolight panel discussion is scheduled for 6 November at 11:00. This discussion follows on from the three Lighting & the Circular Economy webinars hosted by Recolight this year. The discussion will tackle a key issue ... Read Full Article

Leading hirer Johnson Plant is celebrating after its purchase of a new JCB electric mini excavator helped the company secure a host of new contracts.The Esher-based firm, established to supply plant to sister company Landmark Groundworks,... Read Full Article

One part of the economy for which doom and gloom predictions have not materialised is the used construction plant sector, as Ritchie Bros. has witnessed with its recent auctions in September...The world's largest heavy equipment ... Read Full Article

There was tangible excitement at the BIR Tyres & Rubber Committee webinar on October 15 following a guest presentation on the recycling of end-of-life tyres (ELTs) into secondary raw materials for ... Read Full Article

There is little doubt that the waste industry is experiencing an increase in demand for more purity in recovered waste products according to Con Gallagher, Head of Global Sales at Kiverco Limited. “Projects we have on the table in 2020 c... Read Full Article

Doosan Infracore wins highest award at ‘Smart Construction Challenge 2020’ in the fields of earthwork automation and advanced surveyingCompany plans to commercialize a comprehensive construction ... Read Full Article

In a move to deliver even greater performance and flexibility to its lineup of atomized mist cannons for odour management and wide-area disinfection, BossTek® has introduced a new model with a dosing ... Read Full Article