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With the launch of the new DX380LC-7 40 tonne model, Doosan has completed the company’s 30-40 tonne family of Stage V excavators. Together with the new Stage V DX300LC-7 30 tonne and DX350LC-7 36 tonne models, the DX380LC-7 offers an unmatch... Read Full Article

It’s been less than a year since Sarah and Christopher Cookson tragically lost their son Carter who was born prematurely on Boxing Day, 2018. Within the first hours of his life the beloved baby suffered three cardiac arrests and consequently... Read Full Article

OilQuick's biggest news this year is, of course, the launch of their new tiltrotator series, OQTR-E. OilQuick has launched it as ”Doubly world-leading” and ”The best of both worlds”. When you know the background of OQTR-E y... Read Full Article

Powerscreen, one of the world’s leading providers of mobile crushing and screening equipment, will attend CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2020. Powerscreen will be exhibiting on ... Read Full Article

The Mineral Products Association (MPA) welcomes the Prime Minister’s announcement confirming HS2 will go ahead. Having recently called on Government to make a firm decision, and “get HS2 done”, MPA is pleased that our members, wh... Read Full Article

Guggenberger GmbH, based in the Regensburg district, has recently purchased two Liebherr L 566 XPower® wheel loaders from Liebherr sales partner Carl Beutlhauser Baumaschinen GmbH. The impressive performance of the wheel loade... Read Full Article

Mick George Concrete is taking a leading role in the supply of low-carbon alternatives to the East Anglia and East Midlands construction industry, having dedicated a 100-tonne silo at its Cambridgeshire based batching plant to Cemfree, a low-carbo... Read Full Article

An exceptional machine: The LH 150 ET Gantry Port Litronic is not only the first electrically-operated port handling machine in its weight class. It is also the world's largest electrically-operated Liebherr port handling machi... Read Full Article

Largest line-up of new products, new features grab the spotlight on the Silver Lot...Screening and crushing industry leader McCloskey Internatio... Read Full Article

The Bobcat Advanced Selectable Auxiliary Control (A-SAC) System developed for the company’s R-Series mini-excavators from 2-4 tonne has won a ‘Technical Innovation Award’ from the jury for the Samoter Innovation Awards 2020. The ... Read Full Article

Hanson UK’s parent company HeidelbergCement has been recognised for the action it is taking to reduce its impact on the environment with a place on CDP’s 2019 A-list for climate change.It was one of just 179 companies worldwid... Read Full Article

The Mineral Products Association (MPA) has published its Sustainable Development Report 2019 which covers a range of data from 2018/19 and is aligned with MPA’s 7 main strategic priorities and the corresponding objectives and targets. ... Read Full Article

Strömsund, Sweden was where Engcon was founded and remains the site of it’s tiltrotator development and production facilities. As a world-leading tiltrotator manufacturer Engcon continues to grow, recruiting 20 key strategic positio... Read Full Article

Euro Auctions, record breaking auctioneers of industrial plant, construction and agricultural machinery, starts 2020 with a bang and a sale that sees over 5,200 lots go over the new sales ramp at Euro... Read Full Article

One of the UK’s leading plant hirers has added another 30 new JCB Loadall telescopic handlers to its fleet as part of a massive investment in over 300 JCB machines worth nearly £16 million.Ipswich-based TRU Plant has taken del... Read Full Article

Terex Washing Systems (TWS) is gearing up for their showcase at North America’s largest tradeshow, CONEXPO-CON/AGG, March 10th - 14th, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nev. Terex are excited to exhibit at their new location in the ou... Read Full Article

 …in the shape of 3 reduced swing excavators from Volvo.Breaking with tradition, the Aberdeenshire-based civil engineering and groundworks contractor has added two new reduced swing Volvo ECR235Es and an ECR35... Read Full Article

A new, £3.8million dry discharge system at CEMEX’s Northfleet Wharf in Kent has been officially opened. The building materials supplier partnered with the Port of London Authority on the investment, which will ensure a more sustainable... Read Full Article

HL960A wheel loader – the start of a new series of wheel loadersHyundai Construction Equipment Europe (HCEE) scoops Samoter Technical Innovation Award, in the ‘Medium Wheel Loaders’ category, for t... Read Full Article

An estimated 7% of the U.S. fatalities recorded by MSHA between 1995 and 2011 occurred in a confined space.  To reduce that number, conveyor operators are wise to understand exactly how a confined space is defined, and to consider what th... Read Full Article