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For the first time in its 11-year history, the Caterpillar Operator Challenge is won by a German competitor. Racing against 46 elite operators from 20 countries, Sebastian Behr achieved the highest points in the eight tests included in the event. Tim... Read Full Article

 The TS HVDS (High Voltage Detection System) is designed to prevent vehicles and machinery with a variable height from coming into contact with high voltage overhead power lines. The system consists of a cab mounted detection anten... Read Full Article

 Following the successful introduction of a productive and reliable Liebherr LR 632B specialist landfill crawler loader at Lafarge Aggregates' Walleys landfill site two years ago, the company has now invested in another model. A "New Gener... Read Full Article

Drumclog Plant, a client of JCC Engcon Group for over 10 years, have recently commissioned JCC Engcon to modify their newest Volvo 14t excavators for low ground pressure use, and supply a new EC15 tiltrotator & quick hitch.   JCC Engcon ... Read Full Article

 The construction of a new cement plant at Tarmac's Tunstead Quarry in Derbyshire has helped to create one of the busiest sites in Europe, with product movements in excess of 6 million tonnes per annum.With more than 650 vehicle an... Read Full Article

 Freightliner Group Ltd and GE Transportation have today launched images of the new 'PowerHaul(tm)' locomotive being developed for the UK market at the InnoTrans show in Berlin. 30 of these locomotives where ordered by Freightliner last ye... Read Full Article

 Liebherr-Rental Limited is fulfilling its early promise of concentrating on specialist markets with a range of highly versatile excavators, materials handlers and associated attachments.  The company has now added a further excavator... Read Full Article

On the 26 June Red Rhino held its quarterly "Onsite Recycling of Construction Waste" seminar. The seminar, focusing on the huge savings on costs generated by the onsite ... Read Full Article

A reduction in the availability and release of heavy metals in soil has been an interesting issue worldwide in recent years. Bentonite is a form of expandable montmorillonite clay which possesses the essential quality of a strong sorption for heavy m... Read Full Article

WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) today (11 June 2008) announced a series of demanding targets as part of the new three-year Business Plan.Between 2008 and 2011 WRAP will develop and deliver programmes which:Re... Read Full Article

 Raymond Brown Minerals & Recycling is contributing to Hampshire's renowned recycling initiative after clinching a new contract with Hopk... Read Full Article

The 2007 waste return figures from the National Federation of Demolition Contractors have just been issued; and they serve to highlight a growing challenge in the recycling of composite materials... Read Full Article

Raymond Brown Minerals & Recycling is contributing to Hampshire's renowned recycling initiative after clinching a new contract with Hopkins ... Read Full Article

COVENTRY, ENGLAND, Friday, June 13, 2008 --- Leading construction equipment manufacturer Terex Construction UK won the coveted Supplier of the Year for Plant award at A-Plant's Annual Conference 2008, held... Read Full Article

BG Europa of Wickhambrook has recently installed an FMA Ullrich Hot Asphalt storage extension to existing Sherwin... Read Full Article

Demand for more productive methods of reconstructing runways is increasing the need for high capacity, mobile asphalt plants.Engineers at Colas are preparing to take the firm's Ermont asph... Read Full Article

 Recycling is becoming part of the production process in many industries and the asphalt sector is no exception. The advantages of reprocessing reclaimed asphalt are not just econom... Read Full Article

Scotland's only large coastal quarry, Glensanda Quarry on Loch Linnhe near Oban in western Scotland, has agreed a long term deal with Alfred McAlpine Plant Services, delivering a fleet of 12 new large quar... Read Full Article

Metso Minerals (UK) Ltd, the UK subsidiary of global equipment, service and process solutions provider Metso Minerals, has been awarded the coveted Safe Contractor Accreditation, which is organised and run by The National Britannia Group.... Read Full Article

Investigators gathering evidence over alleged cement price fixing in the UK have been boosted by Heidelberg, Lafarge, Holcim, Cemex and three other cement producers losing their court bid in Germany to throw out a lawsuit over a price-fixing carte... Read Full Article