TEREX wins a-plant
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 ArticleNew Hot Asphalt Storage Extension for Lafarge Ashbury Depot.
BG Europa of Wickhambrook has recently installed an FMA Ullrich Hot Asphalt storage extension to existing Sherwin... Read Full ArticleMobile Asphalt Plants ready to take off
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 ArticleRecycling Asphalt for Economic Advantage
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 ArticleNew investment for Yeoman Glensanda
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 ArticleMetso Minerals (UK) Ltd Secures Safe Contractor Accreditation
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 ArticleCement Cartel Success Boosts UK Claims
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 ArticleShaft Couplings for high performances & high-quality drives
Where wind power stations, marine drives or drives with high loads in process engineering are concerned, shaft couplings have a significant influence on the service life and ease of operation of high-quality drives. KTR has extended its po... Read Full ArticleLargest Scrap Metal Auction to date.
27 million pounds of scrap metal from aircraft hulls, wings and wheels will soon be available for bid through online auction marketplace, www.govliquidation.com. In its largest scrap metal auction to date, Government Liquidation will start accepti... Read Full ArticleWRAP Launches Site Waste Management Plan Template
WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) has launched a Site Waste Management Plan (SWMP) template to help the construction industry comply with legislation coming into force in England in April, which will make SWMP... Read Full ArticleBest-Chem resolves dusts issue at Hanson Ystrad Meurig Quarry
In Early 2007 Hanson Aggregates decommissioned its crushing and processing plant at its Ystrad Meurig Quarry nr Aberystwyth. This was replaced with a complete mobile ... Read Full ArticleVolvo to showcase machines at SED
Volvo Construction Equipment Ltd is the distribution organisation in Great Britain (GB) for the full range of Volvo Construction Products. The company has confirmed its presence at SED 2008 and will be bringing some new machines. At SED 2008 ... Read Full ArticleEast Midlands Demolition Buys Crushers and Screeners from Blue Machinery
When Peter Siddall sold his well-established demolition and surfacing group ten years ago and tried to settle down to retirement, it wasn't long before he started up again and formed East Midlands Demolition. "I simply got bored and decided to sta... Read Full ArticleCold planer wins gold on marathon job
One of the premier events at any Olympic games is the marathon race, and in 2008 Beijing will play host to the world's best distance runners. Not only will those world-class runners be making history in front of Beijing's historic Forbidden City and ... Read Full ArticleTaking to the water
There is a growing role for waterborne freight transport in today's logistics, particularly for the bulk handling industry, writes Frank Worsford. As a student I advanced the argument th... Read Full ArticleCrushers Breeze into Scottish Windfarm
A specialist Scottish plant hirer and earthworks contractor is using a pair of track-mounted mobile crushers in preparatory works for what is scheduled to become Europe's largest onshore windfarm when it comes online next year. Gl... Read Full ArticleState-of-the-art heavy equipment simulators for Crane Operator Training Tools.
Since 1996, Canada-based CMLabs Simulations has been engaged in delivering superior simulation products designed for training needs, with attention paid to both the software and the hardware. The company has devoted significant resources to developin... Read Full ArticleGrosvenor Waste Management expand their Century Wharf site with the help of Canning Conveyor.
Awarded the initial contract for supply of conveyor systems for the Grosvenor Waste Management Century Wharf site, Canning was subsequently awarded a second contract for the supply of two quality assurance stations and eight associated ... Read Full ArticleNew bearing coatings withstand water, acids, cleaning agents and other corrosive media
A high-grade martensitic steel has been developed for rolling bearings, offering very high hardness characteristics, as well as maximum corrosion resistance against aggressive media. A new high-grade martensitic hardening stee... Read Full ArticleFinedoor supply new aggregate screen for CEMEX - Cowieslinn Quarry.
Finedoor have recently completed a project to supply a new aggregate screen for Cowieslinn Quarry.The CEMEX Quarry at Eddleston, near Peebles, Scotland has been operational since 1985 and h... Read Full Article