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Mecom (Mechanisation Company Limited) in Port Louis, Mauritius, has acquired a tracked Terex Finlay 683 Supertrak 3 way split screening plant from Johannesburg-based ... Read Full Article

CONSTRUCTION materials giant Lafarge has ranked 7th in the UK's first ever league table of 'green' organisations.The roll, featuring more than 2,000 businesses, agencies, hospitals and government units, aims to show what progress is being... Read Full Article

University of Leicester delivers qualification for quarrying industryTwo of the world’s largest quarrying companies are ... Read Full Article

Aggregate Processing Solutions has provided an uprated Terex Finlay TC 15 Sand Master to boost productivity on site at Hanson Aggregates in Mercaston, Derbyshire.The machine has been brought... Read Full Article

A number of internationally important archaeological discoveries have been made at Hanson’s Must Farm quarry at Whittlesey near Peterborough, Cambridgeshire.Discoveries include six later Bronze Age logboats found submerged at the bott... Read Full Article

A modern stationary plant, together with related mobile screening a... Read Full Article

Having purchased significant volumes of Volvo excavators, articulated haulers and loading shovels numbering 50 in all during 2010, Chepstow Plant (International) Ltd, continues its investment with orders placed for a further 40 units in 2011. ... Read Full Article

Lafarge SA and Anglo American plc announce their agreement to combine their cement, aggregates, ready-mixed concrete, asphalt and contracting businesses in the United Kingdom, comprising Lafarge Cement UK, Lafarge Aggregates and Concrete UK, ("Laf... Read Full Article

BUILDING materials firm, Lafarge, is backing a Derbyshire club in one of the biggest community cricket events in the sporting calendar.Almost 20 tonnes of roadstone and washed sand has been donated to Sawley and Long Eaton Park by Lafarge... Read Full Article

The UK aggregates industry continues to be unable to replenish its output with new reserves. This is despite markets continuing to remain at historically low levels during 2010. The industry marketing consultancy, BDS Marketing Research Ltd, estim... Read Full Article

Sales at the Quadling Quarry ("Quadling") in the last quarter have held up well and are ahead of management expectations. Despite adverse weather conditions in the area, Quadling's close proximity to Highway 1 continues to provide a competitive ad... Read Full Article

A Hertfordshire quarry hit the small screen as the backdrop to a saucy scene in BBC flagship soap, Eastenders.Lafarge Aggregates & Concrete UK's Tyttenhanger sand and gravel quarry, near St Albans, was the location for a secret tryst ... Read Full Article

The British Aggregates Association (BAA) has been recognised for a significant health and safety initiative in the Construction Products Association (CPA) 2010 edition of Construction Products Innovation and Achievement (CPIA). It is one o... Read Full Article

Tropic Asphalts Pty based in Toronto, NSW. Have recently put into production an Eco 2000 asphalt plant to complete a surfacing contract with the RTA for roads within the Snowy Mountains area. The w... Read Full Article

Cool asphalt could cut carbon emissions and speed-up road worksUK industry leaders start trials to wipe over a third off asphalt carbon footprint by 2020The UK is set to slash the carbon emissions of road works and cut tr... Read Full Article

Bjordal Maskin AS, recently took delivery of a CMB Bx300 mobile crushing plant. The plant is a diesel/hydraulic powered unit, featuring the company's high performance RS150 ... Read Full Article

 BedRock Software, LLC (BedRock) has created another industry first by releasing AggFlow with Track-Mounted (mobile) equipment simulation capability.  BedRock has developed this new and innovative approach starting with Powerscreen I... Read Full Article

Lafarge Aggregates (Mountsorrell Quarry) has used Liquid Management Solutions (LMS) to install future proof radio frequency identification (RFid) fuel management equipment.The LMS RF solution was chosen for its existing operational pedigree wit... Read Full Article

West Lothian based Cormac Ltd have installed and commissioned a complete high efficiency TOP TOWER asphalt plant for CEMEX at their quarry near Shap in Cumbria. Cormac, who are renowned for their h... 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