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Brauncewell Quarries Ltd, an independent family run aggregates business has opted for another Volvo 50 tonne excavator to take over as the new prime mover at its facility located close to Sleaford in Lincolnshire. The Company has a l... Read Full Article

Bell Equipment's board of directors has announced the appointment of the company's Chief Operational Officer and executive director, Leon Goosen, as Chief Executive Officer designate to succeed Gary Bell upon his planned retirement.The ap... Read Full Article

Following the General Election on 8th June, Chief Executive of the Mineral Products Association (MPA), Nigel Jackson, has written to the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), expressing the industry’s contin... Read Full Article

Guy Wilson has been appointed Global Sales Director for Terex Trucks. In his new role he will be responsible for leading the company’s global sales team. With more than 10 years’ experience in the construction industry, G... Read Full Article

To further improve the standard of service it offers its clients, plant machinery service and maintenance partner, United Plant Services (UPS), has announced its decision to become a member of the Mineral Products Association (MPA); the trade asso... Read Full Article

Based in Witham, Essex, Brice Aggregates is the latest company to take delivery of a new Terex Washing Systems (TWS) wash plant supplied by DUO (Europe) who are the TWS dealer for England and Wales... Read Full Article

Metso partners with Rockwell Automation to create new industry-leading industrial IoT solutions for mining...Metso has selected Rockwell Automation to deliver a global industrial Internet of Things (IoT) platform that connects, m... Read Full Article

Doosan Bobcat EMEA has launched the new DX160LC-5 HT and DX180LC-5 HT Stage IV compliant High Track Crawler Excavators, complementing the company’s best-selling standard configuration DX140LC-5 14 tonne and DX180LC-5 18 tonne mid-range excav... Read Full Article

Superior Industries Inc., a U.S. based manufacturer and global supplier of bulk material processing and handling systems, completed manufacturing of its first Razerlink™ Mobile Conveyor—a mul... Read Full Article

Taking Articulated Dump Truck (ADT) functionality to the next level, Bell Equipment has announced the UK launch of its B40E, the hotly anticipated mid-range E-series machine.Already established internationally as a world class product, wi... Read Full Article

Over 220 attendees from over 110 different organisations including the minerals industry, national agencies, local government, NGOs and specialist consultancies from as far afield as Cornwall, Northumberland and Ayrshire attended the annual joint ... Read Full Article

MPA Dimension Stone has published ‘Safer by Design’ information on Bridge Saw Guidance, in partnership with Charge and the Stone Federation.The Guidance document includes the legal background and risk assessment process coveri... Read Full Article

In 2015/16, 30.4 million working days were lost due to self-reported work-related illness or injury, with each person taking an average of 16 days off work. Stress, depression or anxiety and musculoskeletal disorders accounted for the majority of ... Read Full Article

Terex Trucks’ TA300 is helping to keep the Czech Republic’s leading aggregate supplier Kamenolomy in prime position. Known for its snowy winters and warm summers, gothic ca... Read Full Article

Renold Gears has designed a heavy-duty, custom gearbox solution for a manufacturer of a special type of coarse material washers known as log washers. Effectively these are huge rectangular boxes, or troughs, usually fabricated from steel plate, co... Read Full Article

At Steinexpo 2017, Volvo Construction Equipment will showcase its high-performing portfolio of machines and services with a segment-specific selection of machines. Over a 1,000m2 exhibition area in Europe’s largest basalt quarry, Volvo CE wi... Read Full Article

The range of Liebherr dozers available in the UK has recently been expanded with the introduction of the 30 tonne PR 746 crawler tractor.The first example of this model has joined the Liebherr-Rental fleet and has been snapped up on a lon... Read Full Article

The Mineral Products Association (MPA) held its Members’ annual conference ‘Mineral Products 2017 - Adapting to Change’ on Wednesday 7th June at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, Westminster.The event, themed &ls... Read Full Article

ALLU is proud to announce that Powerscreen Ireland is to be its new distributor throughout Ireland. The dealership, which was announced at Ireland’s CQMS in April, will see Powerscreen Ireland supplying the comprehensive range of ALLU Transf... Read Full Article

Superior Industries Inc., a U.S. based manufacturer and global supplier of bulk material processing and handling systems, has released a new conveyor component accessory, the Safety Handrail.Uni... Read Full Article