News

Stelex Construction Equipment Limited are very pleased to have recently installed a HT182M model heavy duty trommel into an old quarry in the heart of England. The deal was done against stiff competition and was completed very quickly an... Read Full Article

A Terex Finlay 694 was one of the main features at a health and safety event held at a Staffordshire quarry.The Wardlow and Wredon Quarry played host to the Mineral Products Association (MPA) and JCB’s Health and Safety Awareness Da... Read Full Article

Bill Noakes of Atlantic Pumps discusses the problems caused by airborne dust to quarry operators, an area increasingly being focused on by the H.S.E., and looks at some of the solutions available.The dust caused by ... Read Full Article

Dodge® controlled start transmission (CST) drive system provides mine’s conveyor with the reliability required to overcome lost production from breakdowns.Europe’s first Dodge® controlled start transmission (CST) drive... Read Full Article

In order to reinforce its position as a market leader in commercial explosives and blasting services in the UK, EPC-UK has unveiled EPC-Metrics, a new entity which will provide a dedicated remote monitoring service for blast vibration and air over... Read Full Article

Continuing investment in its industrious crushing and screening division, plant hire and contracting firm Woods, has chosen to update two of its Bell ... Read Full Article

Following an objective appraisal and competitive tendering process, Volvo Construction Equipment has secured an order for a 70 tonne EC700C, an additional A40G articulated hauler and a 22 tonne EC220E from Johnsons Wellfield of Huddersfield, West ... Read Full Article

Haver & Boecker, a leading manufacturer in processing, handling, mixing, packing, filling, palletizing and loading systems, named Matthias Griesdorn its sales engineer earlier this year. He brings three years of industry experience to his new ... Read Full Article

Longstanding customer COMEDAT puts Terex Trucks’ rigid dump trucks to work in phosphate mines in Jordan. With a partnership that dates back to the 1970s, Jordan’s largest phosphate mining contractor, COMEDAT, is using 90 ... Read Full Article

Generac Mobile Products, the Milton Keynes based supplier of a range of environmentally biased power products for the UK construction rental industry enjoyed a highly successful three days at the recent construction machinery exhibition – Hi... Read Full Article

SRC Aggregates, a leading Essex-based quarrying, waste disposal and recycling firm, is evolving its fleet by replacing its older Bell Equipment B30Ds... Read Full Article

When most people look at an expanse of construction, demolition and excavation material they see only waste. Andrew Thompson, Director at William Thompson & Son, is able to see things differently with the introduction of a CDE C&D waste ... Read Full Article

Replicating spare parts for slurry pumps is a serious issue in the mining industry, for both solution providers and the mine operators who utilise them. As commodity prices continue to drop, mining operators are under intense pressur... Read Full Article

There is no such thing as an ideal machine. Every piece of equipment has its strengths and weaknesses, and the latter are always worth improving. Machine manufacturers argue that it is essential for innovative solutions to be functional and reliab... Read Full Article

A new SmartGearbox featuring a unique oil condition monitoring system has been launched by Renold Gears. The patented technology is 60 times more sensitive to oil contamination than a standard dielectric sensor and provides an all-round view of ge... Read Full Article

Terex Trucks has launched winter protection kits for its rigid dump trucks to help avoid the need to keep engines idling in extreme sub-zero temperatures. It takes only a drop of four degrees in core body temperature for hypothermia ... Read Full Article

Successfully showcased at both the Tipex and Hillhead shows in June the latest addition to their product range, the HalfPipe Ejector has been very successful. Coming off the back of a very successful Tipper launch last year, the bmi group has secu... Read Full Article

A Terex Finlay 595 has been converted to dual power to support high performance operations and sustainability at Cemex East Leake Quarry.The mobile scalping unit, supplied by Finlay Central, has been converted to run off electricity as we... Read Full Article

UK’s leading materials handling, workplace transport and safety management training company, Mentor, launches hard-hitting video training module at IMHX.Following its exclusi... Read Full Article

Hanson Cement has made two senior promotions; Mark Hickingbottom has been appointed national commercial director, bulk cement; and Andy Simpson becomes national commercial director – packed.... Read Full Article