Duo delivers the closest aggregate production plant north of the river to central London for CEMEX UK.
Now officially opened at Dagenham, the latest CEMEX aggregate processing plant is the closest aggregate production north of the river to central Lond... Read Full ArticleSchaeffler celebrates 125 year-anniversary of ball grinding mill
Precision bearing manufacturer Schaeffler is celebrating the 125-year anniversary of the ball grinding mill, a patented machine that for the first time enabled the manufacture of precision hardened steel balls that were perfectly round and of equa... Read Full ArticleAxle Weighing Pads Verify Material Composition For Continuous Mixing Plant
A market leader in the design, development and manufacture of industrial process control solutions is using portable weigh-bridges to verify materials produced by the Rapid International continuous mixing plants. Belfast-based, Pneut... Read Full ArticleThink small, but think green: IE3 motors from 0.12 kW
NORD DRIVESYSTEMS, the full-scale drive systems provider, will expand its IE3 premium efficiency motor range to also include smaller motor powers from January 2016. Available as an alternative to its comprehensive IE2 motor range, the smaller-size... Read Full ArticleFull suspension hauler makes good impression on Italian quarry
Quarrying company Italcave has boosted productivity thanks to the addition of a Volvo A40F-FS full suspension articulated hauler. Set between the city of Milan and the border of Switze... Read Full ArticleSustainable rock excavation in Poland
The Malopolska region in South-East Poland has been nominated as a European Entrepreneurial Region (EER) for 2016. The award is granted to the regions which present the most future-oriented "visions of entrepreneurial development", and the same sp... Read Full ArticleIt’s looking all Twite! for the small bird close to extinction
Great news, the number of Twite birds at CEMEX Dove Holes quarry has increased and is looking all twite! Thanks to the flower-rich five hectare meadow planted on the edge of the quarry site which provides the young Twites with the sorrel see... Read Full ArticleMiller's million pound UK factory investment
Global earthmoving attachments specialist, Miller, has invested almost £1.5 million overhauling its UK manufacturing plant.The substantial investment has focussed largely on three key areas – productivity, service level and le... Read Full ArticleTerex Trucks good as gold in remote French Guiana mine
The efficiency and low maintenance of 15 Terex Trucks articulated haulers are proving vital for working in the remote and vast gold mine in Saint- Élie, French Guiana. Take a helicopter 30 minutes west from Cayenne, French Gui... Read Full ArticleTerex install there first Modular Crushing Solution in Tasmani
Terex MJ47 Modular Plant has been designed to meet the needs of a large capacity Primary Crushing Station with minimal civil works, assembly time and cost. The Module comprises a large truck dump hop... Read Full ArticleThe Mineral Products Industry Is Playing a Key Role in Building on Britain’s Natural Capital
The mineral products industry has long been delivering innovative and imaginative high quality restoration and management of quarries and is in a unique position to deliver more and contribute to the country’s stock of Natural Capital.... Read Full ArticleLeading supplier of materials processing equipment, Blue Group, have appointed Iain Herity as Managing Director for London and the Home Counties Region
Being one of the leading figures in the industry over the past three decades means Iain brings with him a wealth of customer knowledge, particularly in the London area. He also offers extensive product development experience, clearly demonstrating... Read Full ArticleEnviro wheel washing systems from Garic
The HUB team recently visited the GARIC stand at Plantworx to learn a little more about their wheel washing systems. We spoke with Stephen Booth, Head of Sales at Garic “We have been very ... Read Full ArticleBAM Ritchies drill & blast boosted by new drill rigs
Three new DI550 drill rigs from Sandvik Construction have given BAM Ritchies’ UK drill and blast operation a major boost. The drill rigs will operate on a number of quarrying dri... Read Full ArticleStellar stone in the Lone Star State
Family-owned Conners Crushed Stone is using a fleet of Volvo Construction equipment to help quarry and crush high quality limestone at five quarries in Texas, USA.Although the days of the Wild ... Read Full ArticleMartin Engineering Becomes Sole Distributor Of CleanScrape Conveyor Belt Cleaners
A worldwide leader in belt conveyor technology has become the sole distributor of the acclaimed CleanScrape Cleaner, as Martin Engineering GmbH takes exclusive responsibility for sales in all of Europe as well as in Russia, North Africa and the Mi... Read Full ArticleHolcim and Lafarge receive European Commission’s approval for CRH as buyer of divestment assets
Lafarge and Holcim today received from the European Commission the approval of CRH asa suitable purchaser of the assets to be divested by both companies in the EU (seeappendix).Additionally, CRH has also received from the Euro... Read Full ArticleHolcim and Lafarge obtain merger clearances in the United States and Canada paving the way to closing their merger.
Lafarge and Holcim have received final approval for their proposed merger from the competition authorities in the United States and Canada.All competition approvals necessary for closing the transaction have now been obtained ahead of the... Read Full ArticleMcGuire Hired As Service Manager for KPI-JCI and Astec Mobile Screens’ Oregon Location
KPI-JCI and Astec Mobile Screens has hired Patrick McGuire as service manager for its Oregon manufacturing facility.In his new position, McGuire will be responsible for directing all activities associated with servicing of company product... Read Full ArticleNew Stage IV Wheel Loaders from Doosan: DL300-5, DL350-5 & DL420-5
Doosan Construction Equipment has launched the company’s new high performance ‘DL-5’ generation Stage IV compliant wheel loaders, the new DL300-5, DL350-5 and DL420-5 models, replacing the successful DL300-3, DL350-3 and DL420-3 ... Read Full Article