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Lincolnshire based civil engineering and building works experts A1 Infrastructure and Building Ltd has recently completed a trade in deal for a new Cat 308D midi excavator with Cat compact dealer Britcom International Ltd.Commenting on th... Read Full Article

Rapid International Ltd have recently supplied a new, bespoke batching plant to Skene Group at Soutra, Midlothian in the UK. This plant, housing a 3m3 pan mixer, has been designed to operate in sub zero temperatures with all pipes heated and lagge... Read Full Article

Parker Plant are delighted to announce the appointment of Andrew Dakin as Senior Sales Manager. Welcoming him to Parker Plant are Brett Dalby and Charlie Threapleton in Leicester on the 19th March 2012.With more than 30 years experience i... Read Full Article

Mining specialist Hargreaves has invested in a totally new fleet of Caterpillar equipment in a UK-first, £60m, seven year deal with Finning, Equipment Solutions. This is the first time in Europe Africa and the Middle East (EAME) that a minin... Read Full Article

Joining Select's fleet of Liebherr crawler and duty cycle cranes are the 60 tonnes and 100 tonnes capacity LTR 1060 and LTR 1100 telescopic boom crawler cranes.Select Plant Hire has been a Liebherr customer for many years and currently... Read Full Article

At Intermat 2012, Doosan Infracore Construction Equipment is launching new crawler excavators, wheel loaders and articulated dump trucks (ADTs) specially designed for Middle East and African markets.Replacing the previous SOLAR models, th... Read Full Article

If a conveyor belt's steel scraper becomes buckled or deformed, it often results in irreparable damage to the conveyor's chain and sprockets. At cement plants, where loads conveyed are, by nature, heavy, scraper failure is a particularly common pr... Read Full Article

Stelex Construction Equipment Ltd. are pleased to of completed a double deal in France with the sale of a new HT182 heavy duty static Hercules trommel plant plus the overhaul of the customer's existing machine. Both projects were made bespoke... Read Full Article

In 2012, Bobcat celebrates 25 years of success in the compact excavator market. From what began as an important diversification for Bobcat as the premier manufacturer of skid-steer loaders, the last 25 years have seen the company evolve to become ... Read Full Article

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