Kelston Sparkes enhances customer service with two more Bell B50Ds.
Having enhanced its extensive fleet last year with the procurement of four new Bell Equipment B50D Articulated Dump Trucks (ADTs), Kelston Sparkes Group has chosen to augment its already extensive taskforce with the addition of two further B50D ma... Read Full ArticleHanson extends RSPB nature reserve
A further 96 hectares of restored land at Hanson UK’s Needingworth quarry in Cambridgeshire has been handed over to the RSPB as part of a 30-year partnership project to create a wildlife nature reserve from a working sand and gravel quarry.... Read Full ArticleNew CEMEX quarry of strategic importance for the South East market
A new CEMEX quarry at Datchet, Berkshire, adjacent to the M4, is starting to supply essential sand and gravel to construction customers and readymix concrete plants in London and the South East. Datchet quarry will supply approximate... Read Full ArticleDenehy Now Leading Eagle Iron Works’ Sales.
EIW, LLC, along with parent company McLanahan Corporation, is pleased to welcome Tim Denehy to the company as Sales Manager.With over 20 years of experience working in the mining and aggregate... Read Full ArticleSebastian Vettel Praises New Track Surface At Sepang International Circuit
Sepang, Malaysia: Sebastian Vettel has praised Sepang International Circuit (SIC) ahead of this weekend’s Malaysian Grand Prix following a repaving of the legendary venue with Shell Cariphalte Racetrack - a high performance version of... Read Full ArticleHT182M Trommel helps to expand waste management park in the UK.
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 ArticleFinlay Group support for quarrying health and safety event
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 ArticleWhat’s the Problem?
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 ArticleEurope’s first Dodge® CST drive system improves conveyor reliability at Norwegian mine
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 ArticleEPC-METRICS launches an innovative remote blast monitoring service
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 ArticleFrom Hillhead Expo tp quarry taskforce - Wood's new Bell L2606E Loaders are set to deliver
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 ArticleVolvo heavyweights move in at Johnsons Wellfield
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 ArticleTerex Trucks haul deep in Jordan
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 ArticleGenerac impress with their dust suppression.
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 ArticleSRC Aggregates “Evolves” its fleet with three new B30E trucks from Bell Equipment
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 ArticleWilliam Thompson & Son turn landfill into stockpile with CDE Washing Plant
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 ArticleThe negative implications of using replicator spare parts on slurry pumps
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 ArticleDębówko Mine in Poland Relies on Doosan Machines
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 ArticleWinter kits keep deep freeze at bay
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 ArticleA very successful launch of the HalfPipe Ejector
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