Bags of success at Mortimer Quarry
Hills Quarry Products has extended its business partnership with Day Aggregates with the opening of a bagging plant at Mortimer Quarry near Reading. The facility is the third of its kind at a Hills quarry. Jonathan Day - Merchant Sale... Read Full ArticleAnaconda Equipment proudly joins the McLanahan Family of Companies
In 2017, McLanahan Corporation began a partnership with Anaconda Equipment of Northern Ireland to distribute and sell Anaconda’s line of mobile track equipment. As the relationship between the two companies progressed, it became clear that t... Read Full ArticleTransport for London endorses the MPA Driver's App
The recently launched MPA Driver’s App has been has been endorsed by Transport for London (TfL), who have said: “We believe it is great asset for professional drivers and will make a really pos... Read Full ArticleNew Year, new Pedestrian safety trucks
With the New Year, comes 57 new DAF trucks carrying CEMEX’s bold Pedestrian safety message of ‘Don’t Chance it’.... Read Full ArticleThe technology helping to prevent accidents in the construction industry
The construction industry continues to thrive throughout the world, with the global market expected to grow in value by 85% to 15.5 trillion US dollars by 2030. Yet while the industry flourishes, one of the biggest issues it faces is that of safet... Read Full ArticlePHIL Sideboards Help Maximize Volume & Minimize Spillage
Off-highway trucks are designed to haul ton-after-ton of material throughout quarries, mines and traverse unpaved haul roads in the pursuit of building economies and infrastructure around the world. From time-to-time, the truck bodies on the... Read Full ArticleMcCloskey International’s newest products take the stage at AGG1/World of Asphalt
Maneuverability and versatility key attributes of new designs...AGG1/World of Asphalt visitors will get a first look at McCloskey International’s new products that are compact and highly mobile. The newest addition to the s... Read Full ArticleEvoquip to make an impact at World of Concrete 2019
EvoQuip will make a return to World of Concrete 2019 and are going bigger than their debut in 2018. Specializing in compact mobile crushing and screening equipment, Evo... Read Full Article“Flexibility is the key...”
So says Ian Manley, Quarry Manager at Marshalls’ Howley Park Quarry near Wakefield, as the company takes a further package of Volvo Construction Equipment products... The addition of another Volvo L180H loading s... Read Full ArticleAggregate Industries carries the load on ‘first of its kind’ Nene Bridge repair
Strengthening its position as the go-to supplier for complex renovations, Aggregate Industries’ unique Lytacrete solution has played a pivotal role in the £5 million structural refurbish... Read Full ArticleCEMEX uses 100% renewable electricity in 2019
The start of the new year sees CEMEX, leading building materials supplier, working in partnership with energy, services and regeneration group ENGIE, using 100% rene... Read Full ArticleLafarge Cement calls on housebuilders to respond to weak mortar reports
Lafarge Cement, part of the Aggregate Industries business, is calling on housebuilders to insist on tighter controls around the use of mortar, following claims that the use of substandard product is... Read Full ArticleFinlay Group: New Year, New Name
Finlay Group is re-branding to Molson Finlay as part of a re-branding exercise being completed by Molson Group following a year of fast paced growth which included the acquisition of Finlay Group in June 2018.Following a frantic 2018 whic... Read Full ArticleBritish Lime Association sustainable development report shows continuing progress with increased demand
The British Lime Association (BLA) has published its 2018 Sustainable Development Report. The UK lime sector has responded to improved conditions in the domestic market, and the increased demand from the iron and steel sector in 2017. Further, exp... Read Full ArticleMPA Cement Annual Performance Report shows further reduction in carbon emissions
MPA Cement has published its 2018 Annual Performance Report, which highlights the industry’s contribution to the economy in 2017. Despite a slight drop in domestic production in 2017 compared to 2016 (3.4% reduction), cement production was 9... Read Full ArticlePraise for Bell B40D as Alf Kitching's model hauls millionth tonne.
Alf Kitching Ltd., the North Lincolnshire-based quarry and civil engineering excavation specialist, has announced the impressive achievement of one of its Bell Equipment ADTs, as a B40D, purchased just two years ago at Hillhead 2016, has now succe... Read Full ArticleTen TA400s shift soil in Indonesian mine
In a small village in ... Read Full ArticleAshcourt Group continues to add more Volvo machines for its aggregates, civils and recycling divisions during 2018
The Hull-based Ashcourt Group has continued to add more Volvo machines for its aggregates, civils and recycling divisions during 2018 supplied by SMT GB...... Read Full ArticleMPA joins Global Cement and Concrete Association
The Mineral Product Association (MPA)’s application to affiliate to the new Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) was confirmed at the official launch and first annual symposium of the GCCA in London last week.The GCCA inten... Read Full ArticleSandvik invest in the future.
Day three saw the HUB-4 team visit the large Sandvik Manufacturing facility in Ballygawley, Co. Tyrone. This impressive facility employs over 300 staff and produces a variety of mobile crushing and ... Read Full Article