Quarry operators invest in new crushing equipment

A number of major investments in new crushing equipment indicates a desire on the part of some leading operators within the quarry and aggregates sector to upgrade capacity and prepare for the growth that it is believed now lies ahead.

According to Metso Outotec distributor in Ireland, McHale Plant Sales of Birdhill and Rathcoole, indications are that the industry is putting behind some of the constraints of recent times, aware of the opportunity presented to upscale capacity and position operators to take advantage of whatever growth may emerge.

With the advantage of exceedingly low interest rates and a competitive price environment, this may be one of the better times that buyers will have to modernise fleets and get all of the longer term advantages that latest generation equipment offers, McHale Plant Sales director, Tim Shanahan claims.

Recent deals secured by the company have seen Ballinrobe-based contractor, John Munroe Mobile Crushing and Screening bolster its fleet with the addition of a new LT120 mobile jaw crusher. Now being put through its paces at their quarry in Kildare, the machine is known for its efficiency operating as either the first crusher in a multistage crushing process, or as an effective stand-alone unit.

In Galway, Castle Quarry Crushing completed the purchase of a new multi-purpose LT1213S mobile impact crusher. A unit described as having ‘multi-tiered appeal’ to quarry owners, worksite and aggregates producers, due to its productivity and throughput capacity, lower fuel consumption, ease-of-operation and ease-of-maintenance design.

In Monaghan, McCabe Earthworks has made a two-pronged Metso investment in the shape of an LT1213 and an LT120.