Asphalt Plants, Equipment & Applications

The Norwegian Public Roads Administration (Statens Vegvesen) is in process of developing a new type of asphalt with more fine stone that better endures heavy transport.

It is said that the size of the stone used can be reduced to 8mm, compared 16mm which is the maximum size in many asphalts used today. This can also help reduce the particle levels that are released into the atmosphere.

The administration has presented a new report that helps road developers choose the right asphalt mix for different s

A leading asphalt plant manufacturer is claiming a RAP production first. Guy Woodford reports

With its rich history of innovation, US firm Astec Industries is now claiming to be the only asphalt plant manufacturer offering asphalt mix producers a 100% RAP [Recycled Asphalt Pavement] plant.

Having introduced the Conexpo 2014-launched RAP KING plant to its product line, Astec says it can now offer a complete array of plants covering the spectrum from 0%-100% RAP usage.

Astec president Malcolm Swanson

Gamma, which holds a 49% stake in the capital of Holcim Mauritius, is reported as planning to exercise its rights to first refusal for the acquisition of the Swiss cement group's remaining 51% interest.

Holcim is selling its activities in Mauritius as part of its proposed merger with Lafarge.

The Competition Commission of Mauritius (CCM) is currently studying the proposed merger between Lafarge and Holcim.

Other players, including international investors, are reported to be interested in Holcim's

An eagerly awaited new asphalt plant was recently officially opened at Wight Building Materials’ owned Blackwater Quarry in St George’s Down, Isle of Wight. Officially opened by Isle of Wight MP Andrew Turner, the €4.38 million (£3.5 million) state-of-the-art low emissions plant will produce quality, high performance products and innovative long-term sustainable solutions for the Island’s public and private highways network. The asphalt produced from the plant will service the needs of a 25-year PFI (Public

The Mineral Products Association (MPA) has welcomed government plans to allocate £168 million to councils across England to help repair potholes or to ensure that they do not appear in the first place.

Nigel Jackson, chief executive MPA, said: “This significant road investment has been long awaited and is much needed. Money spent on repairing damage never goes as far as money invested in planned, preventative maintenance. It costs at least 20 times more per square metre to fill a pothole than it does to

Regulatory approvals for the acquisition of controlling shares in two companies in South Africa have been secured by South Africa-based construction company Raubex.

It has bought a 70% stake in the gypsum operations and another 70% in aggregate crushing and ready-mix concrete operations of Oranje Mynbou en Vervoer (OMV) for ZAR 70.30 million (€ 4.84 million).

The acquisition will take effect from 1 July 2014. Apart from that, a 60% stake in Shisalanga Construction has been acquired by Raubex for ZAR 3

Raymond Brown Aggregates has won a new long-term contract for incinerator bottom ash (IBA) processing with one of the UK’s leading recycling, waste management and renewable energy companies.
Raymond Brown was chosen by Viridor to build and operate a new IBA processing facility to produce a secondary aggregate (IBA aggregate) at its new County Oxfordshire plant.
The contract will last for 15-years and will see Raymond Brown, one of the country’s leading IBA processing companies, invest more than £2 million

South Korea-based Hyundai Engineering & Construction (Hyundai E&C) has created a cheaper and eco-friendly method for asphalt production through a collaboration with sister companies Hyundai Steel, Kia Motors and Hyundai Motor.

The new method, which has been tested as road pavements since 2012, produces asphalt by heating furnace slag, car glass and other industrial by-products at a temperature of 120°C.