Crushing Static & Mobile

McCloskey is a relative newcomer to the European screening market and is now aiming to take on the crushing sector. Claire Symes met Seamus Doyle to find out more

Northern Ireland is home to global players in the crushing and screening sector, but one company located there hails from Canada rather than Gaelic origin. McCloskey International moved into the region just five years ago to take on the European market and build on its success in the North American industry.

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Eiffage's new Kleemann crushing and screening fleet is boosting productivity at Carrière Roland in France Carrière Roland took delivery of its new Kleemann crushing and screening equipment last year France-based construction firm Eiffage may be more well-known for iconic structures like the Millau Viaduct but as well as building these, it also produces the materials that go into them. The company has a number of quarries to serve its construction needs and has been investing in them to ensure it has top qua

After spotting the need for aggregates in his home region in Sweden at just 16, Bernt Hagen has spent his working career developing his quarrying business Owning and operating a quarry is probably not at the forefront of most 16 year olds' minds, but for one such teenager in 1950s Sweden it certainly was. For Bernt Hagen, a trip into the city with his 21-year old brother to buy a wheeled loader was the start of what is now a family enterprise centred on aggregates. In addition to five quarries in the Vetlan

Delivery of crushing and screening equipment by Screen Machine to the US Air Force base in Kandahar in Afghanistan is helping to provide vital construction materials for infrastructure development.Screen Machine helped to set up the new equipment on site in KandaharThe US-based company has supplied a JXT jaw crusher, 4043T impact crusher, Spyder 516T screening plant and CH40 radial stacking conveyor for the project. The equipment was shipped to Kerachi in Pakistan and then transported by road to Kandahar -

Following a trial of Metso Minerals' Nordberg Plant Management System at Hanson Aggregates' Ystrad Meurig Quarry, UK, the software has now been installed on a further six mobile machines at Lithalun Quarry.

Metso installed the remote control system on the Lokotrack LT300HP for Hanson last year to allow the company to test the advantages of the wireless communication capabilities. The system has now been extended to the LT110 primary crusher, another LT300HP and its two ST358 and ST620 mobile screens.

In an historic and sensitive area of Germany, drill and blast in a local quarry became a no-go. A new system had to be found as Patrick Smith reports Quarry operator Rainer Krings faced a stark choice: change his operation or face possible closure of part of his business. For a man whose creed is “if there is a problem find a solution” the option was simple, and now his operation is in harmony with near neighbours and environmental rules.
To win basalt for aggregates his quarry in Mendig, near Cologne, Ger