Crushing Static & Mobile

Global demand for recycled aggregates is rising, creating attractive business opportunities for international crushing and screening plant manufacturers. Guy Woodford reports

In March 2019, Terex Corporation announced a new £12 million (US$15.38mn) manufacturing facility located in Derry, Northern Ireland. The new 9,755m² facility will focus on the design, manufacture and development of product lines for Terex Ecotec (waste management and recycling) and Terex Conveying Systems (TCS) mobile conveying.

Metso and Outotec have agreed to combine Metso Minerals and Outotec to create a leading global company in process technology, equipment and services serving the aggregates, minerals and metals industries.

The combined company - comprising Metso Minerals and Outotec, but excluding Metso Flow Control - will be named ‘Metso Outotec’. Set to launch in the second quarter of 2020, the new firm had illustrative combined sales of €3.9 billion in 2018 (around €4.2 billion when including the impact of Metso’s rec

Jon Rudolph has a long relationship with the railroad, from his father serving as a personnel safety manager in the 70s to his latest project — a loop for the White Pass Railroad in Skagway, Alaska designed to allow more people to experience the remote beauty of the north.

Rudolph serves as the vice president of operations for Cobalt Construction, the company chosen to work with the new owners of the historic railroad to expand and enhance service for the cruise ship industry. Deemed one of the most popu

Naundorfer Naturstein’s granite quarry in Freiberg, central Saxony, Germany, recently hosted a quarry days event organised by construction equipment dealer Fischer-Jung.

Part of road and civil engineering company Arndt Brühl from Freital, Naundorfer Naturstein welcomed around 200 invited quarrying professionals on 10-11 May who watched Metso's mobile crushing plant and JCB construction machines being put to work processing material.

Uwe Stoll, owner of the granite quarries, was enthusiastic about the

As part of a global supply footprint development strategy in its Minerals Consumables business area, Finnish quarrying and mining equipment heavyweight Metso is initiating consultations to evaluate the potential closure or other alternatives for its foundry operation in Isithebe, South Africa.

“Our strategy is to utilise synergies of the most efficient manufacturing and sourcing opportunities globally. We are continuously developing our supply footprint to deliver the best value, availability and quality

Mobile crushing and screening machinery manufacturer Rockster has moved to a new base that it says will double its production capacity.
The Austrian company has just (in mid-June) completed the move to the 10,000m² property in Neumarkt im Mühlkreis, Upper Austria. It says the step is necessary due to continuous expansion, an extended product line and shorter delivery deadlines.
Rockster was established 15 years ago in the town of Enns and since then has developed two patented systems for mobile crushers a

Metso has signed an agreement to acquire McCloskey International, a Canadian mobile crushing and screening equipment manufacturer, to expand Metso’s offering in the aggregates industry globally and to strengthen the customer reach, especially to general contractor customers.

The mobile aggregate equipment market is expected to grow by 4-6% annually during 2019-2023, driven by the underlying road construction spend. With this acquisition Metso will be able to better take part in the attractive growth of m