April 1, 2014
Scottish company A&L McCrae Contractors has taken delivery of a new Doosan DX140LC 14tonne crawler excavator which has been working in a local…
April 1, 2014
A new CH550 cone crusher from Sandvik Construction is helping the NIVET TPPL quarry produce a 0-10mm aggregate for use in road construction and civil…
April 1, 2014
2014 is a year of change starting with the Greek EU Presidency; the EU Commission 2014 work programme; the EU elections and the Italian EU Presidency…
April 1, 2014
Every year, three million tonnes of crushed rock is drilled, blasted, transported and sold from a low silica limestone quarry in Fujairah, one of the…
April 1, 2014
Chinese quarry producer Beijing Xindadi Equipment Company is looking to increase the size of its Caterpillar machine fleet as part of its plan to…
April 1, 2014
The formula for making concrete: water, cement and aggregates, seems simple, but concrete manufacture is a complex process. Developing various mixes…
March 31, 2014
Loading and hauling, however achieved, is an essential part of any quarry or related operation. Getting material from A to B in the shortest time and…
March 31, 2014
Hauling is a major part of the biggest public-private partnership (PPP) contract ever signed in France’s rail sector, as Patrick Smith reports.…
March 31, 2014
An upswing in new infrastructure worldwide means that demand for aggregates and therefore concrete is also increasing. Housing, non-residential, road…
March 31, 2014
Safety, along with productivity and cost-efficiency, is what is driving minerals processing and aggregate production today. Indeed, as raw materials…