Features

Haul road maintenance at quarries requires a dedicated focus and should be addressed on a continual basis as part of the operational cycle since good roads improve production, extend tyre life and reduce overall operating costs...

The COVID-19 pandemic and its associated economic restrictions have had a negative effect on the aggregates sectors in Nordic states, but most producers are hopeful of an industry recovery getting underway during the late 2020/early 2021 period...

Reducing carbon emissions from the energy-intensive cement and concrete production sectors will help stop climate change

Rodolfo Reimberg, vice-president marketing Portable Air at Atlas Copco, assesses quarry operators’ choices between investing in a mobile compressor powered by an electric motor or a diesel engine

In April 2020, the very first new Komatsu PC1250-11 Front Shovel excavator was delivered to Lhoist Germany Rheinkalk GmbH, and quickly put to work by the customer to extract dolomite at the Scharzfeld Quarry located south east of Hannover, in the centre of Germany.

Rising Russian aggregates demand led a major national aggregates producer to invest in a state-of-the-art Metso plant, with impressive results.

Investment in a premium mobile crushing & screening plant is paying off for a top Polish quarrying firm, while two major global market manufacturers have launched new models.

In India, Aman Sethi Group has achieved its higher production goal by investing in Metso Outotec’s high-capacity crushing solutions.