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Conveyor belt company Smiley Monroe is celebrating its 40th year in business, but is not resting on its laurels. Its first US manufacturing plant opens early next year and it is aggressively targeting new opportunities in the road construction and environmental equipment sectors.

Recycled aggregates are increasingly in demand globally, with original equipment manufacturers paying close attention to changing market trends keen to offer new and proven material recycling-suited plant.

In recent years, several South African quarries have been audited for their diesel rebate systems and their refund claims have been disallowed mainly because their record-keeping has been found wanting. To maximise claim eligibility, quarry managers need to improve their level of compliance logging and adherence to the relevant legislation.

Fully utilising the latest preventive machine maintenance technology can help save aggregates production business owners big money annually.

A 28-tonne TA300 articulated hauler from Terex Trucks is playing a key role at a major barite mine in the stunning Perthshire region of Scotland.
Guy Woodford reports

Heavy to hold and grey and white in colour, barite is a mineral with an important role to play in the oil and gas industry. When crushed, it forms barium mud which is pumped into oil wells to suppress rising hydrostatic pressure experienced during drilling.

Barhaul, based in Aberfeldy in Perthshire, transports around 36,000 tonnes of b