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Like much of Europe, France’s aggregates demand has been somewhat depressed for several years. However, the impressive size of the market and its growth potential has seen building materials suppliers and quarrying equipment OEMs working hard to maintain sales levels. Guy Woodford reports.

There’s been something of a perfect storm brewing in France. The country’s attempts to find a route to growth are being significantly hindered by many factors. There’s low aggregate demand, partly due to a lack of majo

A new method of limestone extraction using Caterpillar equipment is proving a big success at a German quarry.

Baresel, one of the leading privately-owned aggregates producers in south-west Germany, has more than 40 employees at its main operation in Ehningen, a small town south of Stuttgart, the regional capital.

It also has quarries and gravel sites in southern Germany, and between Leipzig and Dresden in the eastern part of the country, and it operates its own workshop to maintain its mobile and stat

The correct tyres on quarry equipment are essential for productivity and profitability. Patrick Smith reports.

Quarries are tough places for tyres, representing a major investment for machine operators who can spend thousands on the correct product.

In Germany, Cemex has been testing BKT tyres from Bohnenkamp, BKT’s exclusive sales partner from Osnabrück, on its Caterpillar 775E dump trucks for over a year.

With the trucks having a gross laden weight of up to 100tonnes, Ralf Schmidt, purchasing ma

After a highly successful time as Powerscreen’s product line manager, Oliver Donnelly has become Terex Washing Systems’ new global business line director. Here, he tells Aggregates Business Europe Editor Guy Woodford it was the growing worldwide market for advanced washing and recycling equipment solutions that attracted him to his new senior role.

Oliver Donnelly is the former lead engineer for Powerscreen and Terex Mobile branded heavy duty screens, and was, until four months ago, Powerscreen’s product

Shell Bitumen was chosen as the partner to provide the product for coloured pavements in two Luxembourg tunnels. Luxembourg has a history of world-leading roads and tunnels, with one of the highest rates of investment and some of the best maintained, long-lasting roads in Europe.

Just how do you achieve the optimum aggregates worksite? Alexander Proudfoot claims it can deliver this for clients. Angus Maclean, the company’s EVP, Client Delivery Europe, explains how

What if you could improve performance by €1 per tonne in just 6 months, simultaneously in 100+ aggregate sites, even if you think you’ve already optimised everything? You can.

Tetsugen buys Sandvik cone crushers

Equipment from Sandvik is helping Japanese company Tetsugen produce aggregates for use in road construction and concrete foundations, Patrick Smith reports.

Japan’s Tetsugen Corporation, which has its headquarters in the central Tokyo district of Chiyoda, has recently acquired two mobile cone crushers and a Doublescreen screening plant from Sandvik.

Originally focusing on coke production after its founding in 1939, the company has developed into one of the leadi

The future looks bright for Kenyan quarry company Aristocrats Concrete Ltd, as Shem Oirere reports.

Quarry operators in East Africa are an optimistic lot as the region’s construction industry continues to show substantial gains in the last five years. And for those in Kenya, a boom in high-rise buildings and expanding Chinese investment has assured quarry operators of better returns, both in the short and medium term.

The skyscrapers that are emerging and altering the skyline of Kenya’s capital, Nairo

Despite difficult times in resource-extracting economies due to current downward commodity prices, Africa’s infrastructure projects continue apace, with spending no longer fixated on export-driven activities. Consequently, construction aggregate producers continue to see reasonable growth, but the same cannot be said about their OEM counterparts who report dipping sales of equipment into quarries. Munesu Shoko reports.

A general argument persists that infrastructure spending in Africa is buttressed by mi

Efficient water recycling, management and filtration is a must for any quarry business looking to stay one step ahead of the competition. Guy Woodford reports on the sector’s latest news.

Baioni Environment, a division of Italian company, Baioni Crushing Plants, based in Le Marche, is launching its water treatment and washing products onto the Chinese quarrying market from its new branch office in Luoyang, Henan province.