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A Sandvik Construction mobile plant is delivering key production gains for Tabsakae Granite. Patrick Smith reports.

The Prachuap Khiri Khan region of Thailand is well known for producing high-quality aggregates. It has four quarries and six concrete plants in operation, including one of each operated by Tabsakae Granite, which since March, 2015, has operated a complete mobile crushing and screening plant. The Sandvik Construction QJ341 jaw crusher; QH331 Hydrocone crusher, and a QA451 triple-deck Double

Leading building materials supplier CEMEX UK recently handed over Lade Pits in county Kent, south-east England - a unique site equipped with three so-called Sound Mirrors - to the Royal Society for the protection of birds (RSPB).

The former Denge quarry site and its listening devices, which are located next to the existing RSPB Dungeness nature reserve near Lydd, have for many years been an iconic feature on the Kent coast and will now be one of nature’s homes in the region. Lade Pits is a restored sand

Mobile dust and odour suppression company Dust Control Technology (DCT) has introduced its new and largest trailer-mounted dust control system.

The atomised mist design features a range of 100m and the ability to deliver 15,500m² of coverage area.

The DustBoss DB-100 Fusion is powered by its own 150kW generator with a 6.8litre John Deere Tier III flex diesel engine, all mounted on one of several roadworthy dual-axle trailer options with stabilising jacks.

Designed for large open-air applications

The Indian crushing and screening market is vibrant with great equipment choice available to customers, Partha Pratim Basistha reports.

Buoyed by the growing demand of aggregates from upcoming road sector and cement plants’ expansion projects, Indian and foreign crushing and screening manufacturers have been introducing a range of new products.

Terex India has introduced its new track-mounted Powerscreen Warrior 600 two-deck, 220tonnes/hour screen, Maxtrak 280tonnes/hour cone crushers and Premiertrak

Norwegian surface drill and blast contractor Inge Hjelle Entreprenør Forretning is using Sandvik Construction’s Driller’s Office to enhance the firm’s performance. The powerful data management program is said to improve surface drilling performance, and has become a key aid in enabling the company to improve its customer service. Guy Woodford reports.

Alexander Hjelle established Inge Hjelle Entreprenør Forretning (IHEF) in the late 1970s. The company now operates from Hagavik, south of Bergen, focusing

Turkey has a large aggregates market but the nation’s recent troubles may impact promising growth, Guy Woodford reports.

Turkey is going through an awfully tough time. The country’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, retains power but only just after a recent failed military coup. That came after a gun and bomb attack on Istanbul’s Ataturk airport killed 41 people, at least 13 of them foreigners, and injured more than 230.

The full extent of how these seismic political and social events affect Turkey’s

A claimed aggregate recycling first and the growth of the sector in European countries including Germany and the UK. Guy Woodford reports.

The claimed world’s largest wet processing plant for construction and demolition waste built by CDE Global for Velde Pukk has recently been showcased at a three-day demonstration event in Sandnes, near Stavanger, Norway.

More than 70 companies from Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Tunisia were in attendance at the Velde Pukk site.

The new 300tonnes/hour washing plant