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The constant need to meet increasingly tough emission targets is a key factor behind ever more sophisticated construction and quarrying equipment engine technology. Patrick Smith reports.

In recent years engine manufacturers have spent billions developing new products to meet stringent new emissions regulations.

Indeed, Volvo Penta says that after the successful launch of its Stage IV-compliant engines in 2014, the division is, like others in the industry, now looking to move into new territory ahead

While concrete has been in use for thousands of years, companies worldwide are still finding new speciality mixes to meet specific requirements.

Major players in the industry have state-of-the-art research and development facilities that are able to quickly come up with solutions.

For example, global building materials company Cemex, which is celebrating its 110th anniversary, has recently highlighted a number of technological innovations in its concrete.

In its home country, Cemex Mexico develope

A comprehensive Metso plant solution is said to be enabling India-based ARN Blue Metals to produce more top quality aggregates in less time. Guy Woodford reports. How to grow production to meet greater customer demand while keeping operating costs manageable? It’s a question familiar to quarry operators worldwide.
ARN Blue Metals, a subsidiary of the ARN Group, is an Indian company whose search for the answer to the above led them to a Metso crushing and screening solution.

What is best practice when it comes to estimating and reporting your aggregate reserves? How can your business make sure it has done all it can to get the right assets on the books? Poor estimation or reporting and a good business suddenly looks like a bad bet. Embed best practice in strategic business planning and achieve a managed mineral asset portfolio with no surprises, argues Neil Wells.
International reporting standards provide a common basis for understanding resources and reserves information worl

Central Asia is expected to become one of the centres of global aggregates production during the next few years, due to the recently announced ambitious plans of some of the region’s governments. Eugene Gerden reports.

To date, the majority of Central Asia-based nations’ aggregates needs have been met by imports from China and Russia.

However, due to a significant deterioration of the business environment in the region caused by the decline of oil prices, further imports have become no longer profitab

Innovative in its products and, more recently, in its production methods, Miller UK is a north-east England-based earthmoving attachments manufacturer set to reap the rewards of a shrewd and focused growth strategy. Guy Woodford spoke to the company’s managing director, Mike Askew.

Halfway through a five-year business development plan, Miller UK MD Mike Askew is enjoying how quickly his management team’s change programme is taking effect.

“Ex-colleagues ask what it’s like up here and wondered why I’m

Tough economic conditions across the Asia Pacific (APAC) region have meant difficult times for construction and mining equipment manufacturers.
So says Clement Cheong, Terex Trucks sales and marketing director – Region APAC, but he adds that while a full recovery remains a distant prospect, opportunities for growth do exist.
APAC (Asia Pacific) includes South Korea, and that country has for some years now been a major international economic power, and the twelfth largest economy in the world (eleventh lar

Tough machines are required for tough jobs, and for hauling equipment used for a variety of arduous tasks, this is certainly true. Whether moving rocks, clay or earth, these rugged machines are in constant use, meaning that productivity is a key factor for owners. In Wareham, county Dorset, southern England, near Purbeck’s Jurassic Coast, a fleet of Terex Trucks is helping to uncover some of the world’s richest clay deposits in an area renowned for its dinosaur bones.