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Italian company Baioni says that in a bid to protect ecological surroundings and minimise the negative effects of industrial processes, it is necessary to purify and recover the waters used during washing operations of sand washing, quarrying and recycling. “The first step is to recover 100% of the waters used and to eliminate the concentration of sludge,” says the company.

Its solutions aim to offer a full sludge treatment system that includes latest generation thickeners, polyelectrolyte dosing system,

Efficient hauling is vital to boosting the bottom line of any quarry business. Guy Woodford and Dan Gilkes report on what’s new in the rigid and articulated truck world.

In temperatures that can drop as low as -50°C in winter, six Terex Trucks TR100 rigid haulers are helping to keep Russia warm by working 24/7 at Apsatsky open pit coal mine in Siberia. The mine, 1,700 metres above sea level, is situated in the northernmost point of Zabaykalye Territory, in the Kalarsk region and is owned by Russia’s larg

Sebastian Rakoczy, Weir Minerals Europe’s product manager Crushers and Screens, Europe and North Africa, explains how the efficiency of screens can be defined, measured and increased.

Aggregate products are used for a number of different reasons, from separation and washing to dewatering. However, regardless of the product’s final application, the property a customer is most interested in is the average particle size.

Separating and sizing the wide range of particle sizes generated by crushing equipme

These are interesting times for the European construction equipment market, and Bernd Holz is looking forward to playing a big part in industry events. The new president of CECE (the Committee for European Construction Equipment) recently took up his tenure, succeeding Eric Lepine of Caterpillar France who served as president in 2014 and 2015.

Holz, who is managing director of Ammann Verdichtung and Ammann sales director Europe (North), took up the CECE presidency on behalf of the Czech association SVSS.

In Germany some 1,600 companies, with approximately 3,200 plants and 27,000 employees, are working to supply an estimated annual demand for about 500 million tonnes of gravel, sand, silica sand and natural stone products for building and other industries.

MIRO (The Federal Association of Mineral Resources), represents a strong union on federal and European level the interests of companies and employees in the German rock industry, and it says that Germany has sufficient reserves of mineral resources. It

An Phuc Manufacturing and Commercial is a small construction materials producer in Hanoi, Vietnam, that supplies ready mixed concrete to construction contractors. Established three years ago, the company has boosted production levels and revenues with two SDLG LG952H wheeled loaders taking charge of its vital material handling operations. The LG952H is said to offer enhanced bucket loading capacity and high torque, making it ideal for loading duties on a ready mixed concrete production site.

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A fledgling quarrying company in Romania is going from strength to strength through its use of Metso’s PREMIER screens. Guy Woodford reports. Starting a new quarry with a concrete and asphalt production plant is a big challenge for which you need to involve a reliable partner. Since taking the decision to enter the quarrying business in 2013, the Romanian company Florea Grup says it has found this kind of partner with Metso. The Finnish quarrying equipment manufacturing giant’s PREMIER screens are playing a