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Quarrying company Italcave has boosted productivity thanks to the addition of a Volvo A40F-FS full suspension articulated hauler.

The Volvo A40F-FS offers enhanced stability and high power making it ideal for use on challenging terrain.

Set between the city of Milan and the border of Switzerland is Cucciago, a village with a population of about 3,000. Dominating its five square kilometres is a 350,000m² quarry – the largest in the province. Boasting an ancient history, its geology can be traced to th

The grand opening of an ambitious public access stairway overlooking restoration work some 50metres above ENCI quarry in Maastricht, The Netherlands has brought the trans-European RESTORE project to a successful conclusion.

It follows three years and close collaborative working between seven partners across four countries in north-west Europe (U.K., Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany). Funded by the European Regional Development Fund through the INTERREG IVB NWE programme, RESTORE has worked to promote

The UK-based Quarries Partnership Team is working together to tackle quarrying and associated mineral processing workplace dust. Marie Warburton, Respiratory Interventions Team, Health and Chemicals Unit, Engagement & Strategic Interventions Directorate, Health and Safety Executive reports on its work

Silica is a natural mineral present in varying amounts in materials such as sand, sandstone and granite. When these materials are crushed or abraded during quarrying and associated mineral processing activi

Big transport infrastructure spending is creating exciting possibilities for Eastern Europe-based aggregate suppliers and quarry operators, many of whom are benefiting from more efficient production. But the Russian aggregates market remains severely depressed. Guy Woodford and Eugene Gerden report.

There’s big money being poured into Eastern European transport infrastructure, with aggregate suppliers and quarry-based equipment manufacturers set to benefit.

A huge area geographically, comprising more

Hugo Pettingell, of the Aggregates Institute, discusses how savvy use of equipment can help quarrying professionals cater for changing aggregate market demand.

The market for traditional quarry products in Western Europe has changed significantly over the last couple of decades, a trend that is set to continue with the decline of large infrastructure projects. A contributory factor is the more frequent use of recycled products for non-critical purposes, which means that the once-obligatory supply of fill

Depending on what it is used for, the material, with its basic ingredients of aggregates, cement and water, can be blended into any amount of mixes with a variety of strengths and different densities.

As the use of concrete has developed so too has the equipment used in its production, which has become more sophisticated, and capable of producing vast quantities of what is one of the world’s most flexible building materials.

Keenly awaited new crawler excavators from two leading global OEMs hit the market in late 2015, with another leading manufacturer promising innovative new crawler tractors at bauma 2016. Guy Woodford reports.

New loading models on the market are said to offer the perfect combination of proven reliability, high productivity and low operating costs.

With a maximum operating weight of 29.7tonnes and powered by a 178kW Cat C7.1 ACERT EU Stage IV emissions standard engine, the new Caterpillar 330F hydrau

Hauling equipment, both articulated and rigid dump trucks, is active worldwide in quarries and on earthmoving projects.

On Pulau Tekong Island in the Malacca Straits, off the coast of Singapore, local contractor Kok Tong Construction Group (KTC Group) is leading the earthmoving work for a huge land reclamation project using a fleet of machines from Volvo Construction Equipment.

Covering an area of 24.43km², Pulau Tekong is the largest island off the coast of mainland Singapore, and the Singaporean go

Keestrack’s new Destroyer 1113 crusher has been deployed interchangeably by a Danish company in its recycling processes.

The intermediate version of the track-mounted impact crusher has a secondary screen unit, and is operated by construction and civil engineering company, Kim Vind Maskinstation & Entreprenør, which was founded in 2001, and which has developed into an efficient service provider in the coastal region of Western Denmark, centred around its head office in Årre.

The company offers the re

Simon Trahair-Davies, partner at Stephens Scown, assesses the implications of a recent UK High Court decision. Shortly before Christmas, 2015, a decision of some significance was handed down by the High Court, being the first time that court has considered the Environmental Liability Directive 2004 and its implementation in detail. The case concerned Llyn Padarn lake in Snowdonia in North Wales where an angling society (the Seiont, Gwyrfrai and Lyyfni Anglers’ Society/SGLA Society), had issued a notice to t

On 2 December, 2015, the European Commission released its much expected new Circular Economy Package.

It was presented as even more ambitious than the previous package from July, 2014 withdrawn by the Juncker Commission. What should the aggregates industry expect from it?

The package consists of an Action Plan, an Implementation Plan and four legislative proposals, in particular proposals amending the Waste and Landfill Directives. The Action Plan sets out a number of existing and new initiatives to b