Features

In 2012, 62% of construction, demolition and excavation waste in Europe was recycled according to a recent report from Frost & Sullivan. Here, Peter Craven, head of marketing at CDE Global argues that rather than demonstrating success these targets are masking wider problems in the CD&E waste recycling sector across Europe. The Waste Framework Directive (WFD) sets a target for 70% recycling of construction, demolition and excavation waste acro

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Simon Trahair-Davies of Stephens Scown LLP outlines some proposed European legislation which sets stringent new pollution limits for machinery, an important development for aggregates businesses to take note of.

In September 2014, the European Commission proposed measures that will cut emissions of major air pollutants from engines in non-road mobile machinery (NRMM).

The new legislation includes new, tighter emissions limits that aim to contribute to EU air quality targets and will apply to new NRMM

Plant automation has taken off in a big way in quarrying and aggregate processing facilities. Guy Woodford looks at some of the latest solutions.

Finning, the leading provider of Caterpillar equipment for the UK and Ireland, and the leading UK distributor of Komptech waste and recycling equipment, has installed a complete green waste processing solution for an eco-minded English county council. Guy Woodford reports. Opened in May 2014, a novel North Derbyshire, county England, based joint venture between SITA and Derbyshire County Council aims to process 40,000 tonnes of green waste in its first year, saving the council €4.04 million (£3.2 million).

Quality dust monitoring solutions are vital to retaining the best occupational health among staff in every quarry, as Guy Woodford reports. UK-based dust monitoring solution firm Casella says the personal monitoring of dust inhalation is fundamental in efforts to improve occupational health in quarrying.

The importance of how quarry trucks are loaded, and the impact on productivity and fuel consumption, has been emphasised many times. Get it right and the figures can make pleasing reading, but get it wrong and it costs money and can make machines carry out unnecessary manoeuvres, thus increasing
maintenance requirements.

Demand for proven and new hauler models is steadily growing – with Europe among the key regional markets offering encouragement to OEMs. Guy Woodford reports Volvo Construction Equipment is a leading international player in the articulated hauler market, and its parent company, Volvo Group, has significantly strengthened its hauler offering with this year’s completed multi-million dollar acquisition of Terex Trucks.

W & M Thompson Quarries is using the tracked mobile inclined screen to process agricultural lime and aggregates at its magnesium limestone quarry at Bishop Middleham, located on the outskirts of Durham, County Durham, north-east England. Both machines are powering ahead, processing 150tonnes of product an hour at sizes ranging from -3mm, 10mm, 20mm and 40mm.

The end product is sold to farmers and industry across the Counties of North Yorkshire, Durham, Northumberland and Cumbria, as well as in Scotland.

Klyuchischi is using Volvo equipment to excavate sand and gravel from its 100hectare quarry in Russia in extreme temperatures.

The gravel and sand industry plays an important role in Russia’s construction sector, which is growing rapidly. Kstovo is a town in the Kstovsky District of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, located on the right bank of the River Volga, 22km southeast of Nizhny Novgorod. The region plunges to -35oC in the winter and reaches nearly 40oC in summer, making any outdoor work challenging.