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Scotland-based Gordon Bow Plant Hire has added ten new Volvo EC140E excavators as part of a £5m investment programme in its fleet rejuvenation and general operations.

The new fourteen tonne excavators were acquired though Volvo CE dealer SMT GB. They join a mixed fleet of excavators at Gordon Bow Plant Hire ranging from 1.5 up to 30 tonnes in operating weight. The firm also has tele-handlers, backhoe loaders, rollers, site dumpers and a range of smaller equipment which form part of a fleet of around s

Liebherr has been carrying out rigorous semi-autonomous testing of a trio of prototype TA 230 articulated haulers during the company’s annual International Construction Trade Press Information Tour.

The German construction and quarrying equipment giant put its new 30-ton (27-tonne) model, due to come on to the global market in April 2020, through its paces in front of a large gathering of industry trade media during the 24-25 October event, co-hosted by the company’s facilities in Kirchdorf an der Iller

CEMEX has launched Go Quarry Link, a programme designed to improve the speed and efficiency of product pick up for aggregates customers.

The UK mineral products industry is uniquely placed to deliver biodiversity net gain, with a track record of leaving wildlife in a better state than before development. That was the conclusion from the Mineral Products Association (MPA)’s ‘Quarries & Nature 2019’ event including the MPA Restoration & Biodiversity Awards, presented by BBC Radio 4's Farming Today presenter, Sybil Ruscoe, on Wednesday 23rd October at The Royal Society in London, England.

MPA’s members manage or control an area of land of ov

Family-owned New Milton Sand & Ballast Co. (NMSB) has been supplying the communities of South Hampshire and East Dorset with building materials and services since 1936. From sand and aggregates, to ready mixed concrete, screed and skips, the business runs a 47 vehicle fleet, comprising of articulated tipper trailers, articulated walking floor trailers, cement mixers, and skip lorries.

The building industry is very customer orientated – projects have tight timelines and budgets, often lots of different co

Hanson has laid over 1,000 tonnes of its new Tufflayer asphalt to extend the life of a section of the A338 Bournemouth Spur Road in Dorset, South-West England.

It is the first time the company has laid the product, which has been designed to address the issues associated with reflective cracking, in the UK.

Tufflayer is a high-performance asphalt stress absorbing membrane interlayer (SAMI), which incorporates Shell Cariphalte Dense Mixture bitumen to provide optimal flexibility. It is a cost-effective

A new key report states that African cement industry’s value will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.9% a year to 2029 due to the growing number of infrastructure projects across the continent.

‘The African Cement Market Report 2019’ by ResearchandMarkets.com, a leading industry market research consultancy, states that the rise in consumption of cement is expected to result in cement consumption of around 4.5 billion tonnes per annum by the end of 2019. Global cement consumption has been

The bi-annual CECE Summit gathered over 170 attendees of business-leaders, EU decision-makers, partner organisations and journalists to discuss the most relevant challenges of economic, environmental and social sustainability in today’s digital construction industry.

In his welcome speech at the 60th anniversary conference in Brussels, Belgium, held on 16-17 October under the theme ‘From bricks to bytes’ - How innovative technologies contribute to a sustainable construction industry, Enrico Prandini, CEC

EPC-UK, a leading quarrying industry supplier of explosives and drilling and blasting services, has highlighted the outstanding success it’s already achieved at this year’s IQ Excellence Awards; accolades created and hosted by The Institute of Quarrying, to celebrate the personal and professional excellence of people working in the mineral extractives sector.

The awards recognise the exceptional achievements of individuals, teams and projects across Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales, North England and So

Shell Bitumen has entered into a partnership with Tiki Tar Industries to sell bitumen to customers in the pavement sector, including national and state highways, airport runways and village roads in India.

Reduced market demand saw Volvo Construction Equipment’s sales dip 4% and order intake fall 9% in Q3 2019, compared to the same period of 2018.

The Swedish industry giant posted net sales of SEK 17, 921 million (€1.656bn) between 1 July and 30 September (SEK 18,598mn/€1.719bn in 2018). The Volvo Group business division’s operating income for the quarter was SEK 2,180mn (SEK 2,587mn/€239.1mn in Q3 2018), corresponding to an operating margin of 12.2% (13.9% in Q3).

While overall Volvo CE order intake de

The Volvo Group is to create a new business area for autonomous transport solutions.

The new business area, Volvo Autonomous Solutions, will accelerate the development, commercialisation and sales of autonomous transport solutions. This will enable the Volvo Group to meet a growing demand and to offer the best possible solutions to customers in such segments as quarrying, mining, ports and transport between logistics centres, as a complement to today’s products and services.

With global developments t

Construction equipment manufacturers on both sides of the Atlantic have called for “reason and mutual benefit” to prevail in current U.S.-EU trade-related discussions.

The U.S. government has announced plans to place tariffs on US$7.5bn/€6.8bn of European Union goods, including certain types of construction machinery, following the WTO (World Trade Organisation) ruling on Airbus. The European Union (EU) may follow suit if the WTO Boeing case is decided against the U.S.

In a joint statement, the U.S.-

Deutz’s Moroccan subsidiary, Magideutz, is relocating its genset manufacturing and has established a new production site in Sapino.