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A new rubberised asphalt made out of recycled old tyres has been launched by Tarmac.

The major sustainable building materials and construction solutions business is the first in the UK to develop a new asphalt technology capable of recycling end-of-life tyres (ELTs) into roads.

With 40 million ELTs generated in Britain every year, the company has created an innovative asphalt mix using granulated rubber.

Tarmac estimates that it will be possible to recycle and reuse up to 750 ELTs for every k

There are less than 40 asphalt-producing companies currently in Great Britain, operating around 275 plants between them. This is a reduction of nearly 10% in the number of companies but a 3% increase in the number of plants in the last five years.

These companies account for a market of around 26 million tonnes/year, an increase of 13% over the same period, although there has been little movement in the size of the market over the last few years.

The leading five producers - Aggregate Industries, Bree

The latest construction Purchasing Managing Index (PMI) data provides further evidence of weakening construction activity in the UK, according to the Mineral Products Association (MPA).

The MPA says the PMI figures released on June 4 follow its own data which indicated that sales of mineral products such as aggregates, asphalt, concrete and mortar declined in the first quarter of 2019.

It adds that the latest PMI data, showing a decline in construction output, particularly for civil engineering, illu

LafargeHolcim is invitingentries from “exemplary construction projects” and “visionary design concepts” for the sixth edition of its international awards for sustainable construction.

The building materials company says the awards seek to recognise projects that combine sustainable construction solutions with architectural excellence.

The international competition is open for entries until February 25, 2020. The awards offer a total of US$2m in prize money to winners selected from projects and conce

Terex Trucks has won a Vice President Award for ‘outstanding achievement’ at the Scottish Engineering Awards.

Paul Douglas - MD of the Motherwell, Scotland-based off-highway truck manufacturer, accepted the award at the ceremony held at the Hilton Glasgow hotel on May 16.

Terex Trucks became a division of Volvo Construction Equipment in 2014 and since then has received major investments into its factory, products and quality processes. These efforts were recognised by the accolade.

"We are absol

The TG series is the latest addition to the Cedarapids range of cone crushers.

Terex Mineral Processing Systems (MPS), which owns the Cedarapids brand, says the new TG Series will be a bronze bushing spider bearing cone and will complement the current Cedarapids MVPX series (screw type cone) and the Cedarapids TC series (floating bowl cone).

The new spider bearing range is focused on the aggregates and recycling industries and will consist of four models: the TG120 (120hp), TG220 (220hp), TG320 (320hp

Metso has reached the significant milestone of 10,000 Nordberg HP cone crushers sold globally.

The HP Series celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. The 10,000th HP cone crusher unit was handed over to the French aggregates and asphalt producer and urban infrastructure development company Eurovia in a ceremony held today at Metso's Mâcon facility in France.

“The HP is undoubtedly one of Metso's most widely used innovations. It's a technology that has been evolving throughout the years to meet cust

Emily Broad, in-house geologist at Keynvor Morlift Ltd (KML) in Falmouth, has been named Young Professional of the Year at an industry conference in Portugal.

Broad won the award for her paper entitled ‘Factors affecting Rock Armour Yield in Cornish Granites’ which highlighted the unique benefits of Cornish granite for coastal protection schemes and KML’s close working relationship with Chywoon Quarry near Falmouth, in Cornwall, south-west England.

The unique geology of Chywoon with its large to mass

Haver & Boecker is suggesting four steps that aggregates site operators should follow in order to prolong the lift of their plant screen media.

The proliferation of borrow pits to simplify the supply of sand and aggregates for South African road construction crews has once again come under the spotlight following the recent deaths of two workers at a borrow pit in Limpopo.

The two had apparently been digging sand for a road construction project when a collapse occurred and buried them under tonnes of sand and debris. Despite rescuers attempts they could not be rescued in time and succumbed to injuries on site. Two other workers were recovered by

Canadian carbontech company Inventys is leading a project to develop a solution to capture and reuse CO₂ from a cement plant while also reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Project CO₂MENT is intended to demonstrate and evaluate Inventys’ CO₂ Capture System and a selection of CO₂ utilisation technologies at Lafarge’s Richmond, BC, cement plant in Canada over the next four years.

Inventys is leading the project in partnership with Lafarge Canada, a member of global building materials group LafargeHolcim

Canadian carbontech company Inventys is leading a project to develop a solution to capture and reuse CO₂ from a cement plant while also reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Project CO₂MENT is intended to demonstrate and evaluate Inventys’ CO₂ Capture System and a selection of CO₂ utilisation technologies at Lafarge’s Richmond, BC, cement plant in Canada over the next four years.

Inventys is leading the project in partnership with Lafarge Canada, a member of global building materials group LafargeHolcim

Finning UK & Ireland has revealed the three Operator Challenge 2019 finalists that will be going through to the European regional heats in Malaga.

The ‘Operator Challenge’ UK & Ireland heats were held on the 23rd and 24th May 2019 at the Caterpillar Demonstration and Learning Centre in Desford, Leicestershire, England, to test operators’ skills in a bid to reach the next stage of the competition.

Competitors from all over the UK & Ireland took part in the challenge over the two days with three highly

Building materials giant CEMEX has completed the deployment of its CEMEX Go digital customer service platform.

The CEMEX Go solution automates order-to-cash workflows, enabling CEMEX customers to purchase products, track deliveries and manage orders in real-time.

CEMEX claims that the platform transforms the role of company salesforces, allowing them to dedicate more time to better serve customers.

CEMEX CEO Fernando Gonzalez said: “CEMEX Go has proven itself as a game changer, an established and