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Exhibiting under the theme #TriedAndTrusted, bulk materials handling solution specialist Telestack is using the bauma 2019 exhibition (8-14 April) as an opportunity to highlight the breadth and depth of its product range, its decades of experience and the quality of its products backed up with first class dealer support.

Located at Stand FN.1024.1, the Omagh, Northern Ireland-headquartered firm will be exhibiting alongside its two long standing German dealers Jürgen Kölsch and Christophel.

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Kelston Sparkes’ has assembled the largest fleet of Bell Equipment B50 articulated dump trucks (ADTs) in Europe after committing to purchase four B50E models.

One of the largest and most recognised earthmoving contractors in the UK, Kelston Sparkes will use the new additions for load-and-carry quarrying operations. The B50E ADT quartet add to the company’s existing fleet of 10 B50Ds that has run successfully since 2014.

Rob Stark, director of Kelston Sparkes, said the B50Es substantial size was a key

Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) has received all necessary approvals for the earlier announced acquisition of Swedish machine adaptation specialist CeDe Group. The deal is now closed.

“We are delighted to move forward in our partnership with CeDe Group. Its engineering excellence and understanding of delivering often unique special applications to customers is a useful addition to Volvo CE's growth strategy,” Melker Jernberg, president of Volvo CE.

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Haver & Boecker, a leading aggregates and mining equipment manufacturer and solutions provider, has appointed Jean-François Marchand as its certified sales representative for Quebec, Canada. Marchand brings 20 years of sales experience to the position with 10 years in heavy machinery.

As a certified sales representative, Marchand is responsible for helping mining and aggregates customers in Quebec find solutions to increase productivity and profit through Haver & Boecker’s screening, washing and pelleti

A new BDS Marketing Research report highlights how UK aggregates demand is set to increase over the next decade supported by major infrastructure projects including HS2, Hinkley Point C, Crossrail 2, Heathrow Runway 3, Road Investment Strategy 2 and government plans to provide 300,000 new homes each year.

Critical to this delivery, says the BDS report, is the provision of an adequate source of aggregates across Great Britain from all sources including primary land-won and marine, recycled and secondary.

Furthering moves to expand business internationally, leading UK heavy plant attachment specialist Ulrich Attachments is attending The BIG Show (Builders’ International Gathering) this month; an annual international exhibition that caters to the building and construction industry in Oman, the Middle East and global markets.

Considered the biggest and most important building, construction and interior design event in Oman, The BIG Show was given recognition as a UFI-Approved Event by the UFI-The Global Ass

Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology has appointed Bergerat Monnoyeur (BM) as its new sole distributor for mobile crushers and screens in mainland France.

BM will not only be supplying a comprehensive range of Sandvik mobile crushing and screening equipment but will also be providing spare parts and full aftermarket service. This move will benefit customers in France by offering a consolidated, more localised and customer-focused support in their area.

With over 100 years’ experience in the industry Ber

Terex Washing Systems (TWS) is presenting live washing demos of the company’s ‘game-changing’ AggWash 60 during bauma 2019. This showcase, in conjunction with their German distributors Kolsch and Christophel, is being hosted at Mittermeier (Kolsch customer site), located next to Hall FN 1024 / 1, from Monday 8th – Sunday 14th April 2019.

The award-winning AggWash 60 wash plant, referred to by TWS as a ‘game changer in wash recycling’, incorporates screening, scrubbing, sizing and recovery of sand on one

This year’s Institute of Quarrying (IQ) study tour for students from the University of Derby’s Centre for Mineral Products runs from 18-22 March 2019 and takes in a number of different mineral extraction and processing sites located across the north-west England.

Sites featuring in this year’s tour include Hanson Aggregates’ Shap quarry, just off the M6 at one of the highest points on the UK’s motorway network, as well as Tarmac’s Dry Rigg, Arcow and Swinden quarries. Students also get to see Tata Steel’

Kleemann has recently been awarded two international design prizes. The iF DESIGN AWARD and the GOOD DESIGN Award were awarded, respectively, to the German company’s MOBICAT MC 120 Z PRO mobile jaw crusher and EVO line screeners. Innovative details for safe operation and simple handling were said to have impressed the jury members.

The iF DESIGN AWARD is one of the most important design awards in the world and has been regarded for 66 years as an internationally recognised label for first-class design.

Tarmac has donated £25,000 towards the upkeep of one of two emergency Land Rover vehicles used by North East Wales Search & Rescue (NEWSAR).

The donation follows NEWSAR’s continued help in the development of Tarmac’s emergency quarry evacuation plans at Hendre quarry and for providing talks to children about the dangers of swimming in quarries and deep water uninvited and unsupervised.

NEWSAR, which operates 24 hours a day, 365 days per year, received 90 emergency callouts and gave 30 talks on safety

Aggregate Industries has been selected to exclusively supply sub-base aggregate for flood defence works at the Strood Waterfront Project in Medway, Kent, south-east England.

The ambitious redevelopment scheme to revamp the Strood riverside will see the construction of up to 1,600 new homes, as well as new business premises and recreational space, across the stretch from Jane’s Creek to the Riverside Tavern.
As part of the mammoth project, around £3.5 million has been earmarked for flood defence works to

Restoration earthworks are now complete to create a further 30 hectares of wetland habitat at Hanson’s Newington and Misson sand and gravel quarry in Bassetlaw, Nottinghamshire, England.

The former Newington South quarry is being restored to create 11 hectares of reedbeds and 19 hectares of wet grassland in the hope of attracting a wide range of wildlife including snipe, bittern, otters and water voles.

The earthworks have created a series of reed bed cells, which will be planted with common reed, an

Bulk handling equipment company Martin Engineering has entered the Middle East market through a partnership with German Conveyor Industries, a UAE-based specialist in the design, installation and maintenance of industrial plants.

UK-based Martin Engineering says the deal means that its range of products will be available to companies for the first time in the UAE. The products are exclusively supplied, installed and maintained by German Conveyor’s local team.

German Conveyor has a team of 150 employ