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The Mineral Products Association (MPA) has warned that long-term downward trends in replenishment rates mean that the supply of essential minerals in Great Britain cannot be assumed.

The warning was issued as part of the newly-published MPS 7th Annual Mineral Planning Survey (AMPS 2018) which covers the period to the end of 2017. It is based upon data for the whole of Great Britain provided in confidence by MPA members.

The Survey has been produced in the context of a revised National Planning Policy

Metso is introducing new higher capacity models to its NW Rapid wheel-mounted crusher series.

The Finnish company says that, in addition to the bigger jaw crusher model, NW Rapid units are now available also with a variety of highly robust cone crushers, including the first model with the MX crusher. Over a thousand NW Rapid models have now been sold since 2015.

NW Rapid units can be delivered in standard containers from the factory, and are designed to be easily movable from one site to another us

More than 100 EvoQuip dealers and customers in the US attended an open day in Kentucky to see live working demonstrations of the company’s compact crushing and screening range.

Terex-owned EvoQuip staged the event at Park City Stone in Cave City on November 8. Park City Stone is a customer of Powerscreen crushing and screening, which is another Terex brand.

Machines on demo were the Cobra 230R impact crusher, Colt 1000 scalping screen, and a Cobra 290 impact crusher. The Bison 280 Jaw crusher was als

Sisters with a plant hire heritage, Hollie and Ruby Finnegan, have chosen to make investments that chime with their family’s proven business success, as the two young business-women from Leicestershire, central England, realise profits from hiring their Bell Equipment B30E ADT machines to clients.

The sisters, whose family operates Midlands’ hire company JoinPoint, have both worked for the reputable firm; and through being employed as account managers, working on the factory floor and attending Hillhead

At its inaugural Annual General Meeting and Symposium, the Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA), which represents cement and concrete producers from around the world, gathered in London, England, today and set-out its priorities and work program with the specific aim of strengthening the sector’s contribution to sustainable construction.

The GCCA work program will focus on the following priority areas:

• Position concrete as the sustainable building material of choice
• Promote international

Chinese construction, quarrying and roadbuilding equipment giant LiuGong was today celebrating its 60th anniversary year on the first day of a special two-day event attended by customers, dealers and the world’s trade media at the company’s global HQ in Liuzhou, southern China.

The event’s first day was due to include the unveiling of a new machine model, a press conference involving LiuGong chairman Zeng Guang'an and other key senior company executives, a product history and achievement exhibition, and

Little Paxton Quarry, neighbouring the popular Paxton Pits Nature Reserve in Cambridge, east England, is warning visitors of the dangers of wandering off the designated footpaths on to high-traffic access roads.

Owned and operated by Aggregate Industries, Little Paxton Quarry sits on a site of special scientific interest, next to the Paxton Pits Nature Reserve. The reserve stretches over 78 hectares of lakes, meadows, grassland and woodland, the quarry regularly receives visitors keen to explore the site

Breedon Group, the UK’s largest independent construction materials group, posted a solid set of trading figures in the 10 months to 31 October 2018, with increased revenues, improved underlying EBIT and continuing strong cash generation, despite the challenges of a flat construction market in Great Britain and rising input costs.

Breedon sales of aggregates increased by 21% and asphalt by 45% compared with the prior year. In common with the rest of the market, the Group’s concrete sales declined, by 5%.

Tarmac, a leading UK construction solutions business, has launched a first-of-its-kind educational course with SkillForce to help students prepare for the world of work, becoming the first company to partner with the pioneering national educational charity.

The jointly designed, bespoke one-year programme will support students from Rawlins Academy in Leicestershire, east central England – located just ten minutes from Tarmac’s Mountsorrel quarry – to develop the key skills, confidence and capabilities n

Volvo Construction Equipment and its customer Skanska have recorded claimed groundbreaking results from their Electric Site research project. The duo have been testing the viability of the Electric Site research project over the last 10 weeks at Skanska’s Vikan Kross quarry, near Gothenburg, Sweden. The tests are said to have showed a 98% reduction in carbon emissions, a 70% reduction in energy cost and a 40% reduction in operator cost.

Volvo CE says the results indicate that the Electric Site project i

Spain-based technology firm Minsait is to launch its smart city solution in two European cities: Helsinki and Antwerp.
Its Onesait Digital Platform for Cities was chosen in a competition, Select for Cities, which is part of the European Union’s Horizon 2020 innovation project.
The open-data platform utilises the Internet of Things to integrate and manage data from multiple sources and devices using predictive models, helping city authorities make informed decisions about transit and generating useful info

An industrial minerals specialist from the world-leading British Geological Survey (BGS) will present this month’s ‘Lunch and Learn’ webinar from IQ Academy.

Expert geologist Clive Mitchell is the communications team leader at BGS. He will present the 30-minute webinar on Thursday 29 November from 12:30-pm focusing on the digital revolution and how it has transformed the delivery of geological data to the world.

An industrial minerals specialist with 30 years’ experience of capacity building, resource

The building materials giant has participated in the construction of the main French plant of Danish firm LM Wind Power. The plant is dedicated to producing what are claimed to be the longest (107 metres) wind turbine blades in the world.

CEMEX supplied materials and tailored logistics operations for the project which features technology to reduce energy generation costs and supply renewable energy to wind farms both in France and across Europe.