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For the first time in the event’s history, more than 500 exhibitors were taking part in the staging of the latest staging of the major exhibition for the quarrying, construction and recycling industries. All the major construction and quarrying OEMs such as Volvo Construction Equipment, Caterpillar, Case Construction Equipment, Sandvik, Terex Finlay, Powerscreen, Kleemann, CDE, Bell Equipment and Liebherr, along with medium and smaller sized manufacturers, are being represented at the three-day

With a growing appetite for coloured asphalt across the UK, Aggregate Industries has opened a new sampling lab.
The company says the new lab at its Express Asphalt plant in Doncaster, county South Yorkshire, England, has been opened amid ongoing plans to extend supply of its SuperColour range.
The new sampling lab means the Doncaster depot will now be able to design and manufacture the company’s collection of distinctly coloured asphalts, guaranteeing a quick turn-around of samples for customers looking

Cemex has supplied materials for road renovations along the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, the most visited location at Grand National Park in Arizona, United States. Cemex USA supplied 3,000m³ of concrete for the project, which involved repaving the most frequently used roads, intersections, bus pads, sidewalks, and wheelchair ramps by the park’s more than 5 million annual visitors. Over a span of three months, Cemex participated in the Desert View Drive project in collaboration with a local paving company

Central Florida, USA-based trucking company, Ivetic Trucking, says it is keeping customers happy with accuracy on volume of materials hauled. The family-owned and operated business has been hauling clean fill and aggregate materials for over a decade and has installed a load volume scanner (LVS) from Loadscan “to maintain its competitive position in the market.” Ivetic Trucking offers a variety of transportation services including hauling clean fill materials, sand, gravel, and other aggregates, and says

Independent Swiss dealer Robert Aebi is offering Volvo customers a chance to buy a GoGreen articulated hauler. It is produced in what is said to be the construction industry’s first manufacturing plant opowered entirely by renewable energy and issued with a carbon offset certificate from Swiss climate protection foundation carbon offset Fair Recycling foundation for the shipment from Sweden to Switzerland. The GoGreen package is said to enable customers to make a contribution to protecting the environment

Following Volvo Construction Equipment’s recent international launch of its Volvo CE-branded range of rigid haulers in April this year, Babcock has largely completed the necessary legwork for the rollout of the new rigid dump trucks into southern Africa’s mining and quarrying sectors. David Vaughan, MD – Equipment at Babcock, says the first units are expected to arrive in South Africa during the last quarter of this year. “Ahead of the launch, we have completed the three legs of preparation – comprising

With the predicted growth in the US and Canadian construction industries, Terex Trucks is strengthening its presence and investing in these key markets.
This year, the US construction industry is expected to grow by 5%, owing to positive trends in housing and large-scale infrastructure projects. It is also predicted that Canadian construction will increase by 4% in 2018.
With this kind of growth on the horizon, Terex Trucks says it is expanding its operations and has hired a new regional sales manager to

The company is offering an integrated solution of different materials such as ultra-high performance concrete and services that were specifically designed for the challenging construction.
Essential for high-rises, the solutions from LafargeHolcim guarantee high-compressive strength and low hydration heat of the concrete used for the massive foundation and core walls, a key requirement to prevent cracks and save on construction costs to avoid additional cooling.
For the project, LafargeHolcim says it is c

Celmisa Plant Hire, which is celebrating 40 years of trading this year, has acquired two new Volvo A30G articulated haulers.
The close-knit, family-run business, based in Neilston, Glasgow, Scotland, has a long association operating Volvo articulated haulers, and the latest acquisition was through SMT GB.
“My father Charlie founded the company in 1978 and back then we were involved in agricultural contracting, drainage and some bulk earthmoving,” says Ian Johnston, the current managing director and son of

EvoQuip is set to launch its latest innovation, the Colt 1000 scalping screen, at Hillhead 2018 (stand L4) being held at the Hillhead Quarry, Buxton, England, from 26-28 June.
Building on the success of the Colt 600 and Colt 800, the Colt 1000 is the largest screen in the portfolio and capable of processing up to 360tonnes/hour, depending on application, and has been on test with Rapid Aggregates in the UK.
“I am impressed by the performance of the Colt 1000, a powerful machine for such a small package,”

CRH says that the transaction to acquire Ash Grove Cement Company, a leading US cement manufacturer, is now closed.
On 21 September 2017, CRH announced that it had reached an agreement to acquire the company, which is headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas, for a total consideration of US$3.5 billion (€3 billion).
On 15 June 2018, CRH announced that the US Federal Trade Commission had issued its consent order for this transaction.