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Metso has reached another significant milestone in Lokotrack sales by delivering the 500th unit sold in Germany during steinexpo, the biggest quarry exhibition in Europe, being held 30 August – 2 September. The LT120 jaw plant was received by Andres Erdarbeiten, a family-owned crushing, screening and recycling contractor. Globally, Metso has sold over 7,000 Lokotracks.

Thomas Menzies Builders of Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland has opted for its first Volvo EC220E excavator.
“We’ve had a long association with Volvo’s utility dealer, Rockbreakers UK, which has supplied hydraulic hammers and other ancillary attachments to us for some time,” says Brian Henderson, plant and environmental manager.
“When we learned that they had taken on the franchise for Volvo utility equipment, knowing their track record for excellent support, we had added confidence deciding to purchase a new 5.5

Cemex is supplying concrete for the Cameron Bridge, part of a reconstruction of the Arizona section of Route 89 in the southwestern US. Spanning approximately 200m, the new bridge includes four lanes for highway traffic, a pedestrian underpass, and other concrete flatwork that is expected to improve traffic flow and road safety. To best meet the project’s construction demands, Cemex installed a remote batch plant at a nearby quarry, which enabled the company to supply more than 15,000m³ of concrete. During

Superior Industries has expanded a partnership with its long-time dealer, General Equipment & Supplies. The Midwestern US distributor of aggregate and construction equipment now exclusively represents Superior brand crushing, vibratory and washing equipment in the states of Iowa and Nebraska. The new processing agreement is in addition to representing Superior's conveying equipment throughout the Upper Midwest. In addition to conveying equipment such as the TeleStacker Conveyor and RazerTail truck unloader,

Hanson UK has extended its involvement with EDF Energy’s Hinkley Point C project in county Somerset, south-west England, securing a roads construction contract for the Kier Bam Joint Venture through its contracting division.
The contract includes supplying 40,000tonnes of cement bound granular material (CBGM) and 100,000tonnes of asphalt over the next two years. The materials will be used to build access roads on site. Hanson Contracting has also secured contracts with Laing O’Rourke, to support new accomm

CRH, the international building materials group has announced two significant transactions as part of its continuing focus on growth and value creation through effective portfolio management and capital reallocation.
In the Americas, CRH reached agreement to sell its Americas Distribution business to Beacon Roofing Supply, for a total consideration of $2.63 billion in cash (c.€2.2 billion).
Americas Distribution, which has been part of the CRH Group for over 20 years, has historically executed a growth st

Atlantic Pumps, the Sheffield, England-based supplier of industrial dewatering and pumps for handling abrasive applications, was approached by a county Derbyshire quarry, central UK, that had been experiencing problems with its dewatering pumps. Shardlow Quarry, owned by Hanson Aggregates, opened in 1989, and is one of the largest sand and gravel operations in the River Trent valley. It discussed its ongoing pumping problem with Nathan Rowles, Atlantic Pumps sales manager, during an arranged site visit. The

Caterpillar’s new Cat 988K XE, the first wheeled loader offered by the company with a high-efficiency electric drive system, will makes its introduction at steinexpo 2017 in Germany (30 August-2 September).
The loader joins the 988K and the recently-launched 986K wheeled loaders to provide customers with a cost-effective loader for each application.
Delivering high-production in all loading applications, the 988K XE is recommended for demanding job sites where fuel efficiency makes a difference in the ma

EvoQuip will exhibit the Bison 120 jaw crusher with local distributor Opperman & Fuss at steinexpo 2017 in Germany from 30 August–2 September. Oppermann & Fuss has been appointed as the official distributor of EvoQuip crushing and screening equipment, servicing the needs of customers in Germany. “Our experience as a distributor of specialised crushing and screening equipment for 40 years, means that we can count on a strong focus on customer support, one of our core principles,” says Peter Oppermann, Opperm

Hammer and attachment brand Rammer will use the Steinexpo exhibition in Germany (30 August-2 September 2017) as the international launch-pad for the latest version of its largest breaker.
Visitors to the exhibition will see the new Rammer 9033 when they visit the stand of German dealer Ramb (Stand C83). The Rammer 9033 replaces the highly successful Rammer 7013 and benefits from a number of key changes and improvements, many of which have been proven in smaller Rammer hammers.
Improvements include a 20%

At the 10th steinexpo (30 August-2 September 2017), being held in Europe's largest basalt quarry at Homberg/Nieder-Ofleiden, Germany, GIPO will present its mobile tracked GIPOKOMBI RC 130 FDR DA.
The Swiss company says the plant is equipped with the new and innovative crusher direct drive and features extremely low diesel consumption.

Metso will change its business area organisation in the Minerals segment.
The current Minerals Services business area will be divided into two separate business areas: Minerals Services and Minerals Consumables.
Both new business areas will work in close cooperation with the Minerals Capital business to offer optimal end-to-end solutions for their customers.
The heads of the business areas will report to Nico Delvaux, Metso's President and CEO, and they will be members of Metso's Executive Team.
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The first mobile Rubble Master crusher in Gorontalo, at the heart of Indonesia, is in operation.
RM says the new RM 70GO! 2.0 replaces several machines at once: instead of using the jaw crusher combined with a cone crusher, the mobile crusher unit processes in a single pass the extremely hard river basalt that is needed for road building.
“The roads that we build are the best in this area,” says Stevie Kusumaharja, proud of the quality of the infrastructure project that his company PT. Anugerah Andalan Pe