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US aggregates industry body the National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association (NSSGA) has reached an agreement with the National Industrial Sand Association (NISA) to create a new Industrial Sand Division (ISD) of NSSGA.

NISA members will form the nucleus of the NSSGA’s new Industrial Sand Division.

“NSSGA members have long known the value of coming together as an industry for effective representation of our priorities,” said NSSGA chairman Randy Lake, CRH American Materials. “Formalising this partnersh

Terex Trucks has just signed its third dealer in Germany: Maschinenbau Rehnen – and the timing couldn’t be better. Thanks to a growing demand for real estate and a multi-billion euro budget set aside for infrastructure projects, Germany has become a hotbed for construction.

Maschinenbau Rehnen is the latest addition to Terex Trucks’ German dealer network. The family-run company was established in the 1960s and has since gone onto become a major player in the German construction market. It has three branc

CEMEX says it expects to deliver around 42,000m³ of ready-mixed concrete to supply Phase One of The Plaza Coral Gables, the largest real estate development in the history of Coral Gables, a city in Florida, USA.

The developers, Agave Ponce, LLC, broke ground on the 210,000m² mixed-use project in September 2018. The entire Plaza Coral Gables project is estimated to cost US$400 million. The development is planned to include offices, residential
apartments, a hotel, retail and parking. Amenities will featu

SDLG introduced its L958F wheeled loader to the Indian market at bauma CONEXPO India 2018. The model features a larger bucket capacity, heavier operating weight and a new cooling design system.

The L958F loader’s introduction at the showpiece Asian event, held 11-14 December at the HUDA Ground, Gurgaon, Delhi, is well timed given India’s present high demand for wheeled loaders.

Surat Mehta, head of the SDLG business in India, said: “With the Indian government continuing to invest in infrastructure, t

Six employees at Salop Sand & Gravel Supply Care have become the first to complete the Level 3 SHE certificate run by the Institute of Quarrying (IQ).

Sam Howells, Russell Collier, Nigel Baugh, Matthew Mclean, Glen Parke and Andrew Hart successfully completed the MPQC Level 3 Certificate in Safety, Health and Environmental Knowledge. Meanwhile, IQ member, Claire Selby, completed the MPQC Level 6 Diploma in Safety, Health and Environmental Management in Mineral Products Operations.

The Level 3 Certifi

Italy-based EmiControls unveiled its new, restyled V12S dust controller at the recent Ecomondo green technology exhibition in Rimini.
EmiControls says the new V12S is much smaller, making it easier to transport and integrate into existing systems, but retains the stability and robustness to operate in challenging conditions. The machine can be started and rotated much faster and has a higher tilt angle.
The V12s can be installed on various mobile and fixed bodies. All functions from the previous model are

Italian global market concrete machinery and equipment maker CIFA has celebrated its 90th
anniversary with a new special edition truck-mounted concrete pump, along with a special edition logo and new look for the company museum.
The special edition pump is available in three models: K42L, K45H and the new K47H, which is shortly to be introduced in the standard Carbotech series. The pumps come in three colours: matt anthracite grey, metallic CIFA orange, and metallic Carbotech grey. CIFA says the lightwei

Since the global financial crisis of 2008, the UK market for factory-produced mortar has shown generally consistent growth over the last decade. This has been largely off the back of the recovery in the housebuilding market. These are the key findings of leading industry consultancy BDS in its update to its periodic report Estimated Outputs of Mortar Plants in Great Britain.

The size of the mortar market is approaching the 3 million tonnes/year mark, a level not seen since towards the end of the last dec

Rammer this year celebrates 40 years of excellence. In order to help commemorate this momentous occasion, and to reflect changing customer requirements, the Sandvik brand has renewed both its outlook and its product offering. This has led to the updating and upgrading of its Excellence line of hydraulic hammers.

Safety is endemic to the operation of the upgraded Excellence range, whether it is being used in quarry, demolition project, tunnel or any other application: for example, all models feature refl

Magna Tyres, the Dutch global off-highway tyre market maker, has opened a new regional office in South Africa. In recent years, the company has been extremely successful in South Africa and neighbouring countries.

Rapid growth and excellent performance of Magna products in the area made expansion necessary to provide support locally on a 24/7 basis. Magna Tyres’ clients will benefit from closer and even more personalised attention, while product availability also increases because stocks can be locally

This winter, Rodić Davidson Architects is hosting a collection of concrete in its window exhibition in central London. The Concrete Centre is curating the display, entitled #thisisconcrete, which illustrates different visual properties of concrete including black, white and textured concrete.

Elaine Toogood, senior architect at The Concrete Centre, who is leading the project, explains this showcase of different types of concrete and her hopes that it might challenge some people’s perception of what concr

German global construction and quarrying equipment market manufacturer Wacker Neuson has staged the official opening ceremony for its new production plant and R&D center in Pinghu, near Shanghai, eastern China.

The official opening ceremony took place at the end of November, two years after the initial groundbreaking ceremony. Over 500 guests including government representatives, suppliers, dealers and their customers from around the globe attended the ceremony and accompanying program of events.

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The addition of another Volvo L180H loading shovel, a fifty-tonne EC480E excavator and an A45G articulated hauler coincides with the commissioning of a brand new crushing plant at Marshalls’ Howley Park facility near Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.

“Up until now we’ve engaged contractors to carry out the primary crushing and screening processes here at Howley Park,” says Ian Manley, manager at the Howley Park site. “With our new plant coming on stream we therefore needed to add these extra machines t

The first detailed report specifically looking at the volumes of primary aggregates moved by rail from UK quarries to rail depots was published two years ago. Since then, both the number of operating rail depots and the total tonnage of materials moved by rail have increased. Rail is playing a stronger role in delivering crushed rock, in particular, from its natural sources to major construction markets elsewhere in Great Britain.

These are some of the findings in the first update to this report entitled