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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.

Ben Bennett Jr’s most recent acquisition, a new Bell Equipment L2606E loader was secured to replace an existing machine.
The family run company founded in 1883, comprises a steel rolling mill and a junior hacksaw blades manufacturer, both in Rotherham, county Yorkshire, England, and a limestone quarry in Matlock, county Derbyshire, England.
It is firmly placed as Bell Equipment’s longest standing client in the UK, with the company’s relationship starting in the late 1990s when the company bought its first

Five SDLG wheeled loaders are helping to load mud and petroleum-contaminated soil onto trucks every day at an oil field in Riau, Sumatra, Indonesia.
The material is then taken away and recycled as an ingredient of cement.
The oil field produces nearly 200,000 barrels of crude oil/day, and for eight hours a day, five SDLG wheeled loaders (comprising three LG968L and two L956F units) work onsite to load the unwanted by-products onto trucks to be taken to cement plants in other parts of the country for recyc

Liebherr is starting work to build a new logistics centre at its Liebherr-Hydraulikbagger facility in Kirchdorf. The new building is expected to be ready at the end of 2019. "With the restructuring and the optimisation of the material flow, the logistics centre for production will make an important contribution in the future to efficient and high-quality production", said Matthias Herzog, production manager at Liebherr-Hydraulikbagger.

The new Cat C9.3B industrial engine, compliant with EU Stage V emissions standards, is now available from Finning UK and Ireland (Finning), sole supplier of Cat engines in the UK and Ireland.
The six-cylinder, 9.3litre engine builds on the capabilities of previous Cat models that have logged more than 200 million hours in real-world, off-highway applications, while meeting the stringent emission requirements of the upcoming EU Stage V standards.
Finning will be exhibiting the engine at Hillhead 2018 (26–2

Martin Engineering, among the leaders in bulk material handling solutions, has expanded its UK and Scandinavian operations.
This will allow it to offer wider service, faster equipment delivery and extensive employee training to customers.
The company’s new facility near Mansfield, county Nottinghamshire, central England, includes a new office, training centre, production area and warehouse.
With its expanded team of knowledgeable industry professionals, the company says it will partner with UK and Scandi

Carnage, one of the latest shows from Sky, sees contestants battling customised vehicles against each other in a series of challenging arenas. But they aren’t just competing with each other, they also have to escape The Pusher, a heavily modified Terex Trucks 2766C articulated hauler from the late 1990s.
Filmed in Tankwa Karoo National Park, South Africa, the show has been described as a cross between Robot Wars and Mad Max, with a hint of Wacky Races thrown in for good measure.

Aggregate Industries has been a major supplier of materials at a ground-breaking mine in the UK.
In November 2016, leading fertiliser producer, Sirius Minerals, announced plans to press ahead with a funding deal to start the construction of a massive potash mine in county North Yorkshire, England, since named Woodsmith Mine.
The £2 billion (€2.3 billion) development, which is now well underway, will constitute one of Britain’s biggest mines; to incorporate a vast mine head at Woodsmith Mine, Sneaton, wit

The European tour of Monster Jam continues its journey together with BKT tyres.
Having conquered the public at the Commerzbank-Arena in Frankfurt, Germany, and at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium, Wales, with spectacular manoeuvres, breathtaking jumps and extraordinary acrobatics, the giant Monster Trucks, fitted with special tyres by BKT, the official, exclusive technical sponsor of the tyres for the fifth year running, are ready to continue their European tour at the Stadion Feijenoord in Rotterdam, the Ne

Future-proofing the mineral extractives industry’s workforce is an imperative that is being addressed as a priority.
It will form the hot topic of discussion at the IQ Academy Lunch and Learn webinar, which is taking place from 12.30-1pm on Thursday, 21 June.
Inspiring Futures in Mineral Extractives will be presented by Anthony Elgey, general manager for MP Futures, part of MPQC.
“I’ve worked in the quarrying industry for over 20 years and the issue of an ageing workforce is one that we’ve been talking

Twelve successful Cemex UK aggregate logistics apprentices have started their first week.
The apprentices will be based at Cemex quarries throughout the country and are undertaking a 12-month apprenticeship.
They could graduate with a nationally-recognised apprenticeship qualification in driving goods vehicles, an LGV category C or C+E licence, and a job as a LGV Cemex driver.
This is the fourth year of this successful scheme and from the past three cohorts 29 apprentices have graduated and become Ceme