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Aggregate Industries, a leading UK building materials supplier, has relocated its asphalt plant in Daviot in the Scottish Highlands to a prime new Inverness city centre location, as part of ongoing plans to improve customer services.

The new state-of-the-art facility is located within Longman Industrial Estate - just five minutes’ drive from central Inverness. This location will make it easier and quicker for busy customers to access the plant by offering 24 hour service by request. Additionally, the new

The Concrete Centre has welcomed recognition in the final report of the Hackitt Review that the use of non-combustible materials “inherently provides higher levels of protection.”
The review, Building a Safer Future: Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety: Final Report, also calls for a “focus on reducing ongoing building risks during the occupation and maintenance phase”.
Dame Judith Hackitt published her review of building regulations and fire safety, which was commissioned in th

Metso's board of directors has appointed Pekka Vauramo as president and CEO of Metso, effective as of November 2018 at the latest. Vauramo has served as president and CEO of Finnair since 2013, and prior to that he held several management positions at Cargotec (2007-2013) and Sandvik (1985-2007).

According to Mikael Lilius, chair of Metso's board of directors, Vauramo will bring the right kind of competence and experience to Metso. "Pekka Vauramo has a proven track record in leading businesses facing com

The synthetic gypsum market is set to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.82% to reach US$1.8 billion (€1.51bn) in 2023, according to a report by market research firm MarketsandMarkets (M&M). M&M says the market is expected to witness significant growth in the next few years due to growing demand for new constructions as a result of rapid urbanisation and industrialisation, with huge investment in the infrastructural and commercial sectors. A summary of the report released by the market

DXB Pump & Power, a new entrant to the UK’s quarry and mining pump manufacturing sector, has been granted a further 150 engines in its EU Stage 3B (Stage 3B) emissions flex allowance, enabling its customers to continue to order non Ad-Blue engines until 2020.

The Stage 3B engines from JCB allows the company to extend their offering of 4.5litre pumpsets up to 120kW supplying pumpsets which have flows up to 1400m³/hr and pressures up to 140m (14 bar) all from a four cylinder turbocharged engine.

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Liebherr will have a diverse model range on show at next month’s Hillhead 2018 quarrying exhibition, near Buxton, England. Taking centre stage on the company’s stand, and painted in Liebherr’s mining colours, will be a bespoke R 960 Super Mass Excavation (SME) demolition crawler excavator. The machine is equipped with an undercarriage from the next class size up, heavy-duty tracks, oversized cylinders, heavy-duty boom and stick, increased engine HP and an optimised hydraulic system for operating with heavy

CEMEX Ventures is investing in PRYSMEX, a Mexico-based start-up that offers a solution capable of detecting and helping to prevent workplace accidents through the Internet of Things and real-time data collection.

PRYSMEX’s innovative solution features a web platform with a collaborative management app that monitors the environmental and geolocation variables of unsafe acts and conditions on customised 3D maps, enabling real-time decision-making and increased industry safety and productivity.

The solut

Aggregate Industries, a leading UK building materials supplier, has supplied more than 20,000tonnes of type 1 sub-base to the recently developed Leicester Commercial Park in central England. Situated in one of the UK’s most sought after logistics locations, off junction 21 of the M1 motorway, the 40-acre industrial estate is currently being developed by commercial property specialists Goodman. Expected to complete later this year, the site will include two substantial distribution units of 335,000sq ft

A strong Icelandic market is said to be behind Volvo dealer Brimborg’s recent move to a larger headquarters. The 4,000m² facility is twice the size of the existing dealership and will be called Veltir, the old Icelandic name for Volvo. Gone are the days when Iceland’s fishing industry was required to keep the country’s economy afloat. Tourism has grown rapidly in recent years. In 2016, 1.8 million visitors visited Iceland; in 2017, this number surpassed two million. When you consider that Iceland’s total

EPC-UK, a leading player in the manufacture, storage and distribution of commercial explosives, will be “bringing the blast to life” at this year’s Hillhead quarrying exhibition near Buxton, England, thanks to the latest Augmented Reality technology. A combination of Virtual Reality and the real world, Augmented Reality (AR) takes the form of live video imagery, which is enhanced with computer generated graphics, immersing the user in a specific environment – for example in a quarry whilst a blast is being

Drone technology, cutting-edge pumping systems and state-of-the-art data monitoring software are among the exciting innovations set to be taken forward by Tarmac as part of its 2018 Innovation Challenge, an initiative designed to deliver added value and greater efficiency to further improve customer experience. The company’s Procurement and Innovation teams came together to host its inaugural Innovation Challenge event. Suppliers were invited to develop and share innovative proposals and ideas that can

McCloskey International’s new J35 compact jaw crusher will be on show next month at the Hillhead 2018 quarrying exhibition near Buxton, county Derbyshire, England. The spotlight during the 26-28 June event will also be on the newest product from McCloskey Washing Systems (MWS), the AGGSTORM 150, which will be displayed on the McCloskey stand across from the Rock Processing Demo area. The new J35 compact jaw crusher, which will be on display at Stand L1, has recently completed field testing. The model is

The Mineral Product Association (MPA) has responded to the British Government’s National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) consultation, setting out why it believes the proposed changes will further weaken the mineral planning system and threaten the replenishment of aggregate and other mineral reserves which represent the largest material supply in the economy, while also being essential for the construction industry and manufacturing.

The MPA’s response reads: “At a time when supplies are becoming incre