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Garside Sands has successfully supplied 957 tonnes of natural sand to ZSL Whipsnade Zoo in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, southern England as part of a £2 million investment in the zoo’s new Centre for Elephant Care.

Officially opened in a grand ceremony on Tuesday 11 April by none other than her Majesty and the Duke of Edinburgh, the Centre has been custom-designed and constructed by Sutton Construction to provide a luxurious indoor living space for the zoo’s largest residents. Set amidst 20-acres of rolling

Rapid International recently supplied Northern Ireland-based Lagan Tile with a new RP1000 Rapid Planetary Concrete Mixer to support the busy firm’s 24 hour production schedule. The Rapid mixer was also purchased due to its high capacity and increased levels of energy efficiency. It has been installed in Lagan Tile’s roof tile production plant located in Lisburn, County Antrim.

Lagan Tile began producing concrete roof tiles in 1995 at a purpose built factory near Lisburn in County Antrim, Northern Irela

Tarmac, a leading UK sustainable building materials and construction solutions company, has bolstered its fleet of plant machinery with the acquisition of a new excavator at its Mountsorrel quarry in Leicestershire, central England. Capable of moving over three million tonnes of material per year, the company’s Caterpillar 6030 hydraulic mining shovel weighs approximately 300 tonnes, generates over 1,500 horsepower and completes the firm’s line-up of new equipment at Mountsorrel. Ian Brown, manufacturing ma

MB Crusher has appointed Semco Equipment Sales as its distributor in New Zealand, Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria in Australia, and for Tasmania. A 100% Australian owned company, Semco will sell, service and support the MB Crusher range of specialised buckets in the region. Graham Murphy, of Semco, said: “We are very pleased with the MB Crushers appointment which will enable us to assist our customers achieve the full productivity potential of their current equipment fleet, as well as adding flexib

Members of the Institute of Quarrying Australia (IQA) are marking the Institute’s centenary year with a 10,500 mile trip to the UK, visiting sites in England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales and Eire. The 17 strong group arrives in the UK on 30th April for a 12 day study tour. First stop is a visit to the Nottingham headquarters of the Institute of Quarrying (IQ) to meet its new chief executive James Thorne and his team. The study tour will be led by the tour organiser Danny Duke, a member of IQA since 19

A bold target for diverting waste from landfill of 80% has been reached by Cemex UK. Two years ago the business invested in a new strategy, Recycle R8, in partnership with waste provider Biffa, to drastically reduce the amount sent to landfill and increase recycling. Today, Recycle R8 has delivered concrete results with 80% waste diverted from landfill and recycling reaching 49%. “Cemex UK is a ‘waste eater’, we now consume 80 times more waste than we send to landfill. For example, in cement and concrete w

Concrete supplied by Hanson was used to create the sub and super-structure of one of London’s new landmark residential buildings.

Lexicon is a 36-storey tower of 146 residential apartments in Islington, North London. Behind its striking glazed façade, the building’s core, floorplates and structural rectangular columns are all constructed from one material – concrete.

Concrete, all 15,000m³ of it, of was chosen due to the height of the structure, which stands 120 metres high on a very small footprint.

The Plantworx Innovation Award have been announced at a ceremony held at 10-11 Cartlon Terrace House in central London, the former home of British Prime Minister William Gladstone. Hosted by CEA (Construction Equipment Association)’s chief executive, Rob Oliver, guests gathered to celebrate the winners of the 2017 Innovation Awards, which recognise and celebrate innovative companies, products and services that have made a major impact in the construction equipment industry. Winners and highly commended were

MB Crusher is staging live crushing and screening product demos to customers in Namibia. Made in Italy and available in 12 models, the MB Crusher range will be showcased with the support of local dealer Hyundai Machinery Namibia (HMN) on Wednesday 26 April in Swakopmund City, on Namibia’s western coast. There will be the opportunity to see the versatile MB Crusher’s BF90.3, said by MB Crusher to be the world’s first manufactured crusher bucket, suitable for excavators weighing 21tonnes and above. It will b

LafargeHolcim has played a vital role in the construction of India’s longest highway tunnel located in the country’s northern state of Jammu and Kashmir.

The Chenani-Nashri tunnel has been inaugurated by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and it cuts travel time between the two cities of Jammu and Srinagar by two hours while eliminating safety hazards on the existing mountainous route.

The new 9km single tube bi-directional Chenani-Nashri tunnel with a parallel intermediate lane escape tunnel of 29

The board of directors of LafargeHolcim will nominate Patrick Kron for election as a new board member at the group’s upcoming annual meeting on 3 May 3, 2017.

At the same time Philippe Dauman and Alexander Gut have taken the decision not to stand for re-election.

As communicated earlier, Bruno Lafont, currently co-chairman of the board of directors, has also decided that he will not stand for re-election.

“We are pleased to nominate Patrick Kron. He is an experienced leader with an extensive track

Mining contractor Barhaul has purchased a new 28-tonne capacity TA300 articulated dump truck for use in a barite mine near Aberfeldy in Perthshire, Scotland.

Supplied by Terex Trucks’ UK distributor, TDL Equipment, the TA300 has consistently impressed Barhaul with its ability to power through the harshest environments.

John Black, sales director at TDL Equipment, explains: “Over the years, Barhaul has regularly purchased Terex Trucks’ TA300 articulated haulers, as the company has a very good history

Puzzolana Machinery Fabricators, a major South India-based crushing and screening equipment manufacturer, has entered into a distribution tie up with Tata International for promoting its products into the African markets, reports Partha Pratim Basistha.

Under a memorandum of understanding, Tata International will distribute Puzzolana Machinery Fabricators’ (Puzzolana) stationery plants of 120 to 600tonnes/hour and 250 diesel electric track mounted plants used in the infrastructure, road and mining sector