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A selection of ALLU D-Series Transformers are said to be proving their worth in Asia and the Middle East, helping to process a variety of materials, in four very different countries.
The ALLU equipment has been provided and supported by ALLU’s dealers in the countries, back by the company’s global support team. The ALLU Transformer D-Series comprises of an excavator loader/tractor-mounted attachment which screens, crushes, aerates, blends, mixes, separates, feeds and loads materials. This, says the company

Rapid International has supplied Cemex UK with a new Rapidmix 600CW mobile continuous concrete mixing plant/pugmill for production of cementitious mixes including roller compacted concrete (RCC) and cement bound granular material (CBGM) at various sites.
Cemex, the global manufacturer of building materials, is said to be the biggest Mexican investor in the UK, with 3,000 people employed across 450 sites nationwide.
It is also one of the UK’s leading providers of aggregates, cement, ready-mixed concrete

Aggregate Industries is celebrating a milestone this year as its pioneering Lytag lightweight aggregate solution brand marks its sixtieth year.
Lytag was originally conceived following a joint research project between John Laing and the Building Research Establishment (BRE) in a bid to develop a lightweight aggregate from power station fly ash.
At a time when the concept of lightweight aggregate was unheard of, Lytag, being up to 50% lighter than standard options while offering the same structural density

Hanson UK’s latest sustainability report charts another solid year of progress in 2017.
The company has passed its 2020 targets for reducing both mains water use and waste to landfill while CO2 emissions/tonne of product have fallen by 7.2% to reach the lowest level for five years.
The number of lost time injuries remained static at 21, but the frequency rate was down on the prior year and there was a three-month unbroken spell without a lost time injury.

Finning UK & Ireland will be showcasing the new Cat 320 next generation excavator at Hillhead 2018 (Hillhead Quarry, Buxton, county Derbyshire, England, 26-28 June).
Complete with a wealth of technology solutions and live demonstrations, the company says that this year it is all about software and hardware.
On the Finning stand there will be a Cat D6T LGCP 3D dozer; the Cat 745 3-axle articulated truck and the Cat 320 next generation excavator, which features integrated Cat Connect technology.

The UK’s Mineral Products Association (MPA) has been told that the outlook for 2018 looks ‘flattish.’
However, provided planned infrastructure spending and housing growth materialises in 2019, there should see an upswing in demand.
This was the view of Martin Riley, MPA chairman and senior vice president from Tarmac, in his opening address at the MPA Members’ annual conference, Mineral Products 2018 - De-risking the Next Three Years, which was held at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, Westminster,

Earthmax, the radial tyre line-up by BKT, is celebrating its tenth anniversary with events on the Greek island of Crete.
Designed to favour enhanced load distribution on the ground for dumpers, wheeled loaders, dozers, graders and some other multi-purpose vehicles, BKT says the tyre is a milestone in its history.
It points out that the tyre is the result of continuously thinking big, of tireless research and the strong desire for improvement taking new ideas and approaches to the market.

Paul Firth, emissions monitoring technician at Tarmac Cement and Lime, has been elected as the chairman of the UK’s Source Testing Association’s (STA) Process Operators’ Group for 2018-2020.

Years of dedication to ensuring emissions monitoring and measuring are first class have led to Firth’s appointment to the leading role within the STA, a non-profit making technical trade group. Its membership comprises more than 200 companies including process operators, regulators, equipment manufacturers and test

Pre-cast UK concrete materials manufacturer, Charcon Construction Solutions, part of the Aggregate Industries group, has introduced an innovative lightweight stairs product to its pre-cast concrete portfolio after combining the lightweight secondary aggregate – Lytag – with its concrete.

The lightweight nature of the stairs make them ideal for multi-storey residential or commercial projects. That’s because a lighter product makes it easier to lift them into place and also install, which helps to reduce

Vietnamese cement consumption grew to around 29.83 million tonnes by the mid-second quarter of 2018, up 13% compared to the same period of 2017. Vietnam's Ministry of Construction (MoC), who revealed the up-to-mid Q2 2018 figures, is currently putting the finishing touches to its master plan for the exploitation, exploration and utilisation of minerals as main building materials. The report is said to include a forecast on demand levels to 2035.