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Surface mining industry association, ASPASA, has called for more national focus on infrastructure development in South Africa.

The association represents about 75% of the quarries and mines in South Africa that produce key materials for construction projects. It wants to encourage better cooperation between all role-players involved in the planning and delivery of all types of infrastructure such as roads, railways, dams, pipelines and buildings.

ASPASA director, Nico Pienaar, says current crisis rega

Volvo CE’s FS-System is one of a variety of On-Board Weighing solutions offered by global OEMs that are taking the guesswork out of loading and unloading and making the process safer, cheaper and more fuel efficient. In this 60-second explainer, the brand shows how telematics like On-Board Weighing are key to boosting construction productivity.

Boart Longyear says it will be one of more than 1,000 exhibitors at the international Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) event being held in Toronto, Canada from 4-7 March.
Each year, PDAC holds this international convention, trade show and investors exchange attracting 24,000 attendees from 130 countries. Boart Longyear’s showcase includes the new TruScan core scanning technology which captures and accesses accurate, real-time geological data at the exploration site as the core is drill

Dr Michael J. Mankosa, executive vice president of global technology at Eriez, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering. Election to the NAE is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer Dr Mankosa will be formally inducted during a ceremony at the NAE's annual meeting in Washington DC on 30 September 2018. According to the NAE, Academy membership honours those who have made outstanding contributions to “engineering research, practice, or education, including, where a

The Minerals Products Association (MPA), the trade body for the British aggregates, cement and concrete industries, is setting up a Materials Innovation Hub in collaboration with Highways UK. The Hub aims to provide a focal point and meeting place for suppliers, contractors, specifiers and clients involved in pavement materials aspects of highways across the national, regional, local and urban road networks. The new project will primarily focus on finding solutions to a series of real world challenges, and

Metso, the Finnish global quarrying and mining equipment manufacturing giant, is prioritising sustainability and profitable growth in 2018 and beyond, according to Eeva Sipilä, the company’s interim president and CEO. The company’s 2017 Annual Report, published on Friday 23 February, revealed that Metso’s annual sales rose 5% to €2.706 billion, with 2017 orders received up 9% to € 2.982 billion. However, Metso’s operating profit was down 4% to €218 million from €227 million in 2016. In a wide-ranging

Rapid International has supplied Kasco Mining and Construction with a new Rapidmix mobile continuous concrete mixing plant for production of mine backfill within a mine in the North Mara region of Tanzania. Established in 2005, Kasco Mining and Construction is a subsidiary of the larger Kasco Group (Kasco). Originally a micro equipment hire contractor, Kasco has grown to be one of the leading mining, concrete, infrastructure and earthworks contractors in the Tanzanian construction and mining sector. Kasco

Washington’s Institute of Transportation (ITE) has elected Marsha Anderson Bomar, John J. Kennedy and W. Hibbett Neel as honorary members. The membership is presented to individuals of notable and outstanding professional achievement. Bomar is the executive director of the Gateway85 Community Improvement District, where her focus is on mobility, infrastructure, safety, security, and economic development. She was previously founder and president of Street Smarts and Data Smarts and is an international past