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The team at Garside Sands, based in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England, is set to go the distance - cycling the length of Britain from John O’Groats to Land’s End, in a relay, to raise money for the A-T Society. The reason behind the entire team from Aggregate Industries Garside Sands’ site taking part in the challenge on Wednesday 20 September is Little Daisy Goble, a family friend of one of the team and nearby neighbour.

Weir Minerals says it is positioning itself even closer to its customers – a move set to see the company capitalise on new forecasts tipping improved market conditions over the next two years. The global quarry and mining equipment giant is building upon its leading 130 service centres strategically positioned across the world. “Strengthening our unrivalled global footprint in the mining industry will add capacity and proficiency to our service offering

The UK-based DUO Group companies and Denbow International Limited have appointed Terry Last as the non-executive chairman of the business. Previously CEO of Tarmac and a past president of the Institute of Quarrying, Last has had considerable experience as chairman of several companies during his career, and currently remains chairman of several firms. Luke Talbot, managing director of Duo Group companies, said: “Terry will bring a wealth of industry experience to our company.

Family-owned sand and gravel quarry, MB Wilkes, is using two 28-tonne capacity Terex Trucks articulated haulers to move material around its longstanding facility in Corfe Mullen, Dorset, South West England. Originally purchased in the 1950s for timber production, the story of MB Wilkes’ Henbury Quarry in Dorset is one of an accidental find. “Our grandfather Harold Wilkes bought this land in the early fifties to take lumber off of it and one day, one falling tree hit another tree exposing its roots

CASE Construction Equipment has appointed José Cuadrado as vice president in the EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) region for CNH Industrial’s Construction Equipment businesses. With more than 15 years of international experience within the industrial, construction and agricultural equipment sectors, Cuadrado brings a wealth of experience to his new role within CNH Industrial.

Doosan dealers and their customers from well over 20 countries around Europe have attended the company‘s 2017 Quarry Days in the Czech Republic. Quarry Days provides customers with a unique platform to try out the latest Doosan excavators, wheeled loaders and articulated dump trucks (ADTs) in real working conditions. As in previous years, customers expressed very high satisfaction with the event, particularly the opportunity to operate the full range of Doosan machines themselves.

Doosan dealers and their customers from well over 20 countries around Europe have attended the company‘s 2017 Quarry Days in the Czech Republic. Quarry Days provides customers with a unique platform to try out the latest Doosan excavators, wheeled loaders and articulated dump trucks (ADTs) in real working conditions. As in previous years, customers expressed very high satisfaction with the event, particularly the opportunity to operate the full range of Doosan machines themselves.

Teko Mining, Serbia's largest aggregates producer, has selected Metso to provide crushing and screening equipment for two of their quarries in Serbia. Estimated to be operational later this month, the new solutions will significantly increase production capacity, reduce waste, and improve end-product quality.

Nigel Jackson, chief executive of the Mineral Products Association (MPA), has written to the Communities and Local Government Secretary, Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP, asserting the need to continue cutting red tape in the UK extraction industry, support mineral planning and protect the Managed Aggregate Supply System (MASS). These key inter-related issues, the MPA argues, potentially affect the Mineral Products industry’s ability to ensure that the construction industry can continue to be supplied

Atlas Copco Portable Energy has expanded its offering for the dewatering market with the launch of over 30 new heavy-duty, high capacity pumps. This includes the addition of three high-flow models to its PAS range of centrifugal dry prime pumps, which are capable of accommodating flows of up to 1,400m³/hour. “Since acquiring Varisco we’ve established a consistent presence in the dewatering market,” says Wim Moors, Vice-President Pumps, Atlas Copco Portable Energy.

At the beginning of July 2017, FLSmidth and Sandvik reached an agreement for the former to acquire the project business portfolio of Sandvik Mining Systems. This agreement includes Sandvik’s continuous surface mining and minerals handling technologies and competences which will strengthen FLSmidth’s core minerals business offering.

At the beginning of July 2017, FLSmidth and Sandvik reached an agreement for the former to acquire the project business portfolio of Sandvik Mining Systems. This agreement includes Sandvik’s continuous surface mining and minerals handling technologies and competences which will strengthen FLSmidth’s core minerals business offering.