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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

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

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

Magna Tyres Group has introduced the new Magna MA11 Tyre for compact wheeled loaders.

This radial constructed tyre, with an E2/L2 tread pattern is designed for construction applications (road, residential, commercial) and landscaping.

It is the latest addition to the Magna product range and is available in tyre sizes 365/70R18, 405/70R18, and 405/70R20.

Magna MA11 is designed and constructed based on the latest Magna radial tyre technology.

The high-tech casing reduces heat building inside the

As a general contractor, the steelworks company Mostostal Kraków, has entrusted BEUMER Group with the delivery of four high-capacity belt bucket elevators for the LafargeHolcim cement plant in Kujawy, Poland.

These systems are part of a project to improve the production and the quality of cement blends.

Mostostal Kraków will provide LafargeHolcim with cement silos as well as the corresponding conveying technology.

The high-capacity belt bucket elevators of BEUMER Group with centre distances of up t

SigmaRoc, a leading construction materials business, has created SigmaGsy Limited, a new subsidiary dedicated to bulk shipping activities around the British Isles and northern Europe. SigmaRoc anticipates its new subsidiary will add in excess of £200,000/year (€233,000) to its operational EBITDA, starting from Q2 2017.

SigmaGsy will supplement the bulk shipping requirements of cement majors and other partners in the region with a specialised offering and support the shipping needs of SigmaRoc’s wholly