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Superior Industries, the U.S. based manufacturer and global supplier of bulk material processing and handling systems, has appointed Construmac as a new dealer of Superior crushing and screening equipment in Mexico.

Construmac will market, sell, and service Superior’s line of crushers and screens including the Liberty Jaw Crusher, Patriot Cone Crusher, Valor Vertical Shaft Impactor, Guardian Horizontal Screen, Anthem Inclined Screen, and Intrepid Vibrating Grizzly Feeder.

“Their experience, brand re

Weir Minerals is globally launching its Ultra Fines Recovery (UFR) plant for sand production and fines recovery at CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2017 in Las Vegas, USA – with visitors being able to use virtual reality glasses to bring the model’s workings to life.

“The Weir Minerals UFR plant is specifically engineered to provide an immediate, positive impact to operations utilising settling or tailings ponds,” says Kurt O’Bryan, global product manager for Crushing and Screening at Weir Minerals. “The potential to dra

The UK’s largest manufacturer and supplier of precast concrete solutions, FP McCann, has put Terex Trucks’ 38-tonne capacity articulated hauler, the TA400, to work at a quarry in Knockloughrim, Northern Ireland.

Crafted by the pioneers of concrete structures, The Pantheon, Trajan’s Market, and the Colosseum have all stood the test of time for close to 2,000 years. While the collapse of the Roman Empire in 1453 threatened to make the material a thing of the past, concrete rose once again to prominence in

Every three years, the construction and quarrying equipment industry descends upon Las Vegas for CONEXPO-CON/AGG, one of the largest trade shows in the world. With so many industry participants in one place, it's the perfect time for an equipment auction—attracting more bidders and driving great results for consignors. On March 9 – 10, 2017, right in the middle of the show, Ritchie Bros. will sell thousands of items for hundreds of companies at its Las Vegas site, offering interested bidders the convenience

The Mineral Products Association (MPA) says higher mineral products demand in Great Britain through 2016, and particularly in the last quarter, indicates momentum in construction activity at the start of 2017. Mineral products are by far the largest element of the construction supply chain and the MPA’s latest sector results provide a contrasting view to the more subdued official construction statistics.

Sales volumes of ready-mixed concrete (RMC) in Great Britain improved by 4% compared to 2015, matche

Registration is now open for free trade entry passes for Friday 21 April at CQMS’17 - Ireland’s Construction & Quarrying Machinery Show (see www.machinerymovers.ie/cqms for the registration offer). Being held 21-22 April, the CQMS’17 event in Tullamore, Co Offaly is already almost sold out. Over €70 million worth of equipment will be showcased by 200 exhibiters to 8,000 visitors. CQMS’17 is also facilitating factory visits to equipment manufacturers North & South.

In a move to encourage enterprise and su

Hanson is investing €70 million in two new 3,000m³ capacity trailing suction hopper dredgers for its marine aggregate fleet. They will be the first new aggregate dredgers to be commissioned by Hanson in the UK for more than 25 years.

Hanson UK chief executive Daniel Cooper said: “This significant investment is the first step in a strategic replacement programme for our existing fleet of eight dredgers which deliver marine aggregates into a network of wharves in both the UK and continental Europe. It is

JCB is launching a brand new safety system for its wheeled loaders, which reduces the risk of on-site collisions between man and machine.

The JCB Proximity Braking System (PBS), developed in collaboration with FCC Environment (UK), automatically sounds an alarm in the cab and applies the vehicle’s brakes if a person enters a pre-set exclusion zone around the machine.

In addition, the system automatically puts the vehicle into neutral and applies the parking brake.

In harmony with this, at-risk pede

JCB says it is creating a new sector in the ground engineering market with the development of a piling solution.

With an operating weight of less than 12tonnes, the company says its Pilingmaster, unveiled in concept form two years ago, “establishes a new market between pedestrian mini-piling rigs and full-size crawler machines.”

It has been developed in cooperation with ground engineering contractors across the UK, and benefits from a front loader, with joystick control, that can be used to remove unw

Generator manufacturer JCB Power Products has launched a new generator range from 650kVA and above.

The company says it is making Perkins and Cummins engines available, alongside the existing MTU and Mitsubishi power offerings, to provide more flexibility to better suit specific customer requirements across the world.

The JCB generators, designed, engineered and built in Britain, also feature 50Hz and 60Hz options to suit global demand.

The company says that by working in partnership with its glob

As part of its 10th Anniversary celebrations and 2017 Spring Events schedule, Nature After Minerals (NAM) will be visiting an ambitious project between the RSPB and Hanson to create Britain’s biggest reedbed at Needingworth Quarry/RSPB Ouse Fen reserve.

Not only has the project near Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, east England, helped provide valuable habitat for bittern when numbers were dangerously low, it is also helping protect and re-establish populations of bearded tit, water vole, marsh harrier, otter

MJ Teale Plant Hire is a privately-owned haulage and plant hire firm which has been operating in Blackpool, Wyre and the Fylde Coast, Lancashire, northwest England, for over 40 years. Employing over 40-people, the company specialise in Recycled Aggregate Supply, Bulk Soil Disposal and Waste Management with the assistance of MJ Teale’s sister company, Blackpool Skip Hire.

At the helm of both companies is owner and managing director Mick Teale, who oversees all site operations. Teale is also more than at h

JCB says it is boosting the fuel efficiency, productivity and performance of its heavier crawler excavators with the installation of Tier 4 Final diesel engines.

The six-cylinder, 7.7litre MTU 6R1000 engine, already proven in JCB’s largest wheeled loader, will be used in the JS300, JS330 and JS370.

The diesel engine is a turbo-charged and inter-cooled power plant delivering 180kW in the JS300 and 210kW for the JS330 and JS370 models.

The machines incorporate Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) wit

Volvo Construction Equipment is celebrating after its concept HX1 autonomous, battery-electric, load carrier was presented with two more distinguished awards: the International Quality Innovation Award and the Innovation of Innovations Award.

Its latest top awards come after the HX1 was in Decmeber 2016 awarded the Swedish Institute for Quality’s (SIQ) Quality Innovation of the Year Award in the Potential Innovations category. On winning this accolade, it qualified to enter the international part of the