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Metso has signed a contract with Codelco, a major Chilean mining company, to supply big cone crushers for a process improvement project in the Chuquicamata division. The contract also includes an automatic control system for crushers delivered by Metso. The complete value of the order exceeds €9 million. According to the new contract, Metso will supply three biggest cone crushers ever manufactured by the company. The operational weight of one MP1250 series cone crusher exceeds 150tonnes, and the crusher can

Volvo Construction Equipment Division, Volvo Group UK has opened its brand new and purpose-designed customer support centre in Horsham, West Sussex, southern England. The company says that it has demonstrated its long term commitment to its customers by building the new flagship facility. As part of its strategy for preparing for the future market upturn Volvo CE has continued to invest in facilities to build workshop and service capability.
The opening of the Horsham customer support centre follows hot on

County Essex, southern England-based C A Blackwell has taken delivery of two new Volvo EC700C excavators for prestigious contracts awarded in the north of Scotland. The two 70tonne excavators represent a replacement of an EC700B bought in 2007 and an additional unit to the Blackwell fleet. The original machine clocked up nearly 7,000 hours. The two new EC700Cs are being deployed as prime movers on the Scottish contracts. One is contracted to Graham Construction on a 250,000m³ excavation for Client Dounreay

The first major UK trial of a new asphalt made partly from recycled waste tyres has been successfully completed on behalf of Transport Scotland by Breedon Aggregates. Late last month a short stretch of the A90 dual carriageway between Perth and Dundee was resurfaced with the “revolutionary material” and a recently-completed grip test on the new surface has now confirmed its viability. This stretch of road is one of the busiest in Scotland, carrying around 35,000 vehicles a day, and over the next few months

Lafarge Financial Shared Services, based in Syston, Leicester, central England, has received a top honour in a prestigious industry competition. The shared service centre, which provides all accounting services for both Lafarge Aggregates & Concrete UK and Lafarge Cement, was named the winner in the Culture Creation category of the 12th annual European Shared Services & Outsourcing Network (SSON) Excellence Awards. Up against shared services from across Europe, it was also shortlisted in the Innovation cate

Sandvik says building work has started on a new mining and construction technology service centre in Luoyang, China, which will mark the company’s efforts to improve its strategies and commitment to developing the Chinese market. The Luoyang Technology Service Centre will be the first multi-function operation base in central and western China, with facilities catering for components maintenance and storage, supply, remanufacturing and training. “Luoyang is one of the focuses of China’s efforts to rejuvenate

Environmental company SLR Consulting has assisted Tree Top Adventures in securing planning permission for the longest zip line in Europe at Penrhyn Quarry in Bethesda, North Wales. The zip line will be 1,600m long and 213m high and will pass over the existing lake in the former slate quarry workings at Penrhyn.

The UK Mineral Products Association (MPA) has launched its annual Stay Safe campaign to raise public awareness about the dangers of entering quarries and other mineral products sites uninvited today. The campaign draws on the results of the MPA’s recently completed survey of site managers which highlighted that 58% of the respondents had experienced trespass in the last twelve months. Of those reporting trespass, two-thirds reported theft as being one of the main motivations. The campaign, in addition to t

M&T Expo 2012, the 8th International Exhibition of Construction Equipment and 6th International Exhibition of Mining Equipment, has opened in São Paulo, Brazil’s biggest city. It is the largest trade show for the construction and mining industries in Latin America. According to M&T Expo promoter Sobrameta (the Brazilian Association of Technology for Equipment and Maintenance) the prevailing tone at the opening ceremony was one of optimism among the leaders in the two segments of industry. Sobratema is expec

The first batch of concrete from Cemex UK has been delivered for the construction of a new £500 million (€625 million) onshore gas plant in the Shetland Islands. The contract, providing over 25,000m³ over 12 months, was awarded by Morrison Construction, Galliford Try’s Scottish construction business. The Cemex solution to providing concrete in one of the remotest parts of Britain is the erection of a mobile plant on site, modified to deal with the anticipated cold weather, and the complex logistics coordina

Thomas Armstrong (Aggregates) buys third generation of Doosan wheeled loaders for quarry operations A quarry operation in north-west England has taken delivery of two new Doosan DL420 wheeled loaders. Thomas Armstrong (Aggregates) received the loaders from Carlisle-based Lloyd, the Doosan dealer for County Cumbria, north-west England and the southern part of Scotland. Operating at the Thomas Armstrong quarries at Overby and Newcowper in Cumbria, the new machines represent the third generation of Doosan whee

A huge increase in the UK landfill tax rate for waste fines has seen an increase in demand for a company’s separator.
The Max X Tract Density Separator has been a part of the Dig A Crusher product line for the past few years and, in truth, sales have been steady but unremarkable, says a report in This Week in Demolition newsletter. Last year, the company delivered 11 units, and although their use has been pioneered by some recycling companies keen to extract every last ounce of value from their waste stre

A leading used construction equipment auctioneer firm boss believes equipment aged between 2 and 4 years is now topping buyers’ ‘wish lists’, as 1 to 2-year-old used stocks deplete. Jonnie Keys, General Manager of Euro Auctions, said that with the cost of new equipment currently up by around 20% on prices in June 2009, the used market is still strong.