Quarry Products

Tarmac is creating a new, simplified structure for its Aggregates and Asphalt (A&A) and Readymix (RMX) business units, which, the UK building materials sector giant says, will enhance customer experience. Three regions will be formed, each led by a managing director and a number of area directors, who will manage separate RMX and A&A activities within their territories. The changes ensure that the business continues to offer excellent service to all customers, through a more flexible, coordinated local appr

SKF has launched a new capabilities catalogue to highlight its range of solutions for optimising and maximising machinery service life in the mineral processing, mining and cement industries.

Created by industry experts, the new 88-page catalogue includes the latest information on SKF’s experience across its three business sectors, and explores the options available for enhancing the efficiency of rotating machinery. For example, end-users, original equipment manufacturers and consultants can discover t

The Aggregate and Sand Producers Association of Southern Africa (Aspasa) is to step up the amount of training it offers to members in order to underpin standards within the industry, while simultaneously improving workforce skills and providing clear career paths.

The association’s director, Nico Pienaar, says that the idea is to expand on the existing seminar and workshop schedule with the addition of in-person courses that will provide intensive, hands-on-education geared to the subject matter and rele

The Mineral Products Association (MPA) is to receive Transport for London grant funding to help to deliver the Construction Logistics and Community Safety (CLOCS) initiative across the industry and UK.

Activities that the MPA will be engaged with include extending the awareness of the CLOCS campaign to drivers and businesses across the mineral products sector including both MPA and non-MPA member companies.

Both the Mineral Products and Construction industries have made great progress in operational

Ahead of the Spring Budget on 8 March, the Mineral Products Association (MPA) has pressed the Government to continue to freeze the Aggregates Levy at its current rate of rate of £2.00 per tonne.

Given the likely flattening of construction output and the need to stimulate growth, the MPA has stressed that the Government should continue to freeze the existing aggregates levy, as now would the wrong time to increase the costs of the construction supply chain.

The Association believes that the Government

South Africa’s aggregate industry remains profitable and sustainable even amidst a period of low growth brought on by dampened global markets which are slowing the country’s construction industry.

Despite this, many of the country’s formalised quarries remain profitable, with some of the major players even finding room-for-growth to post record earning that are over 25% better than last year’s figures. A feat which Aggregate and Sand Producers Association of Southern Africa (Aspasa) director, Nico Piena

FLSmidth has obtained an order from Maple Leaf Cement Factory for engineering, procurement and supply of equipment for a complete cement production line with a capacity of 7,300tonnes/day.
The plant will be located in Iskanderabad in the Mianwali District, Pakistan.
The order, worth over €75 million, includes a complete range of equipment from crushing to packing and cement loading. FLSmidth's supply also includes equipment from product companies of FLSmidth, such as planetary gear units from FLSmidth MAA

ContiTech has strategically reorganised its conveyor belt business to focus more on its industrial applications business in the future.

For this purpose, the company has created the new segment, Industrial Belt Solutions.

“Our conveyor belt portfolio for industrial applications is growing steadily. Service and digitalisation also offer the business further potential. Furthermore, many of our customers are merging into increasingly larger units, meaning that our way of thinking and working is taking on

The tender process is commencing for a US$5 billion contract to construct a bridge and a road network of roads in Turkey. The bridge will span the Dardanelles waterway and the project looks likely to attract strong interest from several major international construction firms. The Çanakkale 1915 Bridge will be located at the western end of the Sea of Marmara, a short distance from Çanakkale. The 3.6km long bridge will feature a main span of 2.023km, making it one of the longest suspension bridges in the worl