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End-of-life strategies for asphalt pavements will be highlighted and debated at an upcoming conference.
Although sustainable construction processes that conserve natural resources are well recognised within the asphalt industry, practices for the recycling of asphalt vary across Europe. The matter will be discussed during the Re-Road final conference organised by FEHRL (Forum of European National Highway Research Laboratories) on 13 November, 2012 at the THON Hotel in Brussels, Belgium.

Cemex in Israel is supplying 20,000m³ of ready-mix concrete for a new, 800+ megawatt, electric power station south of the city of Ashkelon. It will produce approximately 8% of Israel’s total electric power production capacity at prices competitive with Israel Electric Corporation, the country’s state-owned power system. Cemex has modified the concrete supplied for the project to satisfy regional climatic conditions, work practices and local cement characteristics. The plant’s proximity to the sea means the

Hanson’s range of dense aggregate blocks now contains Regen, reducing embodied CO2 by up to 30%, claims the company. Regen, a ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBS), is a by-product of the iron-making industry and is used as a cement replacement.

Rapid International has launched a new fully weighed mobile continuous mixing plant, the Rapidmix400CW, into the USA. The Rapidmix continuous mixing plant is now offering full weighing options for all materials, aggregates, cement and water. Measurement by weight is a critical requirement of specifications and the Rapidmix400CW offers record keeping that is automated, precise and detailed. The new Rapidmix400CW model now incorporates a 1,200mm belt conveyor between the aggregate hopper and the continuous m

The UK Mineral Products Association (MPA) is calling on government to overcome inertia in the planning system, in order to ensure a steady and adequate supply of aggregates, which is essential to the construction industry and the economy. This is the conclusion of MPA’s new Annual Mineral Planning Survey (AMPS) for 2010, which highlights that the plan-led system is failing to free up sufficient land for extraction, meaning that adequate reserves of materials might not be available when needed to fuel econom

The growth in the construction market worldwide is giving rise to a surge in demand for concrete products, concrete pipes and shafts as well as precast components. This demand is in turn boosting developments among the manufacturers of the machinery and plant that is used to produce these components, say the organisers of bauma 2013. At the event, being held in Munich, Germany, from 15-21 April, 2013, a range of new products made of concrete and other materials will be on show at the booths of systems suppl

L&S Waste has developed a new multi-purpose interlocking block, made from 100% recycled aggregate, which the company says has applications for a wide range of industries. The ECOblock system is said to be ideal for creating temporary road blocks, protecting vacant sites from unwanted visitors, preventing fly tipping and site security. The system can also be used for constructing silage clamps or storage bays of various sizes. L&S Waste managing director, Mick Balch, said: “Waste arising from construction an

Cemex in Israel is supplying 20,000m³ of ready-mix concrete for a new, 800+ megawatt, electric power station, south of the city of Ashkelon. Israel’s largest private power generating facility, the plant will house 12 gas turbines and two steam turbines, designed using combined cycle technology, to produce approximately 8% of Israel’s total electric power production capacity at prices competitive with Israel Electric Corporation, the country’s state-owned power system. Cemex has especially modified the concr