Quarry Products

Heidelberg Cement has reported that like for like demand for cement, aggregates and ready mixed concrete was up in the fourth quarter of 2010, compared to the same period in the previous year, despite the early start of the winter weather in Europe.This positive trend in the final three months helped the company to finish the year with a turnover of €11.8billion, up 5.8% from 2009 and a rise of 8.6% in operating income at €1.43billion."We are pleased with our Q4 results, which we realised despite an extreme

Russia-based Tomsk Shipping Company has announced that it has secured a licence to extract around 4000,00m3 of sand and gravel on Alaesky Island in the Tomsk region of the country. The company is understood to have spent €10,000 in acquiring the land rights.

Cemex UK has announced that its aggregates division has achieved the new BS EN ISO 9001 quality management standard, which recognises the company's commitment to continuous improvement in production procedures.According to Cemex vice president for aggregates and asphalt Lex Russell, this measure will enhance customers' confidence in the high quality of the company's products. "This certification is very important to us and I'm sure, to our customers," he said. "They now have tangible evidence that all of ou

France-based Vicat has announced that it has bought out three concrete production facilties and four aggregates quarries from Louis Thiriet et Cie. The newly acquired assets in the Lorraine region of France will boost Vicat's capacity by 500,000tonnes of aggregates and 100,000m3 of concrete per year.

In an historic and sensitive area of Germany, drill and blast in a local quarry became a no-go. A new system had to be found as Patrick Smith reports Quarry operator Rainer Krings faced a stark choice: change his operation or face possible closure of part of his business. For a man whose creed is “if there is a problem find a solution” the option was simple, and now his operation is in harmony with near neighbours and environmental rules.
To win basalt for aggregates his quarry in Mendig, near Cologne, Ger

A Terex AC 40 Optimax all-terrain crane and a specially adapted Terex TFC 45 reach stacker are being used in the Phase II construction of Morocco’s Tangiers Med port development project. The machines delivered to Bouygues by Terex Cranes’ distributor Vemat, based in Casablanca, Morocco, belong to a consortium comprising Bouygues (France); Bymaro and Somagec (Morocco), and Saipem (Italy. Commissioned by the Tangiers Mediterranean Special Agency (TMSA), and described as one of the largest infrastructure proje

Lakshmi Stones is the first company in Bangalore, India, to buy an Atlas Copco XAHS 186 portable compressor, and it has been added to the company’s existing fleet of six XAHS units The company, which quarries pink granite at the site 60km from the city, has invested in the newly-launched Atlas Copco XAHS 186 oil-injected rotary screw portable compressor and has ordered a second. Lakshmi Stones has an existing fleet of Atlas Copco XA 176 compressors, which it has been using for the past few years. Bangalore