Screening Static & Mobile

Plant automation has taken off in a big way in quarrying and aggregate processing facilities. Guy Woodford looks at some of the latest solutions.

A vital source of aggregates for transport infrastructure and construction projects in and around Helsinki, Finland, Lemminkäinen’s Myllykylä quarry in Vantaa, near Helsinki International Airport, is said to be reaping the efficiency and money saving benefits of deploying three Metso track-mounted crushing and screening plants. Aggregates Business Europe Editor Guy Woodford visited the quarry.
Myllykylä quarry site manager Mika Salmelainen is a busy man. With the Lemminkäinen quarry situated just north of

The first UK sale of a new Maximus 516 Vibrating Scalper has been made to Cumbria-based construction specialists L&W Wilson (Endmoor) Ltd.

The deal was struck after Cumbrian-based dealer Taylor & Braithwaite demonstrated the capabilities of the 516 Scalper during a three-day working demonstration event at L&W Wilson’s quarry site.

The heavy duty Scalper remains at Roan Edge Quarry, where it has already been put to work alongside L&W Wilson’s fleet of other construction machines. The Scalper will be us

One of the founding members of US-based aggregate processing and asphalt road building equipment giant Astec industries has died.

Latterly Vice President of National Accounts, Erbie Gail Mize helped create Chattanooga-based Astec in 1972. His responsibilities through the years have also included VP of Engineering for Astec, Executive VP for Astec, over Sales and Marketing for Astec asphalt plants and COO for Astec.

Mize, who died on Tuesday 6 January 2015, attended the University of Tennessee of Chatt

KPI-JCI and Astec Mobile Screens has hired Stephen Whyte to manage the company’s track-mounted product lines in efforts to further develop the innovation behind its mobile equipment.

Whyte, who previously served as engineering manager for Metso Minerals and product manager and designer for McCloskey International, brings with him 20 years of experience in the construction equipment industry.

For the past three years, Whyte has served as a product management consultant for KPI-JCI and Astec Mobile Scre