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Kespry's drone-based aerial intelligence platform is being used by aggregates company Bard Materials for inventory management and mine planning.

Kespry says its platform is allowing the company in the Illinois-Iowa-Wisconsin tri-state area to balance demand signals, inventory and production.

The organisers of the Hillhead quarrying equipment exhibition have welcomed the news that trade shows have the green light to resume in the UK from 1 October 2020.

The screening buckets and attachments sector is full of innovation and cost-efficient solutions. Three manufacturers demonstrated this when their products were used in a variety of Europe-based projects.

Holcim Germany says it is the first concrete manufacturer in the world to have two ready-mixed concrete plants certified with the Concrete Sustainability Council's new R module certification for production of recycled concrete.

China-based SDLG has conducted a live-streamed tour designed to showcase its smart manufacturing process and highlight the reliability of its range of wheeled loaders, excavators and graders.

CEMEX has invested over US$280m since 2013 in technology to measure, control and mitigate the gas and particle emissions in its operations.

As the world adapts to ‘the new normal’, Iain Ormrod, general manager at Chepstow Plant International (CPI), discusses how the Covid-19 pandemic has reshaped the quarrying and aggregates sector so far.

Cementos Argos delivered more than 915,500 cubic yards of high resistance ready-mix concrete and more than 220,000 tonnes of cement for a tunnel in Colombia.

Cementos says the Túnel de La Línea has an extension of 8.5 km long and is made up of three short tunnels, 13.4 km of double roadway and five viaducts.

The high resistance ready-mix is suitable for tunnel lining and slop stablisation in roads, mines and dams, the company adds.

Building materials giant Cemex will host a virtual event on September 10 to discuss business and financial strategy in light of current conditions.

The event will include a discussion of “Operation Resilience” (Cemex’s programme designed to enhance performance in the context of COVID-19), market outlook, and other related topics. Cemex says the discussion may contain material information for its stakeholders.

Boral Australia has used new technology to overcome COVID-19 obstacles, using a distributed drone network to undertake volumetric stock measurement at its quarries.

Turkish construction and quarrying machine manufacturer Hidromek is exhibiting its innovative products at the NordBau 2020 Fair in Neumunster, Germany.

The British Drilling Association (BDA) is launching a new procedure for applications and submissions to its BDA Audit, and is also introducing a new audit management structure.

Hitachi Construction Machinery has launched the next generation of its Zaxis-7 large excavators for customers in Europe.

CDE is committed to solving challenges, educating and innovating the quarrying & wet processing industry, and alongside our valued partners we will continue the Engineering Insights education series with a free to register Event this October.

The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has announced there have been eight fatalities involving belt conveyors in the mining industry since 26 January 2017.

The MSHA says six incidents involved miners working near moving conveyors, while two involved maintenance of an idle conveyor. All of these fatalities could have been prevented with proper lock-out/tag-out and blocking against motion before working, the administration adds.

Motion Industries has acquired Applied Machine and Motion Control (AMMC) in a move which it says expands its offerings to customers.

Motion's president Randy Breaux says: "As a premier supplier to the Ohio River Valley area and beyond, AMMC and its talented people will be instrumental in furthering our growth strategy geographically and in the automation arena.

Key issues including innovation and new policy and guidelines were highlighted and discussed at the 7th China Aggregates Industry Technology Conference held 28-29 August 2020 in Shijiazhuang, Hebei province, China.

Moreton Cullimore is calling on fellow haulage firm owners and their drivers to back a petition to make HGV driver facilities a mandatory part of the planning application process for major infrastructure projects.

Boral, a major international building and construction materials group, has reported a net profit after tax (NPAT) of AUS$177 million excluding significant items for the year ended 30 June 2020.

Volvo Autonomous Solutions and BelAZ have both been developing new designs to advance the use of electric power in haulers.