EvoQuip unveils new hook-lift jaw crusher
Crushing and screening equipment company EvoQuip has launched the new Bison 160 hybrid hook-lift jaw crusher.
The Northern Ireland-based manufacturer says the machine is suited to hard rock as well as construction and demolition recycling applications.
Cheap media = Expensive problems
Lars Bräunling, director of product technology at MAJOR, discusses why aggregates producers need to opt for quality screen media to ensure production improvements and the right solutions to screening problems
Doosan Infracore receives big Chinese excavator orders
Doosan Infracore says it has received orders for 32 medium-sized, 22-ton DX220LC-9C excavators from two large Chinese building companies involved in infrastructure construction.
Aggregates shortage halts Nepal airport extension
Construction works have halted on the extension of Gautam Buddha International Airport in Nepal due to the shortage of the river-based construction materials.
Bunting publishes updated products catalogue
Bunting, which produces magnets for use in the aggregates, mining and minerals sector, has released its new products catalogue.
New cone module from Terex MPS
Terex MPS has introduced the MC320 cone module which can be installed in its recently launched MPS TG/TGS Series bushing cone crushers.
CEMEX suspends Building Award 2020
CEMEX, the Mexican building giant, has suspended its CEMEX 2020 Building Award as part of the company's measures to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Get free Command Alkon and HCSS eTicketing system during the COVID-19 virus crisis
Command Alkon has joined forces with HCSS to offer a free trucking and e-ticketing system during the current COVID-19 virus crisis.
HCSS Trucking allows contractors to monitor vehicle movements onsite and digitally record loads and timecards via a tablet or smartphone.
RMIT researchers make 17% stronger concrete with 'sewage-enhanced' steel slag
Researchers at RMIT University, formerly the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) in Australia have discovered that steel slag used to treat wastewater can be recycled as an aggregate material for stronger concrete.
The experts have proved that concrete made with post-treatment steel slag was about 17% stronger than concrete made with conventional aggregates, and 8% stronger than raw steel slag.
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Command Alkon & HCSS offer free eTicketing Essentials and Trucking software to help protect off-highway industry workers during COVID-19 pandemic
Command Alkon is combining with business partner HCSS to offer free eTicketing Essentials along with free trucking software for the rest of 2020, as the two firms join global efforts to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
EvoQuip unveils new hook-lift jaw crusher
Crushing and screening equipment company EvoQuip has launched the new Bison 160 hybrid hook-lift jaw crusher.
Euro Auctions stages major online sale at Leeds site despite Covid-19 disruption
Euro Auctions recently staged a major Covid-19 pandemic busting online sale at its flagship site in Leeds, England.
How best to protect your aggregates business during Covid-19 outbreak
Aggregates producers are looking at ways to protect their businesses during the Covid-19 pandemic. Below, Kevin Garcia, general manager of Civil Specialty Solutions for Trimble’s Civil Engineering and Construction Division, which includes Trimble’s solutions for the aggregates industry, explains how having a prepared team with the right tools can help
CEMEX re-starts its Mexico operations
CEMEX has announced that it is resuming operations in Mexico. The company is keen to get back to work and help support the country's economy during the COVID-19 crisis.
The building materials company says the move is being made in accordance with the technical guidelines that were published in the official Mexican Gazette on 6 April.
CEMEX adds that it will fully comply with all the measures indicated by the Ministry of Health, as well as other best practices to operate in a safe and responsible environment.
Rapid International supplies new 400CW mobile continuous concrete mixing plant to Thalle Construction
Rapid International has supplied one of its new Rapidmix 400CW mobile continuous concrete mixing plants (pugmills) to Thalle Construction in Leonard, Texas.
The new Rapidmix is being utilised for the production of high volume structural concrete and soil cement on the US$37m project to construct raw water storage for the Bois D’Arc Regional Water Treatment Plant.
Saudi Arabia cement sales up around a third in Q1 2020
Sales of cement by 17 listed companies in Saudi Arabia increased by around a third in the first three months of 2020, compared to the same period of 2019.
CEMEX reduces directors' pay due to Covid-19
Mexican cement giant CEMEX is to cut senior executives salaries by 25% for a period of 90 days in light of the Covid-19 pandemic.
RMIT University researchers are making stronger concrete with 'sewage-enhanced' steel slag
University researchers have shown how a by-product of steel making can be used to both treat wastewater and make stronger concrete, in a zero-waste approach to help advance the circular economy.
Polish cement producers lobby for production to continue
The Polish Cement Association (SPC) has called on the government to let cement production in the country continue in spite of the COVID-19 pandemic.