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October 5, 2023

Blue Southern appointed as Hidromek dealer

Turkey-based Hidromek has appointed Blue Machinery (Southern) as an area dealer in the UK for its entire range of crawler excavators, wheeled loaders, motor graders and backhoe loaders.

The agreement sees Blue Machinery (Southern) becoming a dealer for Hidromek's range of quarrying, construction, mining and demolition equipment
October 4, 2023

HS2 decision is 'worst of both worlds' - MPA

The Mineral Products Association (MPA), which represents UK producers of aggregates, concrete and asphalt, has expressed its deep disappointment at British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's announcement today that the remainder of the HS2 project will be cancelled, scrapping the Birmingham-to-Manchester high-speed line.

October 4, 2023

Norwegian firm FSG AS invests in the circular economy with CDE wash plant

Norwegian materials producer Fana Stein & Gjenvinning AS (FSG AS), a specialist in producing and selling crushed stone products, has revealed plans for a new waste recycling plant for construction, demolition and excavation (CD&E) waste. The plant is designed and engineered by wet processing experts CDE, as it reinforces its commitment to a circular economy.

October 3, 2023

New CEO for Wainwright

After 26 years in post, Peter Barkwill has stepped aside as CEO of UK building materials company Wainwright.

Peter Barkwill (right) with his successor as Wainwright CEO Tom Longland
October 2, 2023

IQ launches new explosives handbook and diploma

A revised version of the go-to reference handbook Explosives in Quarrying is now available to anyone working in the industry, as well as a new diploma programme in Surface Mining Explosives Engineering.

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