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Mobile dust and odour suppression company Dust Control Technology (DCT) has introduced its new and largest trailer-mounted dust control system.

The atomised mist design features a range of 100m and the ability to deliver 15,500m² of coverage area.

The DustBoss DB-100 Fusion is powered by its own 150kW generator with a 6.8litre John Deere Tier III flex diesel engine, all mounted on one of several roadworthy dual-axle trailer options with stabilising jacks.

Designed for large open-air applications

The Indian crushing and screening market is vibrant with great equipment choice available to customers, Partha Pratim Basistha reports.

Buoyed by the growing demand of aggregates from upcoming road sector and cement plants’ expansion projects, Indian and foreign crushing and screening manufacturers have been introducing a range of new products.

Terex India has introduced its new track-mounted Powerscreen Warrior 600 two-deck, 220tonnes/hour screen, Maxtrak 280tonnes/hour cone crushers and Premiertrak

Norwegian surface drill and blast contractor Inge Hjelle Entreprenør Forretning is using Sandvik Construction’s Driller’s Office to enhance the firm’s performance. The powerful data management program is said to improve surface drilling performance, and has become a key aid in enabling the company to improve its customer service. Guy Woodford reports.

Alexander Hjelle established Inge Hjelle Entreprenør Forretning (IHEF) in the late 1970s. The company now operates from Hagavik, south of Bergen, focusing

Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology’s latest Quarry Academy will be held between the 15-17 November in San Antonio, Texas, USA, the 11th such event to be held in the country.

The three-day programme will look at how to improve quarrying operations, with industry experts and partners from Sandvik, Dyno Nobel, Volvo CE, South West Research Institute and Friedman Leak, joining Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology for what is already a “sell-out” event.

As well as addressing critical processes within the qu

Telestack has designed and produced the Titan T1600-8, what it says is the largest mobile bulk reception feeder in the international market.

The aim of the project was to design and build a bulk reception unit that could handle throughput rates of up to 2,000tonnes/hour and have the ability to receive a payload from a Cat 777 off-highway rigid haul truck for the end user, a significant producer of construction aggregates in North America (primarily crushed stone, sand and gravel).

Telestack used the l

A Waste management company in Mid-Wales, UK, says it has ramped up the quality and speed of its recycled products after investing in a new Terex Finlay 883+.

MD Recycling of Ceredigion placed an order for the new plant at Hillhead earlier this year with long-term supply partner Finlay Plant SW.

“The Terex Finlay 883+ has replaced an 883 screener and not only have we noticed a real difference since it arrived, our clients have commented on it too,” says Marc Davies, director of MD Recycling.

“The ho

Komatsu Europe International and BIA, its exclusive distributor for the Netherlands, are planning to present their market priorities for development and growth, and promote the latest Komatsu products.

Both companies are planning a formal evening event on 4 November, 2016, for key people in the construction, recycling, production, rental and public works industries of the Netherlands.

They say that the Netherlands has know-how and an international drive in many constructional applications for infrast

Several of Cemex’s facilities in Mexico and USA have earned Wildlife Habitat Council (WHC) Conservation Certification for their conservation programmes and wildlife education and environmental protection efforts.

The WHC certified 15 programmes at Cemex’s facilities in the USA and, for the first time, certified three programmes in Mexico.

The certified facilities include the company’s Center Hill Mine; Clinchfield Cement Plant, and Victorville Cement Plant in the USA, and and Cemex’s Atotonilco Cement

Besir Kemal Ustaoğlu, president of the AGUB (Aggregates Producers Association of Turkey) has resigned his presidency, a post he took up in March, 2015.

The organisation says that at its last board meeting, Sevket Koruc was elected as president, and it thanked Ustaoglu for his contributions.

Sevket Koruc graduated from Sivas University Mining Faculty in 1998, and has worked as site manager at Dogantas Mining Company, a sub-contractor of Yibitas Lafarge until 2001.

During the same period he gained a

Hanson Cement’s bulk products division has made further senior promotions as part of the company’s commitment to customer service.

John Doolan has been promoted to key account manager, while Neil Jackson becomes field sales manager.

They will work to strengthen new and existing customer relationships and report to Mark Hickingbottom, recently appointed national commercial director, bulk cement.

John Doolan, who has worked for Hanson Cement for a number of years in different commercial roles, will w

The 10th Best Communicator Award saw the recent Marmomacc, the leading global event for the natural stone industry, again reward research efforts and originality applied to exhibits by companies attending the Veronafiere event in Verona, Italy.

Stands at the event became full-scale works of art and design to narrate the materials and technologies involved in the world of natural stone.

The award jury comprised Marco Romanelli (architect and president of the jury); Laura Andreini (deputy director of a

Keith Miller, chairman of earthmoving attachments manufacturer Miller UK, has completed an epic Italian cycling challenge, covering hundreds of kilometres and raising close to £20,000 (€23,000) for charity.

The gruelling 746km five-day challenge, which was the second stage of this year’s Virgin Strive Challenge, saw Keith ride alongside Richard Branson and hundreds of other riders all pushing themselves to the limit.

The challenging route, which started in the Italian Alps and finished in Magliano in

Delays seem likely for the project to build a tunnel link between Turany and Hubova in Slovakia. The 5.7km tunnel will form part of the D1 highway when complete but the construction schedule is being held back as the planned route runs through an aquifer area that provides water sources to three communities in the vicinity. A new route will have to be found so as to minimise the environmental impact. With the original timeline, construction of the tunnel could have commenced in 2017. But given the need to f

Martin Knötgen, president of Doosan Bobcat in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), has engaged in a Q&A session to comment on the company’s many recent developments across the three key global sales regions.

Please could you explain the background to some of the decisions you have made in the last three years, beginning with the closure of the Doosan Heavy manufacturing plant at Frameries in Belgium?

I joined Doosan Bobcat EMEA from the automotive industry in 2010 as Vice President Operations EMEA,

In 1991, Cemex carried out its first edition of the Cemex Building Award in the Mexican state of Nuevo Leon. Twenty-five years later, having expanded both nationally and internationally, the Cemex Building Award has become one of the largest recognitions in the construction industry.

On 10 November 10,2016, some 62 finalists will compete for the international edition of the 2016 Cemex Building Award.

An independent jury, made up of international professionals within the industry, will select the winne

HeidelbergCement has achieved a high acceptance rate in the mandatory tender offer to the remaining shareholders of Italcementi.

According to provisional results, 165,371,229 Italcementi shares were tendered at the end of the subscription period, on 30 September ,2016. In addition, HeidelbergCement purchased 14million Italcementi shares outside the offer on the stock exchange.

Together with the 45% stake already acquired from Italmobiliare on 1 July, 2016, the tendered and acquired shares amount to 3

Rubble Master is keen to continue its impressive growth after spending its first 25 years establishing itself as a leading global compact mobile crushing equipment manufacturer.

Speaking during the Austrian company’s well attended RM Xperience Days 2016 event at its Linz HQ, Gerald Hanisch, Rubble Master CEO and founder, said: “We created a company that was determined to work on an international basis. We were very ambitious in what we were doing and have always gained strength from overcoming problems.

There is a wealth of new ADTs and RDTs on the hauler market, with one of the most eye-catching having just made its UK exhibition debut. Guy Woodford and Partha Basistha report

The Indian dump truck market continues to go from strength to strength thanks to a growing national quarry sector, with big regional players such as Ashok Leyland at the forefront of this. The company introduced its three-strong ‘Captain Economy’ range of rigid dump trucks during Q1 2016.

The 2518, 2523 and 3123 Captain Econom

Hyundai has launched the new 44tonne HX430 crawler excavator. The HX430 L was exhibited for the first time at any show at the Hillhead 2016 exhibition in the UK, where it was fitted with a Strickland S-lock Quick Coupler and a Daemo B360 Breaker.

The new Hyundai crawler excavator is part of an HX range said to provide higher productivity on-site through faster operation. It can, says Hyundai, load trucks up to 19% faster and levels up to 8% faster than the 9A-series. In order to achieve efficient grading

Volvo Construction Equipment has introduced three new buckets specifically designed to fit Volvo L110-L350 wheeled loaders: Volvo Sand bucket, Volvo Rehandling flat floor bucket, and Volvo Rehandling bucket, which will replace the current model.

The buckets are said to be easy to fill, thanks to the bucket shape, balanced floor back ratio and countersunk holes, and to improve fuel efficiency by up to 20%.

“Optimised spill guards deflect material for greater linkage protection, while curved side plate