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This month marks the 20 year anniversary of one of Weir Minerals’ most iconic brands – the Cavex hydrocyclone.

“When the first Cavex hydrocyclone was introduced, the industry was changed forever,” says Debra Switzer, Weir Minerals global product manager for Cavex hydrocyclones.

In 1996, a team of engineers from Warman International in Australia got together to develop the ‘next big thing’ in hydrocyclones. What they came up with was said to be revolutionary.

The novel inlet geometry removed all sh

Hyundai dealer Taylor & Braithwaite, based in Cumbria, in the heart of the Lake District in northwest England, has recently sold its 500th new Hyundai machine since taking on the dealership in 2010. Civil engineering company L&W Wilson, based in Kendal, Cumbria, purchased the machine – a 22tonne R220LC-9A excavator.

To celebrate this milestone T&B offered to donate £500 to the charity of choice for the buyer of the 500th machine. L&W Wilson managing director Alan Wilson chose Cancer Research UK.

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When most people look at an expanse of construction, demolition and excavation material they see only waste. Andrew Thompson, director at William Thompson & Son, is able to see things differently with the introduction of a CDE C&D waste recycling plant: “This material which was once left unused can now be washed, screened and sorted into a range of valuable products.”

William Thompson & Son has been in business since 1946 at its site in Dumbarton Glasgow. The company began in 1946 as a quarrying business

A top German crushing contractor and equipment rental firm which already had an extensive Metso plant fleet is reaping the benefits from investing in a new Lokotrack LT1213 impactor

Keeping crushing equipment updated is one way to save on operating costs in crushing contracting. This is said to be easy to prove with Germanybased Bierbrauer & Sohn’s all-new Metso Lokotrack LT1213 impactor plant. The new unit is said to consume less fuel than its smaller predecessor and simultaneously lifts the operational

The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) has elected David Koppenhofer, executive director OEM Sales & Support, Cummins, to the AEM Board of Directors, and Scott Harris, vice president CASE Construction North America, CNH Industrial, has been elected to the AEM CE Sector Board.

AEM is the North American-based international trade group representing off-road equipment manufacturers and suppliers. Its officers and directors work on behalf of all member companies, giving their time and talent to prov

Heavyweight construction and earthmoving OEMs sign up for SaMoTer 2017
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CASE Construction Equipment, Hyundai, Kobelco and Komatsu are said to be the first top earthmoving and construction companies to sign up for the 30th SaMoTer, the triennial event scheduled at Veronafiere in Verona, Italy for 22-25 February 2017.

Komatsu is re-confirming attendance after it exhibition as the exhibition’s 2014 edition, while CASE Construction Equipment and Hyundai make a welcome return. Meanwhile, 2017 will

Titan Group, a leading Greek cement supplier, posted a mostly improved set of results in the first half of 2016, largely due to higher sales in the United States and Egypt.

The Group’s consolidated turnover reached €723.8 million - a 7.6% increase compared to H1 2015. Earnings Before Interest, Tax, Depreciation and Amortization (EBITDA) increased by 13.5%, reaching €119.5 million. However, net profit after minority interests and the provision for taxes stood at €9.2 million compared to €24.2 million in t

HeidelbergCement, the German building materials giant, saw its Q2 2016 year-on-year operating income rise by 8% to €601 million.

The company has reported increased sales volumes in all its business lines, and Group revenue has remained stable at €3.6 billion. In Q2 2016 there was also significant improvement of free cash flow; with net HeidelbergCement debt reduced to €5.9 billion (previous year: €6.3 billion).

Looking ahead to 2016, HeidelbergCement is positive about the global economy, but notes tha

Final commissioning has been completed on a new CDE modular sand & gravel washing plant at Roke Manor quarry in county Hampshire, southern England.

The site is operated by Raymond Brown who currently have eleven locations across Hampshire, Dorset, Wiltshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire. Roke Manor quarry is the latest addition to the group portfolio having been officially opened by Group Chairman, Ron Isaac in November 2014.

“The new site was seven years in development and planning permission was grante

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has green lighted Breedon’s £336 million acquisition of Hope Construction Materials.

The competition watchdog approval for the deal follows the CMA’s announcement in April this year that it would consider in detail a remedy proposed by Breedon to resolve competition concerns arising from the proposed acquisition, instead of referring the case for an in-depth merger investigation.

Now the CMA has accepted Breedon’s offer to sell 14 ready-mixed concrete sites

Cemex, the Mexican building materials giant, increased its year-on-year consolidated net sales by 6% in Q2 2016 to US$3.7 billion. The company’s EBITDA also increased 6% during the quarter to US$771 million versus the same period in 2015.

The increase in consolidated net sales was, says Cemex, due to higher prices of the firm’s products, in local currency terms, in most of its operations, as well as higher sales volumes in Mexico, the United States, and Europe.

Fernando A. Gonzalez, Cemex’s chief exe

The Institute of Quarrying (IQ) has a new ‘Skills Wheel’ to help quarrying professionals make the best choices on how to develop their skill set – including their knowledge and understanding of on-site health & safety.
Raising personal and operational performance standards in the quarry sector is now said to be simpler than ever following investment by the IQ in its innovative new ‘Skills Wheel’, which was due to be unveiled at Hillhead 2016 27-29 June.
The Skills Wheel is designed to help individuals and

An innovative method of monetising overburden from quarry and gravel pit aggregate production has been developed by a leading German quarrying equipment manufacturer. Guy Woodford reports

BHS-Sonthofen’s dry Combimix process removes clay adhesions from screen waste produced in quarries and gravel pits.

According to the company, operators are saying they can convert more than 90% of contaminated feed material into saleable rock grade using the Combimix system. At the same time, the dry process signific

With a booming construction sector backed by government funding, cement consumption in Indonesia is said to be increasing at an unprecedented rate. To meet with the increasing demand, one cement supplier, PT Pionir Beton Industri, has opted for a fleet of SDLG LG958L wheeled loaders to ensure efficient operation at its plant in Jakarta.
Located in Kasablanka, central Jakarta, PT Pionir Beton Industri’s plant has a fleet of eight SDLG wheeled loaders supplied by PT Indotruck Utama, the brand’s Indonesian de

Turner & Townsend, the global natural resources, infrastructure and real estate professional services consultancy, has defied challenging market conditions to increase its turnover by 8% to a record £409 million (€487 million) in the year ended 30 April 2016.

The company, which employs nearly 4,300 staff across 97 offices worldwide, has now notched up six consecutive years of revenue growth. Its profit after tax of £30 million (€35.7 million) has almost tripled in five years.

The success has been achi

Trimble has reached a significant milestone with the installation of its 10,000th Loadrite L2180 loader scale. Since its release in 2009, the L2180 has become, says Trimble, the world’s most popular on-board weighing system.

In spring 2016, Gollan Recycling, a German construction and recycling company, received Trimble’s 10,000th Loadrite L2180 loader scale. Installed by local Loadrite dealer Sitech Germany, the landmark unit is confirmation of the product’s performance, reliability and alignment to cust

Dust Control Technology (DCT), a global innovator in dust and odour control, has appointed Laura Stiverson as its new president. Having served as DCT general manager for nearly five years, Stiverson’s primary responsibilities as company president will continue to revolve around new product engineering, business development and customer service. She is described by CEO Edwin Peterson as “uniquely qualified in experience and temperament to lead the firm in exploring new markets, services and equipment designs

HeidelbergCement is selling assets in Belgium to Cementir Holiding for €312 million as part of the German building materials’ giant’s acquisition of Italcementi.

The deal involving the sale of Italcementi’s Belgian subsidiary Compagnie des Ciments Belges is being handled by Heidelberg Cement subsidiary Ciments Français, with Aalborg Portland Holding, a subsidiary indirectly 100% controlled by Cementir Holding, the buying party.

The sale was committed to the European Commission in order to address comp

LafargeHolcim has signed an agreement to sell Holcim Lanka - its Sri Lanka cement business - to Siam City Cement for US$400 million. Holcim Lanka operates one integrated plant and one grinding plant and is the country’s leading cement manufacturer. The proceeds from the sale of the divestment business will be used to further reduce debt. Following the agreement earlier this month for the divestment of Lafarge India to Nirma, this is a further step for LafargeHolcim towards reaching its CHF 3.5 billion dives

LafargeHolcim has signed an agreement to sell Holcim Lanka - its Sri Lanka cement business - to Siam City Cement for US$400 million. Holcim Lanka operates one integrated plant and one grinding plant and is the country’s leading cement manufacturer. The proceeds from the sale of the divestment business will be used to further reduce debt. Following the agreement earlier this month for the divestment of Lafarge India to Nirma, this is a further step for LafargeHolcim towards reaching its CHF 3.5 billion dives