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Comer Industries India, a subsidiary of Comer Industries, the Italian construction equipment axle and power transmission solutions manufacturer, has opened its new manufacturing facility in Bommasandra, Bangalore.

The investment in the Bangalore plant confirms the company’s strong commitment to serve the important and growing Indian market and contribute towards India’s pursuit of comprehensive ‘Make In India’ manufacturing. Comer Industries’ strategy focuses on a close partnership with customers, prov

Global building materials giant Cemex says that as part of its commemoration of World Environment Day 2016 on Sunday 5 June, its El Carmen Conservation Program is celebrating 15 years of continued scientific research, habitat preservation, and species restoration.

With over 140,000 hectares, the cross-border El Carmen private conservation region between Mexico and the United States is said to be one of the most biodiversity rich areas in North America, and one of the five great wilderness ecosystems in

Ballygawley, Northern Ireland-based Sandvik Construction Mobile Crushers and Screens has been awarded the Aer Lingus Viscount 2016 exporter of the year. The awards, held in conjunction with Ulster Business, are said to celebrate the very best in Northern Ireland’s private business sector. The award is said to be recognition of the excellent work by Sandvik Construction in increasing export sales, thereby contributing to the economy of Northern Ireland.

Judged by a panel of esteemed business figures, the

Hill Engineering has secured a significant deal with Birmingham, England-based civil engineering company MV Kelly to act as sole supplier of Hill TEFRA couplers and bespoke buckets for the company’s fleet of Hitachi excavators.

MV Kelly celebrated 20-years in business in 2015. The firm carries out groundworks, road, sewers and associated infrastructure for blue chip housebuilders and has completed over 500 projects since it began in 1995.

Holding an all-Hitachi excavator fleet comprising in the region

A number of new quarrying and road construction machine control and onsite management solutions have come onto the market in early 2016, writes Guy Woodford.

Topcon Positioning Group’s new i-53 indicate dozer machine control system comes with the latest Topcon GNSS receiver, graphical user interface, and machine control software designed to deliver unbeatable versatility at the most economical price.

The system expands the Topcon dozer indicate product line by offering single GNSS plus single or dual

Now is a time of great opportunity but also some important challenges for the UK materials industry – both in terms of supplying demand and ensuring sustainable sourcing. Here, UKQAA technical director, Dr Robert Carroll, explores how the coal ash industry is helping to plug this gap.

Recent figures compiled by the MPA for the CBI Mineral Group show the aggregates industry generates a gross value added of £235 billion (€302.7 billion) – or put another way, 16 per cent of the total UK economy. While this

Shelley Frost, Executive Director – Policy, at the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH), says strong leadership is key to ensuring health and safety in and around quarries.

We all have the power to influence the behaviour of others through our own actions. This is especially true in the workplace and of senior leaders within an organisation. As well as setting the overall business agenda, their actions and attitude can often be reflected throughout a company and its employees, both positi

Simon Trahair-Davies, partner at Stephens Scown LLP, examines the steady flow of environmental fines that have been levied in the UK in recent months.

Every operator in the United Kingdom (and no doubt across Europe as well) knows that environmental infringements are strictly policed and enforced. But if any reminder were needed, there have been a range of interesting cases recently that demonstrate the vigilance of regulators.

The EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) is a key plank of Europe’s attempt

Stick a pin in a world map, and chances are that wherever it pierces, a road construction or rehabilitation project will be underway.

Globally, developed, but ageing infrastructure, is being upgraded, while in emerging economies new roads are seen as vital links to prosperity.

To carry out this work a wide variety of equipment is required, including earthmovers; rock crushers; asphalt and concrete plants; pavers, and compactors. Road rehabilitation also requires specialist equipment.

For example, i

Kees Hoogendoorn has been speaking to ABE Executive Editor Patrick Smith about how his family-owned crushing and screening equipment company, Keestrack, now presents itself. With a new company logo, new nomenclature and many new machines and model updates across its entire broad-based programme of mobile processing technology, Keestrack says its crushing and screening units reinforce its position as “a globally operating full-liner with highly flexible solutions for mineral recycling and the commercial prod

French quarry operator Carrières GW, a part of Groupe Marc, is employing a Hitachi ZX470LCH-5 excavator at its 16.7 hectare site near St Malo in Brittany, northern France.
The large Zaxis-5 is helping the company to extract cornéenne, a metamorphic rock used in the production of concrete, and has so far “lived up to its reputation for a high-level of performance.” The ZX470LCH-5 is used to load materials onto the primary and secondary crushers on site before they are transported to a treatment area and the

As the effects of the recession continue to place financial strain on those working in the mining and quarrying sector, plant managers must take into consideration product life cycle and project cost per-hour when investing in new or replacement construction vehicles. Here, Lindsay Hart, European tyre sales manager at Titan International, considers the importance of correctly specified tyres for these demanding environments, and how the right tyre should actually lower outlays in the long run

Following a

Materials washing specialist CDE Global will be unveiling further developments in its modular M-Series washing plant range during Hillhead 2016.

Since its launch at the bauma exhibition in Munich in 2010, the M2500 has achieved global recognition thanks to its compact footprint, efficient transfer of materials from one processing phase to another and the use of clean, electric power. The range has since been expanded and visitors to Hillhead 2016 will see how the M-Series models now have an increased ran

The importance of high quality new and proven tyres for quarry based vehicles and equipment should never be overlooked by a quarrying business. Guy Woodford writes. When choosing tyres for their fleet models, quarry operators usually look for robust solutions that offer great value for money through their productivity and longevity. BKT’s new Earthmax SR 31, which has just rolled off the production line, is said to be one such tyre that offers both key cost-effective elements.

As the world’s largest quarrying and construction equipment exhibition, bauma 2016 Munich is sure to have been discussed and prepared for over considerable time in company boardrooms and factory manufacturing sites globally, including many in Asia, Africa and the Middle East. It may be taking place in Europe, but, as I write this column in mid-March, attention of many Aggregates Business International readers, including those from ABI market OEMs, will be firmly fixed on what will be on show at the big 11-1

Links between the Institute of Quarrying (IQ) in the UK and the quarrying industry in the USA are continuing to grow stronger following the latest meeting between them which saw agreement reached on new training and development courses launching in October 2016.

A senior delegation from the IQ, led by Chief Executive (CEO) Phil James, flew out to the US to meet industry leaders at the NSSGA annual convention in Nashville, Tennessee.

Hot topics of discussion included education; shared information

As I write this comment piece, the preparations for bauma 2016 are nearing completion and all minds are on the new products for the quarrying and construction industries that we’ll be seeing in Munich during the 11-17 April event.
You’ll find some of the likely highlights of the show featured in this issue of Aggregates Business Europe, including much to excite on the vital crushing and screening side of the quarrying business.
Given that it’s a bauma Munich year, a great deal of attention will also be pl

Resource Efficiency and Recycling are seen as the main buzzwords in the new Circular Economy Package. UEPG supports recycled aggregates as long as they are economic, environmentally and technically feasible.

But following the debate of some European and national decisionmakers, extraction of virgin raw materials could be deemed redundant if only the recycling rates were to be increased to 100% (closing the gap). This assumption ignores some key aspects such as the fact that the amount of recyclable and l

Kiev-based construction equipment supplier ETS has been appointed by Terex Truck as its official distributor and service provider of articulated and rigid haulers in Ukraine.

Founded in 1994, primarily as a service company, ETS operates across the mining and heavy construction sectors, offering a range of equipment that includes that of Terex Trucks’ parent company Volvo Construction Equipment.

ETS will offer all four rigid dump trucks currently manufactured by Terex Trucks, the TR45, TR60, TR70 and

Camso, formerly Camoplast Solideal, is accelerating efforts to phase in Camso-branded products while making it easier to choose the right tyre or track in the construction, quarrying and industrial machine sectors.

Since the launch of the Camso brand in July 2015, the company has added a series of next generation wheeled loader, skidsteer and telehandler tyres to its construction line-up under the Camso brand. It is now ramping up efforts to complete transitioning the rest of its construction portfolio