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Compressors and generators are widely used in quarries, from powering hammers and drills, and to provide lighting. While new, upgraded and more energy efficient products now being introduced by manufacturers, one quarry operator is already claiming a saving of some £4,200 (€5,400/US$6,400)/year using an intelligent system. Longcliffe Quarries, Matlock, County Derbyshire, central England, one of the leading suppliers of calcium carbonate in the UK, says it is achieving the minimum annual energy savings with

DUO Africa was awarded the title ‘Highly Commended Regional Dealer of the Year’ at the Powerscreen World Dealer Conference in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, US. The three-day event from 17-19 March 2015 represented a major gathering of Powerscreen dealers and their customers, and was also a major opportunity for the crushing and screening equipment giant to demonstrate its latest machines and present awards to its most successful dealers over the past year. The latest success for DUO Africa followed its 3rd plac

We are pleased to announce the winner of the Prize Draw that we ran at our booth at the recent World of Asphalt show in Baltimore.

Tanzania Portland Cement Company (TPC) saw a 15% growth in sales in 2014, and a 55% rise in operating profit to US$41.24 million (TZS 76.29 billion). The Tanzanian firm that goes by the brand name Twiga also reported a 47.3% jump in net profit from $20.05 million (TZS 37.64 billion) to $29.53 million (TZS 55.44 billion) on a year-on-year basis.

A new US$300 million cement producing joint venture is to be set up by Nepal-based Shiva Cement and China-based Hongshi Holdings Limited. A total 30% shareholding in the new joint venture company will be held by Shiva Cement, while the remaining 70% shareholding will be owned by Hongshi Holdings. According to Hongshi Holdings' executive vice president Xu Youyuan, 95% of the raw materials to be consumed by the new plant after its operation begins will be obtained from Nepal. The new plant will be using a new

Saudi Arabia’s cement industry is lobbying for the axing of a three-year-old export ban, wishing to supply other countries in the region as well as Ethiopia. Jihad Al-Rasheed, chairman of the Council of Saudi Chambers' cement committee, is reported as saying Saudi firms are ready to ship six million tonnes to Egypt for the recent major infrastructure contracts in the North African country. Qatar's sports facility works ahead of the 2022 World Cup make it a further major potential client. Al-Rasheed is repor

The Volvo Group Southern Africa (SA) has inaugurated an upgraded near US$5 million (R60 million) integrated regional parts distribution centre in Boksburg, Johannesburg, South Africa. The 13,000m² facility will serve Volvo's African markets in the southern hemisphere, including the whole of southern Africa and countries such as Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo and Kenya, but excluding Angola. It will house more than 52,000 consolidated parts worth $22.96 million (R280 million) for all Volvo brands inc

Cement giants Holcim and Lafarge have agreed on revised terms to allow their €42 billion merger to go ahead. A statement released this morning by the two companies said both parties had agreed on a new exchange ratio of 9 Holcim shares for 10 Lafarge shares. A new chief executive officer for the combined group, to be proposed by the Lafarge board and accepted by the Holcim board, will be appointed as from the closing of the transaction, the statement continued. The appointment is expected to be communicate

XCMG’s first super-tonnage hydraulic excavator XE3000C has been officially welcomed off the production line.
Filling what was a gap in XCMG’s large excavator range, the new XE3000C will be used mainly in large-scale surface mining applications, huge infrastructure construction, marine reclamation, land construction and other large-scale construction projects.

A new Terex Finlay 683 Supertrak inclined screen is helping a company ramp up production at its landmark quarry. The plant has been introduced by Finlay Plant Northern at Owen Pugh Aggregates’ Marsden Quarry, north of Sunderland, north-east England.
Supplying construction aggregates and agricultural limestone across the UK and overseas, the quarry has been in operation for more than 100 years and includes historical lime kilns, used to produce burnt or quick lime in the past, which are designated as a Sche

A new Terex Finlay 683 Supertrak inclined screen is helping a company ramp up production at its landmark quarry. The plant has been introduced by Finlay Plant Northern at Owen Pugh Aggregates’ Marsden Quarry, north of Sunderland, north-east England.

Supplying construction aggregates and agricultural limestone across the UK and overseas, the quarry has been in operation for more than 100 years and includes historical lime kilns, used to produce burnt or quick lime in the past, which are designated as a Sc

A new Terex Finlay 683 Supertrak inclined screen is helping a company ramp up production at its landmark quarry. The plant has been introduced by Finlay Plant Northern at Owen Pugh Aggregates’ Marsden Quarry, north of Sunderland, north-east England.

Supplying construction aggregates and agricultural limestone across the UK and overseas, the quarry has been in operation for more than 100 years and includes historical lime kilns, used to produce burnt or quick lime in the past, which are designated as a Sc

A large variety of Volvo Construction Equipment models are playing a key role in the success of a Turkish marble quarry, as Guy Woodford reports.

Turkish mining company Yüce Maden is mining 170,000 tonnes of marble a year at a quarry in Sogut, a town in western Turkey, using a fleet of 34 Volvo Construction Equipment machines.
The past five years have seen an encouraging upturn in the Turkish economy, and one of the industries behind the economic revival is the marble mining sector.

Shantui recently successfully shipped the third part of a 152-unit, USD$14 million order to Cuba. Part of an agreement signed in December 2012, 52 units of machinery were sent from the Chinese port of Tianjin to Cuba’s Ministry of Agriculture, to be used on rural development projects. The shipment consisted of a broad range of machinery, such as bulldozers, graders, wheeled loaders, excavators, forklifts, road machinery, and more. Jointly financed by Cuba’s Ministry of Finance and the Export-Import Bank of

Construction Equipment Association CEO Rob Oliver said yesterday’s budget statement by UK Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne contained some “small but welcome” pro-business proposals – but stressed that the real policy battle for the sector will be post May’s General Election. Speaking after the Chancellor outlined the budget to the House of Commons, Oliver said: “The Budget statement was really a statement of intent mixing agreed Coalition proposals with Conservative Party election promises. Wheth

Camoplast Solideal, an off-highway tyre manufacturer, says it will introduce an up to 10% price increase for its Material Handling and Construction products in Europe from 1 May 1 2015. The company says the move follows the ongoing depreciation of the euro and other currencies compared to the strong US dollar. “The cost of raw materials, labour and shipping are all dollar-based activities for our business. Initially, we were able to offset the impact of this negative exchange rate with favourable raw materi

RDS has introduced the Loadex 100, a retrofitting scale installed on both tracked and wheeled 360° excavators and material handling machines to weigh the amount of material in the bucket, grab or clamshell.

A minimum of two pressure sensors are installed into the hydraulic lift system.

The pressure signals are captured, filtered and corrected by measurements taken by an inclinometer. Slope corrections are made from another inclination sensor on the chassis.

“When used dynamically, the pressures are

Metso has developed the new Orange series rotor for vertical shaft impact (VSI) crushers, saying that with the new rotors productive uptime can be increased substantially through longer parts lifetime and faster service.

“The new Metso Orange series rotor components have been reconfigured with a built-in possibility for easy interchange, thus maximising wear life. The change-out of primary components through the service door has also been improved,” says Metso. The total number of wear parts has been red

Growing demand for construction equipment in Thailand has led XCMG, one of China’s biggest construction equipment manufacturers, to establish a subsidiary in the country. XCMG Thailand has been launched just as new major infrastructure projects are getting underway. These include double-track railways, the BTS route extension, as well as some highway, airport, and wharf expansions. A company spokesman said: “It is expected that in the next few years in Thailand there will be 10% annual growth for the const

The 2015 World of Asphalt and AGG1 exhibitions kicked off Tuesday, March 17 in Baltimore, USA and had broken all previous attendance records by midday. The event has also set new records for its number of exhibitors and exhibit space, and the number of education session tickets purchased. Record breaking figures show: More than 7,000 registered attendees - with more than 2 show days remaining, ore than 135,000 net square feet exhibit space taken by 450 exhibitors total - both shows set records