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Around 200 enthusiastic participants from all corners of the globe took part in Rubble Master’s recent Xperience Days 2014 event at the company HQ in Linz, Austria.
The renowned compact crushing solution company demonstrated two of its mobile crushers to its customers as part of the event. Beforehand, a Rubble Master (RM) technical team highlighted what makes their compact crushers stand out in terms of technical features, and the aftermarket service and consulting available to RM equipment owners.
“The f

The first UK sale of a new Maximus 516 Vibrating Scalper has been made to Cumbria-based construction specialists L&W Wilson (Endmoor) Ltd.

The deal was struck after Cumbrian-based dealer Taylor & Braithwaite demonstrated the capabilities of the 516 Scalper during a three-day working demonstration event at L&W Wilson’s quarry site.

The heavy duty Scalper remains at Roan Edge Quarry, where it has already been put to work alongside L&W Wilson’s fleet of other construction machines. The Scalper will be us

Komatsu’s new environmentally friendly D155AX-8 crawler dozer is powered by the Japanese firm’s EU Stage IV emissions certified SAA6D140E-7 engine.
The hi-tech dozer has an operating weight of 38-43tonnes, depending on machine set-up, and is equipped with the latest KOMTRAX remote monitoring technology with data access via the web or via KOMTRAX Mobile on a smartphone.
Like all new Komatsu EU Stage IV machines, the D155AX-8 comes with Komatsu CARE, a complimentary maintenance program for Komatsu customers

A leading UK independent concrete supplier has extended its range of high performance mixes to complement its existing array of quality-assured ready-mixed concretes.
Hope Construction Materials’ performance mixes – including HOPEFast, HOPEFoam, HOPETough, HOPEEco, HOPESeal and HOPEFibre – are said to have been designed by the firm’s technical team to meet specific construction needs, from high early strength and extra durability to waterproof and lower carbon mixes.
The range’s official launch follows la

Sandvik Construction says its Steinexpo 2014-launched UH450E is a “world-class track-mounted crushing and screening innovation”. The new model is said to be the ideal economical choice for aggregates contractors looking to achieve the highest quality end products, at maximum production capacity, combined with low operating costs.
Built to customer’s requirements and with the highest quality components, the UH450E can operate via electrical mains or an on-board diesel generator. Truly versatile and capable

Comco, the Swiss competition commission, has launched a new probe into companies in the gravel sector and the sector for inert material landfill. The companies being investigated are Kieswerk Heimberg, Kieswerk Steinigand, Kiestag, Kieswerk Daepp, Kästli Bau, K. & U. Hofstetter, Messerli Kieswerk and Kies Aaretal. Comco said it is looking into whether these firms had taken part in a cartel.

Indonesian state-run cement giant Semen Indonesia may scrap plans to invest in Myanmar if it fails to reach a pricing agreement with its local partner, according to the Jakarta Post.

A move to another Asian country or an alternative partnership with another local firm are said to be possibilities if the prices wanted by the domestic partner are deemed too high. However, Semen Indonesia says talks between both parties are ongoing.

Meanwhile, Indonesia’s president, Joko Widodo, has decreased selling pri

Solidia Technologies has signed a partnership agreement with CDS Group, the world’s largest curing and drying specialist company, to collaborate on the development of equipment designed to cure concrete with carbon dioxide instead of water for precast applications.

The innovations will include technological upgrades for existing curing chambers and the design and manufacture of new curing chambers to accommodate Solidia’s patented CO2-curing process.

“Solidia’s technology will extend our commitment t

Sandvik Construction is primed for growth in its mobile crusher and screen sales after major investment in new lines and production facilities.

A Mobile Crushers and Screens Global Dealer Conference, involving more than 90 dealers from all over the world, held earlier this month at the Swedish firm’s Ballygawley production facility in Northern Ireland included the global launch of Sandvik’s new QE441 scalper and QA335 Doublescreen.

The Indian aggregate and construction equipment markets are poised for growth thanks to an ambitious new government sweeping to power. Guy Woodford reports.

JCB India’s CEO and managing director Vipin Sondhi believes that India’s charismatic new Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has promised to spend over US$32 billion on new infrastructure, while, at the same time, simplifying bureaucratic hurdles, such as environmental clearances and procedures, has created a mood of great optimism within the country –

Many new crushers and screens have been launched onto the global market in the last few months, as Guy Woodford reports. More than 300 international dealers and customers from over 90 countries travelled to London, England recently for Terex Finlay’s action-packed three-day dealer conference. A full programme of events included the unveiling of new products, a business conference, live product demonstrations and an end-user open day.

A QH331 Sandvik Construction tracked mobile cone crusher is making light work of volcanic rock in South Africa.
The QH331 crusher has been supplied by Sandvik Mobile Crushers and Screens distributor, Pilot Crushtec, who recommended the machine to work as part of a crushing train producing base material for a road construction project in the Eastern Cape.
Pilot Crushtec, founded in 1990, is said to be one of South Africa’s leading distributors of mobile crushing and screening equipment.
Over the last 20

South Africa has received its first delivery of two CPS 950-10 portable compressors from Chicago Pneumatic as the company expands its growth strategy in the country.

The two high-pressure diesel compressors are now in action for abrasive blasting applications in the Gauteng, Mpumalanga and the North-West provinces. The order, placed by Retrofit Compressed Air Services, has been welcomed by Chicago Pneumatic “as an indication of growing demand for its high-pressure compressor range, in both the constructi

Atlas Copco has launched a new Meyco mobile spraying unit designed for shotcreting. The Meyco Versa is the first Atlas Copco branded product to be launched on the market since the company acquired Meyco of Switzerland in April 2013. Atlas Copco Meyco, a global specialist in concrete spraying equipment, has introduced the Meyco Versa to meet the present and future concrete spraying (shotcreting) needs of mid-size tunnels in hydropower, road and rail projects.

“The Meyco Versa (as in “versatile”) is an all

Volvo Construction Equipment is offering an updated attachment bracket that turns a wheeled loader into an all-rounder.

“To ensure maximum productivity, it is important to be prepared for any job. With many jobsites requiring more than one operation, but not more than one machine, Volvo CE provides a tool that allows users to adapt a wheeled loader to a number of different jobs, giving the versatility needed to increase pro¬fitability,” says Volvo CE.

Volvo CE says it invented the world’s first whee

Chicago Pneumatic is introducing its RX rig-mounted hydraulic breakers to the Chinese market. The company is making its construction equipment available in China for the first time and has chosen the RX breakers to form the first wave of product launches.

A network of distributors is being established across the country to make the breakers accessible to users in the construction, mining and quarrying industries.

“Our RX breakers are excellent flag-bearers for the range of construction equipment we ar

Caterpillar is making the first in a series of authorised modification processes available for used Cat Tier 4 Interim products that require modification for operation outside highly regulated countries (HRCs), where the products were originally manufactured to operate.
The processes will be available exclusively from Cat dealers in certain countries with less stringent or no non-road emissions standards for used Tier 4 Interim products that customers will operate in those countries.
The authorised modifi

In Norway, housing construction costs increased by 3.3% from December 2013 to December 2014, according to data from the Norwegian statistical office (SSB). Material costs increased by 4% and labour costs by 3%. The costs for construction of detached houses were up by 3.6%, and for blocks of flats by 2.7%.

Vicat has granted the Geste d'Or Awards to three companies for exemplary operations of upkeep, restoration and renovation of heritage sites.
The awards were granted to three companies using the Prompt cement of Vicat.
Christiane Guichard won the award in the heritage segment for the restoration of the Villa Casamaures, Grenoble, France.
The Grand Prix in the segment of crafts went to Marc Colson for the restoration of the rails of the Pont de Tournus Bridge, Bourgogne, France.
The prize for innovation w

Oran's National Polytechnic School ENPO, Algeria, has signed a partnership with the Algerian branch of Lafarge, with the aim of better preparing students for careers in industry.
The partnership will see a number of collaborative efforts to benefit teaching/research professionals and student engineers, with a diversification in internship and research subjects.