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International building and construction materials group, Boral, says it is now leading the way in global best practices for in-pit crushing. The group is headquartered in Sydney, Australia, a country whose quarry industry’s demands for greater efficiencies as well as higher standards of safety and sustainability are driving a shift towards in-pit crushing.

Hexagon, a leading global provider of design, measurement and visualisation technologies, has entered into an agreement to acquire Mintec, a resource modelling, optimisation, mine planning and scheduling software developer for the mining industry.

Headquartered in Tucson, Arizona, USA, Mintec has with its 232 employees grown into a global network of mining professionals providing technology, service and support in some of the most complex mining operations around the world. MineSight, the company’s model

SAPICO2 (Sustainable Aggregate Production with Imbibed CO2) is a collaborative project being carried out under the European cross-border cooperation programme INTERREG IVA France (Channel) – England, co-funded by the European Regional Development Forum. The project partnership comprises the University of Greenwich and its spin-out production company Carbon8 at Chatham Maritime, England, together with the Université de Picardie Jules Verne at Amiens, France.

Shandong Lingong Construction Machinery is continuing to expand in North America, adding Flagler Construction Equipment as its newest dealer of SDLG wheeled loaders.

The company, based in Tampa, Florida, will serve customers in the south-east.

Alan Quinn, director of SDLG North America, said the addition of Flagler CE to the company’s growing network of experienced dealers will give customers in the region better access to SDLG wheeled loaders and provide them with expert guidance, support and service

A leading British undercarriage and ground-engaging tool specialist MST has completed a move into new premises on a site in Cumbernauld, Glasgow.

MST specialises in the supply of replacement undercarriage parts, rubber tracks and ground engaging tools for excavators, bulldozers and other earth moving equipment.

The new state-of-the-art premises on Westfield Industrial Estate will enable the comapny to stock a greater volume and selection of products, including more than 1,000 rubber tracks.

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Development work has started on a hand-held mineral analyser for mining applications, said to be the first of its kind.
Dr Graeme Hansford from the University of Leicester’s Space Research Centre (SRC) in County Leicestershire, central England, has recently started a collaborative project with Bruker Elemental to develop the analyser.

Kobelco Construction Machinery Europe (KCME) says it confirms the Japanese manufacturer’s commitment to the region.

The company recently-established Almere headquarters in the Netherlands celebrate its official opening ceremony followed by the first KCME dealer conference since the manufacturer’s return to Europe.

The event is said to underline the excavator specialist’s continued focus on developing productive partners with selected dealers.

A major element of the conference was unveiling the new

Hanson Contracting in the UK has become the first national surfacing contractor to achieve the BS 11000 standard for Collaborative Business Relationships, just six months after the launch of the new standard.

The prestigious international award acknowledges organisations’ initiatives to create sustainable relationships, company competitiveness and enhanced performance. It also recognises the importance of getting the best out of business relationships by sharing resources and opportunities.

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In March 2014, the European Parliament approved a Directive revising the EU legislation on Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA). This is an important review for the aggregates industry as many sites have to undergo such an assessment or part of it before obtaining a permit. This is why it was ranked as one of the top priorities for UEPG for over a year.
This review was initiated by the European Commission in October 2012, under the ordinary legislative procedure

French construction materials group Lafarge has partnered with weighing instrument specialist Precia Molen to develop a system for the recomposing of aggregates and commercial weighing at the Signes site, with a capacity of 1,500tonnes.

Using Precia Molen' XKV volumetric extractors located in a 5m tunnel, the system guarantees consistent production quality and allows the site to adapt to the needs of each client.

The loading system has become fully automatic, with Lafarge's head of operations, Thierry

There is a feeling in some circles that the news that Holcim and Lafarge plan to merge should not come as a surprise.
I think to many in the industry that it did, given that the scheme was announced on a Friday evening in a short statement from both companies saying they believed that, given the strong complementarity of their portfolio and the cultural proximity between the two companies, there is rationale in considering a potential merger that could deliver significant benefits to customers, employees a

Compiling a report on the aggregates industry in the Middle East is not easy because defining the countries that make up the region vary. However, in many company reports and trend analyses the region is coupled with Africa because Africa and the Middle East overlap. For example, Egypt or Libya are African countries but they speak the Arabic language and share the Middle Eastern culture.

Almost everyone would agree that the following countries are part of the Middle East: Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Isra

Raj Stones, based in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, says it has seen its aggregates production increase through the use of a CH660 cone crusher supplied by Sandvik Construction.

The company operates one of the larger quarries in the area and has reinforced its position as one of the premier aggregate suppliers in the region, now exporting material to Qatar as well supplying the growing UAE construction industry.

Raj, part of the Raj Group of companies, began operations in 2004, expanded with the acqu

A total of 50 million m³ of mostly hard rock needed to be removed for construction of the new, ultra-modern deep water seaport in Doha, Qatar.

The project was awarded to China Harbour Construction Company (CHCC) which originally planned to complete the job in a conventional manner using drilling and blasting.

But, due to the economic and ecological advantages of the Wirtgen surface mining technology, CHCC finally decided to use this environmentally friendly process as the optimal method, says Wirtgen.

Al Hawathim produces aggregates for use in asphalt, concrete, hollow blocks and interlock from several sites across Oman.

Of these, conditions at its Barka site north-west of Muscat are particularly brutal with high temperatures, strong winds and irrepressible fine dust.

Such a challenging environment is tough on both man and machine, yet the new Volvo L220G wheeled loader is said to be not only mastering the conditions, but doing so while enhancing the environment for the operator.

On the other side of India, mining company SVA Blue Metals produces about 3.5 million tonnes of aggregates a year, using a fleet of Volvo Construction Equipment excavators.

Karanampettai is a small village in Palladam Taluk within the Tirupur District of Tamil Nadu State (one of the 28 states of India) and is 471km from Chennai, the state capital.

The state is known for its ancient Hindu temples and classical form of dance, and it is here that SVA Blue Metals was founded three decades ago by the prese

Cleaners from Martin Engineering, engineered specifically for rock/aggregate applications, are said to be helping a company reduce costs and improve safety. The series of innovative conveyor belt cleaners help eliminate carryback and the problems it causes. Service crews spend up to two hours/day shovelling and washing down accumulation from beneath the conveyors and by minimising the need for staff to work close to fast-moving belts, the cleaners help diminish the chance of accidents or injury.

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Hyundai’s latest addition to the Robex excavator range, the R430LC-9A, has an operating weight of 42,600kg, which slots in between the existing R380LC-9A and the R480LC-9A.

The R430LC-9A low-emission, low-noise Cummins QSL9 Tier 4 Interim/Stage IIIB engine offers a rated power output of 231kw, and features the Xtra-High Pressure Injection (XPI) fuel system, which delivers a constant stream of pressurised fuel across all engine rpm speeds, providing cleaner combustion and improved engine response.

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The new Cat 950 GC wheeled loader is said to combine low operating costs with the durability, reliability and economy of proven Cat components.

Weighing 18,630kg and with a standard bucket capacity of 3.1m³, the 950 GC is suited for stockpiling, truck loading, material handling, hopper charging and load-and-carry work in applications such as quarries, sand and gravel pits, coal operations, storage yards, concrete and asphalt plants, and on construction projects for job site preparation, back-filling, pi

German intralogistics sspecialist Beumer is to present a number of new solutions at CeMAT in Hanover, Germany, including a belt tray sorter equipped with new modules and functions; a more efficient drive system with significantly increased efficiency and a completely redesigned machine in its stretch hood series.

The tailor-made solutions, which can be seen at the intralogistics event from 19-23 May, are a response to changing consumption patterns and to e-commerce, a major driver of growth. In the fiel