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Atlas Copco used September's SteinExpo in Germany to unveil the latest addition to its breaker range - the MB 1500 - which the company says features a simple design to deliver maximum power. According to Atlas Copco, during the development phase of the MB 1500 the Essen-based designers rejected everything that was not needed and came up with a straightforward product requiring practically no maintenance. The breaker operates without a high-pressure accumulator, substantially reducing the number of moving co

Volvo Construction Equipment division, Volvo Group UK, has had its approach to the prevention of accidents and ill health recognised in the RoSPA (Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents) Occupational Health and Safety Awards 2012.

Lafarge Contracting has earned a prestigious international award for outstanding health and safety standards. The division, part of Lafarge Aggregates & Concrete UK, based in Syston, Leicester, England, secured the British Safety Council International Safety Award with Merit after implementing a series of rigorous on-site safety protocols.

Asphalt and concrete road recycling is on the increase, with rising oil prices making the process more economically viable, writes Alan Peterson Roads across Europe are using higher levels of recycled content, in both new pavements and in repair and maintenance. Cost is a big factor with recycling, with less spending on imported materials and lower transportation costs (a factor given the current price of fuel). On the time-saving side, there is faster contract completion and less traffic congestion. It is

The Austrian aggregates industry is in motion - a slight, but constant growth is now being seen after a period of decline. Luise Weithaler reports Aggregate extraction is an essential industry in Austria - this industry and the companies using its products provide thousands of jobs, often in areas where jobs are not easy to find. The 950 sand and gravel pits, as well as 250 quarries, employ some 15,500 people and a further 250,000 people in the downstream construction industry directly depend on the extract

The Mineral Products Association (MPA) in partnership with Breedon Aggregates held a Cycle Safe in the city of Cambridge,England, to try to reduce road accidents. It formed part of MPA’s national Cycle Safe campaign which aims to prevent collisions between cyclists and large goodd vehicles (LGVs) by raising awareness on both sides of how to cycle and drive as safely as possible.

Canning Conveyor has launched its new website, which is designed to be fast, simple and user-friendly. A UK supplier of bulk materials handling plant and equipment, Canning Conveyor’s new website showcases the range of products and services that Canning provides to the waste recycling, agriculture, mining and quarrying, food, power and film and TV Industries.

Transferring technicaland environmental knowledge about concrete to the contractor, client and specifier is an important task for the sector, according to the BRMCA'S Martin Hardwick Concrete has very good environmental credentials despite its high energy intensity requirements at the time of manufacture. But while this is well known in the industry, the concept is not so well understood in the wider construction industry or by construction clients. Drawing together both the technical and environmental bene

Kilsaran Concrete, part of The Kilsaran Group, has purchased a new Doosan MT31 articulated dump truck (ADT) from Philip McCormack Plant for the company’s Gallstown Quarry at Grangebellew, County Louth, Ireland. The Gallstown Quarry was acquired in the early 1990s as a green field site and has since been developed into a complete installation of crushing and screening, washing, blacktop, block making and ready-mix concrete facilities.

JCB has celebrated a manufacturing milestone, the production of the 200,000th JCB Dieselmax engine, the first having rolled off the line in November 2004 at JCB Power Systems in Foston, County Derbyshire, England, after years of development and an £80 million (€103 million) investment. The milestone has been achieved with the production of 170,000 engines at Foston and 30,000 in India, where manufacturing began in April last year.

Tarmac has worked with construction and infrastructure company Morgan Sindall in the UK to develop a pioneering new system that recycles utility trench arisings, eliminating waste sent to landfill and cutting reinstatement costs by up to 30%.

To mark its 100th anniversary, Holcim is supporting ETH Zurich (science and technology university) with a donation to support an endowed chair for Sustainable Construction. The new professorship takes the place of an assistant professorship of the same name that Holcim has been financially supporting since 2006. Buildings and their construction, are responsible for about 40% of global CO2 emissions, so environmentally-friendly construction is becoming more important. ETH Zurich includes sustainable construc

The Mineral Products Association (MPA) says that data on sales volumes of aggregates, asphalt and concrete in the UK in second quarter show significant declines in all product areas. These materials represent the largest element of the construction supply chain and the results are based on recorded sales volumes.

Cemex’s consolidated net sales reached US$3.9 billion during the second quarter of 2012, an increase of 1% on a like-to-like basis for the ongoing operations and adjusting for currency fluctuations, versus the comparable period in 2011.

Concrete pumps manufacturer, Putzmeister Holding, has acquired Intermix, a move that it says strengthens its market position and expands its product line to include additional construction machinery. “This acquisition rounds out our portfolio perfectly,” says Norbert Scheuch, CEO of Putzmeister Holding.

Led by Cemex in Germany, a consortium is supplying ready-mix concrete for the stunning, eco-friendly Kö-Bogen complex in downtown Dusseldorf, one of the most acclaimed building projects in the region. The company is carefully coordinating multiple construction activities to help the dynamic new office and retail complex reach completion.

Grants totalling £17,000 (€21,600) from building materials firm Lafarge are helping provide super new facilities at a County Staffordshire, England, cricket club. The three donations, made by Lafarge Aggregates & Concrete UK through the Landfill Communities Fund, have contributed to a new cricket square, purchase of mobile wicket covers and a state-of-the-art mower for Alrewas Cricket Club.

According to Oficemen (Spanish Association of Cement Producers) 7.2 million tonnes of cement were consumed in Spain in the first half of 2012. This represents a decrease of 34.7% in comparison to the same period in 2011. Oficemen also noted that exports have increased by 40% in comparison to the first half of 2011, although cement production fell by 28% in the first six months of 2012.

John Laing has joined Schenck Process as head of UK sales for the light industries. Schenck Process UK has recently combined with Clyde Process and Redler, who are all members of the Schenck Process Group, to be able to offer a combination of equipment and technologies for weighing, feeding, conveying and air filtration process. The key product areas for the company are the extensive range of loss-in-weight feeders and mass-flow weighing machines which can be used in combination with the company’s pneumatic

The UK’s Mineral Products Association (MPA) says that the new data on energy/climate change policies confirmed what it had been telling government for the past year. It was commenting on a report published by the government’s Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, which shows that the UK cement industry is significantly disadvantaged by the cost of energy and climate change policies compared to its main European and global competitors.