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International Equipment Solutions (IES) has acquired, through an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary, Siac do Brasil from SIAC and its affiliates. IES and SIAC also announced an alliance agreement whereby the parties would cooperate in the future. Founded in 1966 and headquartered in Bergamo, Italy, SIAC is one of the largest global manufacturers of cab enclosures and specialises in the design and manufacture of driver units, complete cabs and components for earthmoving and agricultural machinery and equipmen

CMS Cepcor plan to exhibit the FLSmidth Raptor XL400 high performance cone crusher at the upcoming Hillhead 2012 exhibition (19-21 June) being held in Buxton, County Derbyshire, United Kingdom. CMS Cepcor is an authorised FLSmidth service facility supporting crushers operated in the local market; offering technical support; crusher service technicians critical inspections and crusher repairs to original factory specifications, as well as also offering genuine FLSmidth crusher spare parts. Rapto cone crusher

The UK Revenue & Customs Brief (HMRC) number 15/12 on Landfill Tax, which was issued on 18 May, has created uncertainty for many operators involved in producing recycled aggregates or using inert materials for quarry restoration purposes, says the Mineral Products Association (MPA). The organisation says unless it is modified it could threaten the sustainable recycling of land and waste, contrary to government’s own objectives.
The MPA recognises the need for the Brief, which clarifies how HMRC will class

As Euro 2012 gets underway, Cemex has already scored a major success by providing 50,000m³ of ready-mix concrete for a state-of-the-art soccer stadium that will host several games in the competition being held in Poland-Ukraine. The new PGE Arena Stadium in Gdansk, Poland, has a capacity of 42,000 spectators and won the Architecture and Design Award at the Stadium Business Awards in May 2012. It is where Spain will start the defence of its Euro 2008 title against Italy on Sunday (10 June).

Metso has signed a contract with Codelco, a major Chilean mining company, to supply big cone crushers for a process improvement project in the Chuquicamata division. The contract also includes an automatic control system for crushers delivered by Metso. The complete value of the order exceeds €9 million. According to the new contract, Metso will supply three biggest cone crushers ever manufactured by the company. The operational weight of one MP1250 series cone crusher exceeds 150tonnes, and the crusher can

Volvo Construction Equipment Division, Volvo Group UK has opened its brand new and purpose-designed customer support centre in Horsham, West Sussex, southern England. The company says that it has demonstrated its long term commitment to its customers by building the new flagship facility. As part of its strategy for preparing for the future market upturn Volvo CE has continued to invest in facilities to build workshop and service capability.
The opening of the Horsham customer support centre follows hot on

County Essex, southern England-based C A Blackwell has taken delivery of two new Volvo EC700C excavators for prestigious contracts awarded in the north of Scotland. The two 70tonne excavators represent a replacement of an EC700B bought in 2007 and an additional unit to the Blackwell fleet. The original machine clocked up nearly 7,000 hours. The two new EC700Cs are being deployed as prime movers on the Scottish contracts. One is contracted to Graham Construction on a 250,000m³ excavation for Client Dounreay

Anaconda Equipment International launched its 12th product in under 36 months, the FTR150 tracked feeder conveyor, at Intermat in Paris, France. The Northern Ireland-based company’s range of mobile conveyors and screeners, designed for use primarily in the mining, quarrying and waste recycling industries, are designed to work in tandem with most of the mobile crushers and screens on the market, says Anaconda. It introduced tracked screeners to its range in April 2010 with the launch of the DF410 tracked sca

The first major UK trial of a new asphalt made partly from recycled waste tyres has been successfully completed on behalf of Transport Scotland by Breedon Aggregates. Late last month a short stretch of the A90 dual carriageway between Perth and Dundee was resurfaced with the “revolutionary material” and a recently-completed grip test on the new surface has now confirmed its viability. This stretch of road is one of the busiest in Scotland, carrying around 35,000 vehicles a day, and over the next few months

Lafarge Financial Shared Services, based in Syston, Leicester, central England, has received a top honour in a prestigious industry competition. The shared service centre, which provides all accounting services for both Lafarge Aggregates & Concrete UK and Lafarge Cement, was named the winner in the Culture Creation category of the 12th annual European Shared Services & Outsourcing Network (SSON) Excellence Awards. Up against shared services from across Europe, it was also shortlisted in the Innovation cate

Sandvik says building work has started on a new mining and construction technology service centre in Luoyang, China, which will mark the company’s efforts to improve its strategies and commitment to developing the Chinese market. The Luoyang Technology Service Centre will be the first multi-function operation base in central and western China, with facilities catering for components maintenance and storage, supply, remanufacturing and training. “Luoyang is one of the focuses of China’s efforts to rejuvenate

Irresponsible trespassers are putting themselves and others at risk in quarries and other related sites in the quest to steal metal and chase cheap thrills. A new survey of managers who run quarries, concrete plants and cement works reveals a sharp escalation in adults who endanger themselves by breaking into sites and cutting through live cables to steal them. Some sites also report “urban explorers” sneaking past security to scale buildings and chimneys as high as 400 feet. Behind them, the trespassers of

Environmental company SLR Consulting has assisted Tree Top Adventures in securing planning permission for the longest zip line in Europe at Penrhyn Quarry in Bethesda, North Wales. The zip line will be 1,600m long and 213m high and will pass over the existing lake in the former slate quarry workings at Penrhyn.

The UK Mineral Products Association (MPA) has launched its annual Stay Safe campaign to raise public awareness about the dangers of entering quarries and other mineral products sites uninvited today. The campaign draws on the results of the MPA’s recently completed survey of site managers which highlighted that 58% of the respondents had experienced trespass in the last twelve months. Of those reporting trespass, two-thirds reported theft as being one of the main motivations. The campaign, in addition to t

M&T Expo 2012, the 8th International Exhibition of Construction Equipment and 6th International Exhibition of Mining Equipment, has opened in São Paulo, Brazil’s biggest city. It is the largest trade show for the construction and mining industries in Latin America. According to M&T Expo promoter Sobrameta (the Brazilian Association of Technology for Equipment and Maintenance) the prevailing tone at the opening ceremony was one of optimism among the leaders in the two segments of industry. Sobratema is expec

In an historic and sensitive area of Germany, drill and blast in a local quarry became a no-go. A new system had to be found as Patrick Smith reports Quarry operator Rainer Krings faced a stark choice: change his operation or face possible closure of part of his business. For a man whose creed is “if there is a problem find a solution” the option was simple, and now his operation is in harmony with near neighbours and environmental rules.
To win basalt for aggregates his quarry in Mendig, near Cologne, Ger

CDE has launched the Aquacycle A1500 thickener following its installation at a site operated by Creagh Concrete in Northern Ireland. The addition of the A1500 to the Aquacycle range represents the completion of a significant R&D programme and will ensure increased opportunities to specify thickeners on the washing plants installed by CDE throughout the world, according to senior design engineer with CDE, Paul O’Neill. “As we make progress in areas like South Africa and Australia, the A1500 allows for the in

Independent quarrying company Morris & Perry has taken delivery of a new Volvo L180G loading shovel.
The fleet’s latest addition is in charge of the stocking out an area of Gurney Slade Quarry (in the Mendip Hills, south-west England), keeping the stock piles trim and loading a continual stream of road wagons with an assortment of limestone product ranging from 40mm stone down to dust. It replaces a L180E that had clocked up 24,000 hours on its original engine and transmission.
Equipped with Michelin XLDD

The first batch of concrete from Cemex UK has been delivered for the construction of a new £500 million (€625 million) onshore gas plant in the Shetland Islands. The contract, providing over 25,000m³ over 12 months, was awarded by Morrison Construction, Galliford Try’s Scottish construction business. The Cemex solution to providing concrete in one of the remotest parts of Britain is the erection of a mobile plant on site, modified to deal with the anticipated cold weather, and the complex logistics coordina

Thomas Armstrong (Aggregates) buys third generation of Doosan wheeled loaders for quarry operations A quarry operation in north-west England has taken delivery of two new Doosan DL420 wheeled loaders. Thomas Armstrong (Aggregates) received the loaders from Carlisle-based Lloyd, the Doosan dealer for County Cumbria, north-west England and the southern part of Scotland. Operating at the Thomas Armstrong quarries at Overby and Newcowper in Cumbria, the new machines represent the third generation of Doosan whee