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New equipment sales have been hit hard by the recession but used machinery sales are growing. Claire Symes talked to Iron Planet's Tom Cornell about the second hand market. Many quarry operators and construction companies have had their capital expenditure cut considerably in the last year but most still need to replace ageing machines to maintain productivity. However, funding new equipment is challenging in terms of both initial cost and getting the finance, which is driving more companies to consider use

A UK quarry takes advantage of equipment designed to optimise the crushing process, producing a finer product and greater reduction. As the largest independent aggregates company in the UK, Breedon Aggregates supplies a wide range of products and services to the construction and building sectors from its 23 quarries.

While aggregates are fairly common, ensuring access to them that meets regional, national and international demand takes careful planning. Claire Symes takes a look at a project aiming to deliver this in South Eastern Europe. Managing mineral and land use planning in a sustainable way is a difficult balance between predicting future needs for materials, the economy and the environment - there is no one size fits all solution. Finding the answer is complex just on a regional basis and a real challenge in a n

Fuel efficiency is driving modern engine development but it was demand for more power that drove early innovation. Claire Symes takes a look at the advances at Deutz with a visit to the company's museum. The names Daimler, Maybach and Bugatti may all be synonymous with luxury, high powered cars today but the men behind these names all got started in the engine industry through a common link - Deutz. All three, along with Rudolph Diesel, worked with the founders of Deutz - Eugen Langen and Nicolaus August Ot

New legislation has changed fuel specifications as well as engine emission requirements this year. ABE talks to Richard Massara about the implications of the changes. While the latest Stage IIIB engines mean that on site maintenance routines for newer equipment need to be changed, new fuel specifications mean that management of fuel has to change for all machines. The European standard for gas oil - EN590 - changed at the start of the year in order to comply with the Renewable Energy and Fuel Quality Direct

Procuring aggregate for coastal defence schemes is a complex task. ABE looks at the project to protect the Welsh seaside resort of Tywyn. The forces of the sea push engineering design to the limit in the bid to protect coastal communities from the risk of flooding and coastal erosion. Materials used for coastal defences are placed under high levels of stress and need careful selection. Main contractor Jones Bros has first-hand experience of the complexity of the task having recently completed part of a £65m

Sandvik's latest Customer Day event gave customers in Latin America the chance to see the equipment in action at the Pedreira Serveng quarry near Barueri, close to São Paulo. The event followed on from successful ones in Malaysia, China, North America and South Africa last year. Attendees at the event, held at the end of May, had the chance to see the Dpi1500 and DX780 HF drills, BR2577 and BR3088 hydraulic breakers and QE440, QJ340, QH330, QA450, QI430, QA430, UJ440 CLASSIC and UH440i HS mobile crushers an

Maintenance and service training for construction tools has been boosted by Atlas Copco through the opening of a new dedicated learning centre in Swede. The facility in Kalmar will be used for internal training activities for hydraulic attachments, handheld construction tools, maintenance, servicing and concrete and compression technology.

One Russian quarry is working flat out to supply sand and aggregates for infrastructure for the 2014 winter Olympics. Patrick Smith reports. The holiday resort of Sochi is Europe’s longest city and home to what is said to be the continent’s largest construction site.

Atlas Copco has agreed to acquire the underground business of GIA Industri from Vätterledens Verkstad.

US-based Dust Control Technology has added the DriBoss dust suppression system for use in harsh environments. The company said that in addition to the DriBoss evaporation equipment, it will also supply ancillary components such as pumps, valves, controls, sensors and automation designed to withstand caustic and corrosive environments. DCT will offer complete solutions from initial site analysis through to design of customised systems with weather stations and computer control

Sweden-based screening equipment specialist Maskin Mekano has unveiled its first containerised mobile screening plant. The company has said that interest in the inclined twin deck SV 902 has already been high with its target audience of recycling. According to Mekano, the unit was developed to ease transport issues and can be towed behind a hook lorry at normal speeds on the road.

Godwin, manufacturer of the Dri-Prime automatic self-priming, dry-running pump, and a Xylem, company, has made a a donation to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV)

Fatalities fuel attention on safer by design, says martin isles, chairman, UEPG health and safety committee. On 3 November 2011, the author attended a CoalPro meeting at Terex’s factory near Coventry, UK, to discuss the Pennyvenie fatal accident, details of which have only recently entered the public domain following the completion of the fatal accident inquiry and the publication of the Sheriff’s Determination.

Bell has improved the functionality of its wheeled loaders with the addition of an advanced payload system (APS) as an optional extra on the entire seven model range. Bell Equipment UK has worked closely with weighing specialist Loadrite to develop the system, which is designed to be 'plug and play' to offer customers a more cost effective solution to after market weighing systems.

In the US, Martin Marietta Materials has launched a $4.8 billion (€3.7 billion) hostile takeover bid for gravel, sand and stone supplier Vulcan Materials, which has extensive operations in Azusa and Irwindale in the state of California.

Aggregate and construction material supplier CRH is making preparations for the euro's demise, said its chief executive Myles Lee.

Strong focus on biodiversity by the quarrying industry means that ecology is being enhanced rather than damaged by aggregate production. Julie-Anne Ryan talks to Heidelberg’s Dr Michael Rademacher about the benefits to business. It’s been years since responsible industry plundered the earth for its treasures and simply moved on when those resources were exhausted. The thought of leaving a quarry or mine empty, deserted and derelict is anathema to most conscientious businesses – and an increasingly environme

Astec subsidiaries Astec Screens and KPI-JCI have been working together to improve knowledge within their dealer network through use of in-depth training programmes. Both US-based and international dealers attended the event at the companies' manufacturing base in Yankton, South Dakota.

The 2009 downturn hit Romania’s construction industry harder than any other in central Europe: it is likely to lead the recovery. Romania’s construction industry was hit harder than any other in central Europe by the 2009 downturn, but there are signs of optimism. European Union funding is beginning to fall into place alongside major infrastructure plans throughout the country. Just three or four years ago, Romania’s construction industry was doing well: cement use alone reached record levels in 2008 at 600