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Although the new SR410 screen from Anaconda has been designed to satisfy the needs of customers specifically in the sand and gravel, aggregate and coal industries, it can be used in a wide variety of other applications.

An acquisition of the former Eurovia Kamenolomy's three Czech stone quarries by concrete producer Cemex will be soon completed.

Mobile screen technology is helping to cut costs on site but there is still a market for stationary solutions. Claire Symes reports. While aggregate demand from large population centres still calls for a static screens' capacity, on site screening using mobile equipment is helping to reduce costs on some construction projects. Last year ABE reported on the use of mobile equipment by Eren In?aat in Eastern Turkey to turn blasted material into aggregates as construction on the canal project progressed. This i

High standards when it comes to productivity and comfort are claimed for the latest addition to Hitachi Construction Machinery Europe's (HCME) large capacity rigid dump truck range. The new EH4000ACII is said to be technologically advanced and the company has said that it has drawn on some of the pioneering technology from its high-speed bullet trains and automation systems for large production plants

The British Marine Aggregate Producers Association (BMAPA) has launched a Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) strategy.

Atlas Copco used the Shanghai World Expo as a platform to look at what the drilling rigs of the future may look like with the display of the ROC X1. According to the company, the concept delivers greatly increased productivity, high mobility, silenced operation and environmental friendliness.

Use of secondary aggregates can help boost recycling rates but added legislation is bringing higher costs. Julie-Anne Ryan reports. The need for sustainable resources is an increasingly forceful driver for any manufacturing industry, and nowhere more so than in the production of aggregates. Recycling is an obvious and established part of most business plans in the field, and the use of secondary aggregates - usually the by-products of non-construction industrial processes - is adding a notable dimension to

Simon Vivian, chief executive of Breedon Aggregates, has been appointed to the board of the Mineral Products Association (MPA).

Martin Engineering is aiming to improve on site performance of conveyor systems with the launch its new Idler Aligner, which is said to offer a safe and effective method to manually fi ne tune OEM-style self-adjusting idlers. The new product uses a handle and comb for course modifi cation, with slots for fi ner tuning.

In order to reduce the CO2 emission, the Polish cement producer Cemex Polska has so far invested some €18.64 million to replace coal with alternative fuels thanks to which the usage of coal in its two cement factories dropped from 300,000 to 100,000tonnes.

Doosan has launched a new 38tonne class excavator, the DX380LC, which the company claims offers high performance as well as increased control and precision, improved fuel economy and reduced noise and emissions. Aimed at heavy construction and excavation applications the machine can be used in developing construction sites and renovating highways. High stability is a feature as the machine uses the long and wide under carriage of the larger DX420LC excavator.

Sometimes it is just simple things that can place people at risk of an accident. ABE takes a look at the role of site assessment and auditing in maintaining high standards. Achieving high levels of safety in a quarry environment calls for continuous action to maintain safety precautions and awareness of the risks. It is all too easy for workers to become familiar with their surroundings and fail to notice a slight slip in standards that can lead to an accident.

Tamrock is a name that is synonymous with rock drilling today but without the work of Matti Kilpinen it might have been a different story. ABE reports. Today the brand name Tamrock is closely associated with rock drills but it hasn't always been the case in terms of name, even if the company's focus on innovation has remained unchanged.

Resurfacing of Warsaw’s Chopin airport runway called for high performance materials, equipment and workmanship to ensure repairs were completed on time. With 100 scheduled flights a day landing at Warsaw's Chopin Airport's intersecting runways, it is Poland's busiest international airport. So when one of the runways and the crossing between the landing strips needed to be resurfaced, the airport operator wanted the repairs to be completed quickly.

Eurocement is developing a project for the construction of a cement plant with a capacity of 1.3 million tonnes per year in the Blagodarny district of the Stavropol region of Russia.

In the UK, Canary Wharf Group has awarded a contract for the supply of concrete for its Walkie Talkie office development to PC Harrington Contractors.

Maintaining fixed concrete plants can be expensive, particularly when customers are spread over a wide geographical area but volumetric trucks are helping to overcome this issue. The economic downturn has hit all parts of the construction industry and the ready mixed concrete market is no exception. Although the prospects are now improving, many companies used the recession as an opportunity to close ageing concrete plants or ones where customers were too widely spread and rationalise their assets.

Service and quality is the key when it comes to crushing and screening equipment success for one US-based quarry operator. With just three years until US-based Ghilotti Brothers celebrates its centenary, the company - which is still family-owned - believes it has the right formula when it comes to crushing and screening. Today the company is run by Michael M Ghilotti, who is the grandson of James Ghilotti, a 23-year-old Italian immigrant, who began his business carting rocks by horse and cart in 1914.

Finnish infrastructure company Destia's net sales fell to €198 million in the second quarter of 2011.

Delivery of high quality concrete depends on close control of the measuring and mixing process and recent work at Bahrain-based Delmon Readymix's plant demonstrates. Meeting the design parameters of ready mixed concrete both at the point of dispatch and delivery is essential but this important target is not always achieved. Bahrain-based Delmon Readymix approached Command Alkon to find a solution that addressed this issue to reduce the number of loads rejected on site and to reduce the slump variability of