Waste not, want not

While acceptance of secondary aggregates is growing, there is also a need for legislation to ensure these materials are viewed as a resource not .. Read more..

Structured for safety

The UK's Health and Safety Executive is adding focus for quarries with the formation of a new Quarries National Inspection Team. Claire Symes met wit.. Read more..

Future focus

Metso Minerals has united its mining and construction divisions in a bid to enhance innovation. Claire Symes spoke with the man charged with heading up the mi.. Read more..

Biodiversity action call

Despite efforts, the EU's target to halt the loss of biodiversity by 2010 (the International Year of Biodiversity) will not be reached. T.. Read more..

Big bang theory

The European Commission has adopted new regulations to toughen up the control of explosives for civil use. Robert Camp looks at the implications for q.. Read more..

Order books 'filling up'

Exports, the backbone of the German economy, have been hit hard by the recession, and in the quarrying industry there is a mixture of pessimi.. Read more..

Decorative demand

While demand for construction aggregates has been affected by the global recession, the call for marble appears to be unabated. Claire Symes vi.. Read more..

Investment delivers performance

Delivery of a new Sandvik DP1500i drilling rig is helping Carrieres de la Vallee Heureuse to improve production at its Pas de Calais quarry Famous for i.. Read more..

From the depths

Use of a new mobile crushing system is making extraction of the final reserves from a hard rock quarry more economically viable Mountain View Quarry has.. Read more..

Blinding success

Investment in Metso Minerals' Trellex rubber screen media has helped Hanson overcome blinding in wet weather at its Forestwood quarry. Brian O'Sull.. Read more..

Maintenance: a life-saver

A new campaign seeks to raise awareness about the importance of carrying out maintenance in a timely and safe manner to reduce the number of people injur.. Read more..

Fixed assets

Mobile crushing plants offer many benefits but their stationary counterparts also have some heavyweight solutions Static crushing plants continue to enjo.. Read more..

Face facts

Loading from the face is a key task but which is better - the wheeled loader or excavator? %0.. Read more..

Cooler runnings

The asphalt industry is responding with innovative solutions to the call for reductions in emissions. Patrick Smith reports .. Read more..

The dust busters

Controlling dust is becoming increasingly important for quarry operators but they are helped by the wide range of solutions available says Lisa Russell .. Read more..

Cat shows off new body

[1] Reducing whole life costs is the aim of Caterpillar's l.. Read more..

Stelex trommels exported to Africa

Stelex Construction Equipment of Whitchurch, County Shropshire, UK, which manufactures heavy duty trommel screens, recently shipped two of .. Read more..

Loader upgrade

[1] Caterpillar's second surprise for the quarry market at Bauma .. Read more..

Airport's mobile solution

Three BHS mixing plants are producing concrete for the new Berlin-Brandenburg International Airport %0.. Read more..

Primed for action

When Godwin Pumps launched it's new Dri-Prime pumps 40 years ago, it did not expect the range to still be in production today %0.. Read more..