Concrete Plants, Equipment & Applications

Innovative concrete mixing plants Innovative plants capable of producing a huge variety of mixes are coming to the market. Patrick Smith reports. Concrete, a highly energy and CO2-efficient building material is, after water, globally the second most consumed commodity by volume. It is used in all infrastructure projects and it has been estimated that each year over 1m is produced for every person on earth. Concrete plant...

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Concrete used on Crossrail and other big European construction projectsConcrete will be one of the major components of Europe's largest construction project, Crossrail. As 1,000tonne tunnel boring machines (TBMs) work on excavating the 42km of...
Modern materials and equipment for road constructionRoads, wherever they are, represent major public investment and for this reason are expected to last for a long time. Rapid increases in the number of vehicles and thus a...
Mixers take to the trackA high output concrete train (HOCT) to support electrification projects and general concrete demand within rail infrastructure in the UK has been developed by Nurock Mixers....
Coloured concrete developments in CanadaInterstar has introduced a new technique for creating coloured concrete Concrete is no longer a low budget construction material that is hidden behind cladding but has become...

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Cemex concrete for German underwater tunnelCemex is part of a consortium supplying ready-mix concrete for the construction of the Neuhof road tunnel, which include around 15,000m of underwater...
Cementos' state-of-the-art mobilitySpanish cement company Cementos Portland has acquired state-of-the-art mobile equipment for unloading bulk cement at the Ipswich port in the UK. The...
Cemex concrete for 'green' tramlineCemex in France has supplied 40,000m of concrete for 26.6km of tracks and overlays for a 13.3km long 'green' tramline in Le Havre, France. For the...
Cementir production line expansionItalian cement and construction material group Cementir has applied to the regional authorities in Puglia for permission to invest €140 million in...
Lafarge concrete for Louvre expansionA new cutting-edge architectural structure is to open to the public after five years of construction work. Designed to showcase the museum's...

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Metso launches new ESF seal for heavy duty slurry pumpsMetso is launching a new slurry seal to meet the increased sealing demands from its customers. Focus has been to offer a sealing solution that minimises dilution of sealing...
JCB aims high with £45mn investment in six-cylinder engineJCB plans to begin production of six-cylinder engines with the addition of the JCB Dieselmax 672 to itsengine line-up. The company points out that in just over eight years it...
McCloskey International's V80 vertical shaft impactor for sealing aggregatesMcCloskey International's V80 vertical shaft impactor (VSI) has been designed for producing high specification sealing aggregates; a high proportion of fines required for...
Dust Control Technology's DustBoss adds to dust suppression equipment rangeDust Control Technology has introduced four new sizes of its popular dust suppression ring. The open area dust suppression company says these give bulk material handlers a...
Hitach launches new SkyAngle monitoring systemHitachi Construction Machinery (HCM) has introduced a new camera monitoring system, SkyAngle. Developed in conjunction with Clarion, the system has been designed to enhance...
Caterpillar's 988K wheeled loader marks 50th birthday of seriesThe introduction of the seventh-generation Caterpillar 988 wheeled loader, the new 988K, marks the 50th anniversary of the 988. Designed as an optimum loading tool for...