Breaking, Drilling & Blasting

Finning International, represented in the UK by Finning UK and Ireland, and Caterpillar have reached an agreement for Finning to acquire from…
Atlas Copco has acquired Perfora, Italy, a company that manufactures and sells cutting and drilling equipment in the dimensional stone industry (DSI…
Overall, Sandvik’s business was stable in the fourth quarter with good performance especially in Sandvik Tooling but also in Sandvik Mining and…
Sandvik celebrated its 150th birthday on 31 January, 2012 with celebrations in Sandviken, Sweden. When founded, Göran Fredrik Göransson’s company in…
A new MDS-2000 drilling system from Moba Mobile Automation AG is being used for the first time in a quarry in South America. To monitor and control…
Recycling old concrete has never been easier or more cost-effective as Patrick Smith reports. Recycling is now a common method of utilising the…
High in the French Pyrenees lays the world's largest talc quarry. Claire Symes visited Rio Tinto Minerals' Trimouns quarry to find out more Mention…
Scan and Save Health and safety - as well as operational and cost efficiency - are being radically improved, thanks to more sophisticated ways of…
Rising sea levels and changing weather patterns mean that construction and maintenance of coastal defences is becoming essential on some coasts in…
Selecting the right drilling equipment and tools plays a key role in determining overall quarry productivity and efficiency. Claire Symes reports.…