Concrete Plants, Equipment & Applications

An H&S issue at a UK quarry has been overcome using a Finnish-made system to move an excavator around the site. A special piece of equipment has…
René Couanau, the mayor of French town Saint-Malo, has refused planning permission for a project to build eight cement silos at Saint-Malo port which…
Hanson UK has invested £1.3million (€1.56million) in its Acton, London, concrete plant to help meet the increasing demand in the London construction…
The predicted rise is below the rise of 26.1% in production in 2011, but will push output notably beyond the 5.5million m3 achieved in 2011.…
Command Alkon recently delivered its 5,000th COMMANDbatch system, the plant automation solution that is said to enhance plant performance, simplify…
Lafarge's modernisation of the production facilities at its plant in the town of Wössingen, Germany, also included an existing belt bucket elevator…
The plant, approved five months ago, will replace the firm's current factory in neighbouring Mont-Saint-Martin. Due for commissioning this spring,…
In partnership with waste specialists Ikos and Etares, French cement producer Lafarge started up a production unit for secondary recovered fuel in Le…
Innovative plants capable of producing a huge variety of mixes are coming to the market. Patrick Smith reports. Concrete, a highly energy and CO2-…
In Kostanay, Kazakhstan, MBI has launched a paving stone plant having a design capacity of 33,500m³ or 400,000m² of products a year. Automated German…