Loading, Hauling & Excavation

Investment in conveyor systems is helping some quarries to improve productivity and reduce operating costs. Claire Symes reports. With the need for…
Hydraulic excavators are now the construction or quarry workhorse, but the concept took a while to catch on. Hydraulic excavators are now the most…
JCB has now transferred excavator production in the UK to a new purpose-built £40million (€46million) heavy products factory outside Uttoxeter. The…
Volvo Construction Equipment has doubled its training capacity with the opening of a new technical training facility at its Duxford base in the UK.…
Sandvik has added the UH421 mobile tertiary crushing unit to its product line up which the company claims offers significant advantages with its…
Atlas Copco's new DrillAir range offers fuel savings and large air volumes for greater penetration rate. Aimed primarily at drilling contractors,…
Need for higher breakout forces and limited working space is driving demand for larger excavators in European quarries. Claire Symes reports. While…
JCB has added crushing technology to its portfolio with the launch of its new CB crusher bucket range. The 20m3 per hour CB60, 30m3 per hour CB70 and…
Higher grade steel is now being used in Digbits' Extreme Heavy Duty (XHD) rock buckets as part of a specification upgrade on the range. The company…
Improved production methods have enabled ContiTech to offer improvements to its ContiClean conveyor belt products. The company claims that the…