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Two Liebherr R 976 crawler excavators in S.C. Grandemar's Romanian quarriesAfter several years using crawler excavators with shovel loaders for rock extraction, S. C. Grandemar invested in two new Liebherr R 976 crawler excavators with backhoe attachments. The Romanian...
Norstone Tau's Metso-led primary crusher rebuild = 30% power savingA Metso-led crushing plant rebuild has resulted in a 30% drop in primary crusher power draw at Norstone Tau quarry near Stavanger in Norway. Guy Woodford reports. When an investment in brand new...
AggreSand 165 excelling at debut Dowling Quarries' Co.Laois, Ireland siteThe first installation of Terex Washing Systems' AggreSand 165 wash plant was at Dowling Quarries' Grannafallow quarry near Abbeyleix, in County Laois, Ireland in August 2013. Three years on the...
Metso re-engineered solution for Hardrock Aggregates in PhilippinesHardrock Aggregates is one of many Philippines companies catering to ever-rising national demand for cement and concrete mix by producing quality aggregates, writes Guy Woodford. The company...
Seepsula invests heavily in new Sandvik plant at flagship Senkkeri quarrySeepsula's Senkkeri quarry near Helsinki is the largest quarry in Finland and one of the largest in Europe, producing 2.2 million-2.5 million tonnes of granite rock aggregate a year. The site is...
Volvo helps extract rich reward at Treasure Mountain, ColoradoAn Italian company is using a fleet of Volvo Construction Equipment machinery to revive a dormant US marble quarry, cited as a rival to the Italian marbles of classic notoriety. Colorado's Yule...
Baresel chooses Caterpillar for direct extraction from quarry faceA new method of limestone extraction using Caterpillar equipment is proving a big success at a German quarry. Baresel, one of the leading privately-owned aggregates producers in south-west...
Aristocrats Concrete Ltd is a Kenyan quarry company with a big futureThe future looks bright for Kenyan quarry company Aristocrats Concrete Ltd, as Shem Oirere reports. Quarry operators in East Africa are an optimistic lot as the region's construction industry...
Hanson's Shap Beck quarry benefiting from greater use of InsightHQHanson's Shap Beck quarry near Penrith, in the county of Cumbria, North West England is reaping the benefits of increased use of Trimble Loadrite's state-of-the-art InsightHQ quarry management portal...
Tetsugen says it benefits from Sandvik's cone crusher technologyTetsugen buys Sandvik cone crushers Equipment from Sandvik is helping Japanese company Tetsugen produce aggregates for use in road construction and concrete foundations, Patrick Smith...