Loading, Hauling & Excavation

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…
From December this year the new Machinery Directive will come into effect in Europe but what will it mean for the quarrying industry? Claire Symes…
As-Sweimeh is probably the lowest quarry on earth with its highest point at 150m below sea level. Claire Symes visited the quarry in Jordan to find…
Unigran is investing in new equipment to meet demand from its Ukrainian Malin granite quarry. Rapidly rising demand for aggregates in the Ukraine has…
Family-owned quarry operator Vezzola is proving that there is still profit to be made from quarrying despite the economic downturn. Claire Symes…