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Industry News - World
Substantial cost and CO2 savings on in-situ recycling repairs
- 16th March 2010
- Recycling
Bath and North East Somerset Council has saved nearly £220,000 on the cost of repairing a 400 metre long section of the B3110 Midford Road at Odd Down, on the southern outskirts of Bath. This vast saving has been achieved by the Council's Design Group,...
Read Full ArticleManagement buy-out for Raymond Brown Group
- 15th March 2010
- Recycling
Raymond Brown Group has undergone a management buy-out, it was announced today (WED). The £60m turnover construction, civil engineering and minerals and recycling business based in Ringwood and employing 350, has been successfully bought for an undisclosed...
Read Full ArticlePlanning System Will Slow Economic Recovery Says MPA
- 15th March 2010
- Materials Handling
Failures in the current planning system are likely to inhibit the recovery of the development and construction industry and the mineral products sector upon which they rely, says The Mineral Products Association (MPA). The ‘plan led' system in England...
Read Full ArticleDig A Crusher Steps Up Scottish Presence
- 14th March 2010
- Materials Handling
Excavator-mounted crushing ad screening bucket specialist Dig A Crusher has underlined its commitment to customers in Scotland with the appointment of a new regional sales manager. Dig A Crusher has appointed Brian McGrane as its new regional sales...
Read Full ArticlePremiered at the 2010 ‘Bauma’:the Liebherr LRH 100 piling rig
- 14th March 2010
- Materials Handling
The new LRH 100 piling rig developed by Liebherr is being shown to the public for the first time at the 2010 ‘Bauma'. As the smallest model, the LRH 100 completes the lower end of this Liebherr range of swinging and hanging leaders. The LRH series now...
Read Full ArticleNew block handling version of the Liebherr L 586 2plus2 wheel loader
- 14th March 2010
- Materials Handling
Liebherr's largest wheel loader with hydrostatic transmission, the L 586 2plus2, was introduced at the 2007 ‘Bauma' and has already given excellent results in a variety of applications all over the world. At the 2010 ‘Bauma' Liebherr is exhibiting...
Read Full ArticleRaymond Brown secures permanent planning
- 13th March 2010
- Recycling
Raymond Brown Group has been granted planning permission for the development of a waste recovery facility at Barton Stacey in Hampshire which will significantly divert waste from landfill. Ringwood-based Raymond Brown - a civil engineering, minerals...
Read Full ArticleCaterpillar Releases the CS44 and CP44 Vibratory Soil Compactors
- 12th March 2010
- Materials Handling
Caterpillar announces the introduction of the CS44 and CP44 vibratory soil compactors. The new CS44 and CP44 offer many of the same industry-proven design and performance characteristics of the successful 400E-Series Soil Compactors as well as the Production-Class...
Read Full ArticleWorking with customers to increase productivity
- 11th March 2010
- Materials Handling
"We know that our customers' primary concern once the plant has been installed is to maintain the highest level of production possible, as consistently as possible while continuing to meet the product specifications required" explains Ray Cooke, Operations...
Read Full ArticleQuick hitch switch
- 10th March 2010
- Materials Handling
Plant hire company L. Lynch Plant Hire has marked its switch to new generation dual pin capture quick hitches by calling on other construction industry personnel to help improve site and equipment safety - and prevent serious injuries and fatalities....
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