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A joint Swecon (Volvo Construction Equipment's Swedish dealer) and Sandvik Mining and Construction customer event held in the first week of October attracted many of the leading contractors from the Nordic region.Over 400... Read Full Article

A (British) Lincolnshire engineering firm is playing a major role in helping to re-build Haiti following a devastating earthquake that destroyed much of the country in January this year.Mini Crusher manufacturer Red Rhino Crushers (UK) Ltd... Read Full Article

Able UK Limited has taken delivery of a high-specification Liebherr A 934 C HD Litronic Industrial Rehandler for their ship recycling operations at the Teesside Environmental Reclamation and ... Read Full Article

Cool asphalt could cut carbon emissions and speed-up road worksUK industry leaders start trials to wipe over a third off asphalt carbon footprint by 2020The UK is set to slash the carbon emissions of road works and cut tr... Read Full Article

The environment at some of the UK's most pristine nature reserves has been given a helping hand by a special eight tonne Kubota KX080-3 excavator, which has been significantly modified to enable it to work effectively in these precious landscapes.... Read Full Article

Co. Armagh based firm Envirogreen Recycling is urging Irish companies to re -evaluate their waste costs in an effort to reduce their outgoings and remain competitive in these difficult times. Envirogreen ... Read Full Article

Bjordal Maskin AS, recently took delivery of a CMB Bx300 mobile crushing plant. The plant is a diesel/hydraulic powered unit, featuring the company's high performance RS150 ... Read Full Article

Following extensive comparisons and appraisals of mobile dust suppression equipment in the UK - and after a site demonstration of a DustBoss DB-60 - Metal + Waste Recycling Limited has taken deliver... Read Full Article

With the LR 13000, which is currently under construction at Liebherr-Werk Ehingen GmbH, Liebherr is extending the range of crawler cranes - onwards and upwards. The new flagship unit, with a maximum lifting capacity of 3,000 t at 12 m outreach, us... Read Full Article

Once again, Liebherr is exhibiting at this year's Scotplant (Royal Highland Centre, Ingliston, Edinburgh - 26th to 27th March), displaying a representative example of Liebherr's high-technology equipment. On show will be two wheeled industrial rehand... Read Full Article

Aggregate Industries gains a high performance managed transport platformAggregate Industries (AI), produces a range of aggregates, re... Read Full Article

14th October 2009: Building materials' solutions company, CEMEX UK, has been granted permission by the cement industry regulator, the Environment Agency (EA), to use a waste-derived fuel, Climafuel. It will part-replace the fossil fuels used i... Read Full Article

In a decisive move to streamline its maintenance costs on mobile plant, Glenrothes based Skene Group Ltd has signed up to Volvo Construction Equipment's Blue customer support agreements for all their twenty two Volvo machines.The decisio... Read Full Article

22nd September 2009: Global building materials company CEMEX today opened a new cement grinding and blending plant at the Port of Tilbury in Essex. For CEMEX, which is the biggest Mexican investor in the UK, this shows a strong commitment to t... Read Full Article

Visiting Paris in springtime was made fashionable by the 1952 musical "April in Paris" starring Doris Day and Ray Bolger. Today, April represents just the start of the busy tourism season that keeps the French capital, and the country's largest city,... Read Full Article

 BedRock Software, LLC (BedRock) has created another industry first by releasing AggFlow with Track-Mounted (mobile) equipment simulation capability.  BedRock has developed this new and innovative approach starting with Powerscreen I... Read Full Article

Lafarge Aggregates (Mountsorrell Quarry) has used Liquid Management Solutions (LMS) to install future proof radio frequency identification (RFid) fuel management equipment.The LMS RF solution was chosen for its existing operational pedigree wit... Read Full Article

Global economic crisis hit demand for equipmentOrganic order intake declined 33%.- 37% decline including cancellations in mining.- Stable demand for aftermarket products and services.... Read Full Article

Le Barbare', or the barbarian, the biggest wheel loader in the Caterpillar range, had already clocked up a respected 48.000 hours of heavy duty in the Belgian quarry Carrieres d'Antoing when a need for a bit of rejuvenation was identified. To carry o... Read Full Article

Caterpillar has released new software that expands the capabilities of the AccuGrade grade control system, the Cat® factory integrated, sensor-independent solution for machine control and guidance.New more capable configurations are offered... Read Full Article