Materials Handling - Company & Industry News

LAFARGE Aggregates & Concrete UK, one of Britain’s biggest construction materials companies, has published its first ever report on sustainability. The document is an important milestone in how the Leicester-based firm with its three b... Read Full Article

Brisbane based manufacturers Ausroad Systems has just completed production of a new Stemming Truck specifically manufactured for hire to the Mining Industry. The new Stemming Hire Truck fitte... Read Full Article

With over 30 years experience, InterBulk Group provides efficient and cost effective logistical solutions for the transportation of bulk commodities. The cement industry holds various opportunities to ta... Read Full Article

Don't fall for some common tricks of the trade when you review your maintenance and service cover of weighing equipment; you could end up paying far more than you realise advises Maureen Bott, service product manager for Avery Weigh-Tronix.... Read Full Article

Allseas Global Logistics always 'handles with care' — and it has stepped up to the challenge once again, taking on the relocation of a glass factory from Birmingham to Brazil.Working with its sister company International Export Pack... Read Full Article

An automated bagging line designed and installed by Pacepacker, which places, weighs, forms, stitches and palletises up to 4,000 tonnes of potatoes into 25kg sacks in one season, has enabled Merseyside chip shop potato grower, Baxters High Brow Pr... Read Full Article

Caterpillar together with its Italian dealer CGT will exhibit the latest products and solutions at Samoter 2011 under "Successful Together" — a theme highlighting continued focus and full commitment to supporting the business success of Cate... Read Full Article

Despite a slight improvement in 2010, UK aggregates production is at its lowest level in nearly 50 years. Last year, production was around 160 million tonnes, a figure not seen since before 1965. As a result of the recession, around 70 pits and qu... Read Full Article

New conveyor architecture helps Alaska coal terminal increase throughput, while significantly reducing dust.[Seward, AK] -- The Port of Seward has completed a conveyor system upgrade for its coal handling operations that has ra... Read Full Article

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

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

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

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

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

 28th January 2009:  Leading building materials provider, CEMEX UK is supplying over 40,000 cubic metres of ready mixed concrete for Britain's biggest greenhouse developmen... Read Full Article

Organisation of the product division electromechanical level measurement forbulk materials is running smoothlyOn 1 October, MBA Instruments GmbH acquired the level measurement technology division of MAIHAK A... Read Full Article

New state-of-the-art rail hopper wagons are now transporting aggregates on behalf of CEMEX UK, building materials provider, increasing its rail transportation to over 10% of all transport.82 new... Read Full Article