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Teesport has become the first UK port to actively minimise the risk of plastic pellets from leaking into the environment, as its operator PD Ports signs up to the Operation Clean Sweep® (OCS) initiative. The project, run in the UK by the Briti... Read Full Article

So says David Lancashire, Plant Manager for C A Blackwell (Contracts) Ltd as the company takes delivery of 24 Volvo machines for one of the biggest infrastructure projects currently underway in the UK.A fleet of 24 Volvo machines, supplie... Read Full Article

Marston’s has announced it is now operating ‘Zero Waste to Landfill’ across its Breweries and Pubs in the UK. The announcement comes as part of the company wide investment into helping to create sustainable solutions across the b... Read Full Article

Ahead of the Government’s Autumn Budget, the Mineral Products Association (MPA) has written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt Hon Philip Hammond MP, setting out a comprehensive package of measures which would boost economic growth a... Read Full Article

ECCO Safety Group has appointed Pierluigi Lucchini as the new Business Development Manager for Southern Europe with effect from 20th August 2018.Pierluigi will look after ESG EMEA’s customer base in Southern Europe with a special focus... Read Full Article

So says plant hirer and ground working contractor Graham J Irvine of Peebles, in the Scottish Borders, as he takes delivery of his first new Volvo EC140E excavator.The family-run business comprising Graham, his wife Sheila and eldest son ... Read Full Article

Excavator rebuilt, fully tested and readied for work in under a week...UK surface mining firm Banks Mining has returned to KMG Warrington for a second frontline earthmover for their new Bradley surface mine near Cons... Read Full Article

Creeton Quarry, 10 miles north of Stamford in Lincolnshire, has purchased the UK’s first top-of-the-range Doosan DL580-5 wheel loader. The DL580-5 was supplied and is supported by Doosan dealer, Filtermech Plant Sales Ltd, based in Wakefield... Read Full Article

A new Magnum™ 72-AR Screen Classifying Cutter with 1830 mm infeed and 457 mm overall diameter rotor reduces fibreglass, gypsum, metal scrap and other large abrasive materials at high rates.The ultra-heavy-duty unit features a pro... Read Full Article

Leading manufacturer of off-highway haulers grows its workforce through Modern Apprenticeship scheme... Leading manufacturer of Volvo rigid and Terex Trucks articulated haulers, Volvo Motherwell, has recruited six new apprentices to jo... Read Full Article

A Lincolnshire contractor has bought one of the first demolition specification JCB X Series excavators – praising its durability, technology and quietness.Lincoln-based A.R.T. Demolition has purchased the new generation JCB excavato... Read Full Article

An East-Midlands-based plant hire company has purchased a fourth-generation machine after taking delivery of the original prototype of the plant 16 years ago.MMC Southern – which has its head office in Cossington, near Leicester &nd... Read Full Article

RJT Excavations Ltd of Jedburgh in the Scottish Borders has added three Volvo A30G and, for the first time, two A40G articulated haulers to its predominantly Volvo branded plant fleet.These most recent addition to RJT Excavations’ f... Read Full Article

Runcorn-based leading engineering and services provider Bilfinger UK has won a multi-million pound contract with Aggregate Industries to design, supply, and install new electrical infrastructure at the Bardo... Read Full Article

Major road infrastructure work is underway in Horokiwi, New Zealand, and Bryce O’Sullivan Contracting Ltd is busy sourcing rock for asphalt at the Horokiwi Quarry with the help of two Terex Trucks TA400 articulated haulers.Located i... Read Full Article

Interim results (unaudited) for the six months to 30 June 2018...Breedon Group plc, a leading construction materials group in the UK and Ireland, announces its unaudited interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2018.... Read Full Article

Market leading companies will bring more than 125 years of crushing and screening experience to customers globally... Read Full Article

Further to our announcement on 7 March that we had commenced a formal search process to seek two new independent non-executive directors, we are pleased to announce the first appointment.Peter Cornell will join the Board as an independent... Read Full Article

ECCO Safety Group is delighted to announce the appointment of Olivier Michard into the position of Business Director EMEA with effect from 27th August 2018.Olivier has held numerous senior Sales roles and joins ECCO Safety Group from Iveco B... Read Full Article

In 2018, Yanmar Construction Equipment Europe (CEE) is marking the 50th anniversary of launching its first wheeled, self-propelled mini-excavator – the YNB300. Over the past 50 years, Yanmar has led the way in develo... Read Full Article