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 Freightliner Group Ltd and GE Transportation have today launched images of the new 'PowerHaul(tm)' locomotive being developed for the UK market at the InnoTrans show in Berlin. 30 of these locomotives where ordered by Freightliner last ye... Read Full Article

 Liebherr-Rental Limited is fulfilling its early promise of concentrating on specialist markets with a range of highly versatile excavators, materials handlers and associated attachments.  The company has now added a further excavator... Read Full Article

On the 26 June Red Rhino held its quarterly "Onsite Recycling of Construction Waste" seminar. The seminar, focusing on the huge savings on costs generated by the onsite ... Read Full Article

A reduction in the availability and release of heavy metals in soil has been an interesting issue worldwide in recent years. Bentonite is a form of expandable montmorillonite clay which possesses the essential quality of a strong sorption for heavy m... Read Full Article

WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) today (11 June 2008) announced a series of demanding targets as part of the new three-year Business Plan.Between 2008 and 2011 WRAP will develop and deliver programmes which:Re... Read Full Article

 Raymond Brown Minerals & Recycling is contributing to Hampshire's renowned recycling initiative after clinching a new contract with Hopk... Read Full Article

The 2007 waste return figures from the National Federation of Demolition Contractors have just been issued; and they serve to highlight a growing challenge in the recycling of composite materials... Read Full Article

Raymond Brown Minerals & Recycling is contributing to Hampshire's renowned recycling initiative after clinching a new contract with Hopkins ... Read Full Article

COVENTRY, ENGLAND, Friday, June 13, 2008 --- Leading construction equipment manufacturer Terex Construction UK won the coveted Supplier of the Year for Plant award at A-Plant's Annual Conference 2008, held... Read Full Article

BG Europa of Wickhambrook has recently installed an FMA Ullrich Hot Asphalt storage extension to existing Sherwin... Read Full Article

Demand for more productive methods of reconstructing runways is increasing the need for high capacity, mobile asphalt plants.Engineers at Colas are preparing to take the firm's Ermont asph... Read Full Article

 Recycling is becoming part of the production process in many industries and the asphalt sector is no exception. The advantages of reprocessing reclaimed asphalt are not just econom... Read Full Article

Scotland's only large coastal quarry, Glensanda Quarry on Loch Linnhe near Oban in western Scotland, has agreed a long term deal with Alfred McAlpine Plant Services, delivering a fleet of 12 new large quar... Read Full Article

Metso Minerals (UK) Ltd, the UK subsidiary of global equipment, service and process solutions provider Metso Minerals, has been awarded the coveted Safe Contractor Accreditation, which is organised and run by The National Britannia Group.... Read Full Article

Investigators gathering evidence over alleged cement price fixing in the UK have been boosted by Heidelberg, Lafarge, Holcim, Cemex and three other cement producers losing their court bid in Germany to throw out a lawsuit over a price-fixing carte... Read Full Article

Where wind power stations, marine drives or drives with high loads in process engineering are concerned, shaft couplings have a significant influence on the service life and ease of operation of high-quality drives. KTR has extended its po... Read Full Article

27 million pounds of scrap metal from aircraft hulls, wings and wheels will soon be available for bid through online auction marketplace, www.govliquidation.com. In its largest scrap metal auction to date, Government Liquidation will start accepti... Read Full Article

  WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) has launched a Site Waste Management Plan (SWMP) template to help the construction industry comply with legislation coming into force in England in April, which will make SWMP... Read Full Article

In Early 2007 Hanson Aggregates decommissioned its crushing and processing plant at its Ystrad Meurig Quarry nr Aberystwyth.  This was replaced with a complete mobile ... Read Full Article

Volvo Construction Equipment Ltd is the distribution organisation in Great Britain (GB) for the full range of Volvo Construction Products. The company has confirmed its presence at SED 2008 and will be bringing some new machines. At SED 2008 ... Read Full Article