Breedon, one of the leading construction materials groups in Great Britain and Ireland, have recently taken delivery of new Terex Finlay crushers, screeners and washing equipment from Glasgow-based Finlay Scotland
How automated data capture using network-connected devices, web-based reporting and advanced analytical tools is driving improvements across aggregates operations
With uptime being a key priority for their customers, JCB are investing heavily in a huge expansion of digital technology that is providing transformational improvements in global customer support
Automation technology is advancing, but what features do customers actually want? Volvo CE’s Tina Lefebvre, global director of connected services, and Koen Sips, vice-president of customer solutions, highlight how automated services are making every operator the world’s best
Increasing automation is met with excitement and fear in equal measure, but the benefits for mankind are enormous, says Professor Paul Newman, co-founder of autonomous vehicle software company Oxbotica
Developing bespoke training programmes for new recruits in the mineral extraction industry is crucial for the sector’s future success. Tarmac’s national skills and safety park trainer, Katie Barrett, outlines the ways that the company is supporting its next generation of talent
Paul Holmes, managing director of Wirtgen Ltd, talks about the company's customer-driven approach to meeting the demands of an increasingly competitive marketplace
Monk Plant Hire (MPH) are using a McCloskey modular washing system to turn C&D waste into clean sand and aggregate. Dan Gilkes went along to MHP’s site in Hockering, Norfolk, to find out more
GSM’s Montfrin-Meynes Quarry, in France, overcame maintenance problems by upgrading its cyclone module pump to a double-adjustment system that increased wear life by a factor of three
Hanson outline the enormous benefits derived from working in partnership to create the award-winning Tice’s Meadow Nature Reserve and Biodiversity Trail
John Salmon of Land & Mineral Management revisits Hills Quarry Products’ Shorncote Quarry in the Cotswold Water Park to see if the beneficial restoration impacts he helped promote many years ago have been achieved
Envireau Water’s Lee Clarke, principal hydrologist/hydrogeologist, and Rebecca Haw, hydrologist, outline the challenges involved in ensuring the largest quarry wetland-creation project in Europe delivers benefits for ecology and people
Rebecca Ann Haigh, asphalt manager with Total UK Ltd, assesses whether pushing the boundaries of this test can provide a better understanding of asphalt overlay behaviour, performance and design
Carl Robertus, technical director with Nynas, provides an insight into a potential new way of assessing the long-term durability of bitumen using a parameter known as ΔTc
Mark Russell, MPA executive director – planning, mineral resources & BMAPA, examines the factors that will shape the ability of marine-dredged sand and gravel to contribute to the wider demand for construction aggregates
How the marine aggregates industry helped the Maritime Archaeology Trust create a lasting legacy of information and learning resources for future generations
Conveyor belts perform an enormously important function in the quarrying industry. They are also a very significant overhead. Finding a belt that is genuinely durable and can handle the tough demands found within quarries but still be priced in line with standard belting might be regarded as seeking the Holy Grail. Until now it seems.
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