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Terex Washing Systems (TWS) is this week staging the official launch of its 4Site project management service – part of the company’s ongoing commitment to serve customer’s needs. There are three different project management service packages available – Silver, Gold and Platinum – with each including four key steps. Appraise sees TWS carry out a full appraisal of a customer’s project needs, giving them accurate and timely guidance and technical advice. Plan involves a comprehensive project plan tailored t

There’s been strong interest this week in Terex Finlay’s new I-140 direct drive 1,270mm x 1,240mm horizontal impact crusher. The model offers variable speed for production in recycling, mining and quarrying applications, along with significantly improved flow of material due to increasing the width of components as the material moves through the machine.

Savvy aggregate industry customers can use Metso’s three new Life Cycle Services (LCS) packages to reach their lowest sustainable cost structure. The Equipment Support Service package secures your assets through inspections, extended warranty coverage and inventory and parts planning. The Maintenance Service package sees service experts taking more responsibility for your plant’s reliability, through the development of a comprehensive maintenance strategy. The third, top level package is a comprehensive pro

Shandong Lingong Machinery Co (known as Lingong) has launched a new wheeled loader from its SDLG range of F series machines. The new units are said to offer improved design and functionality. The Tier III- compliant SDLG L968F is a higher-specification wheeled loader designed for construction, mining and aggregates applications. The 6tonne-rated machine is said to offer a low-revs and high torque engine that is low on emissions and “high on fuel economy”. With an SDLG-designed VRT200 rigid-axle transmission

A job site in the Southern African nation of Lesotho represents one of the most extreme and challenging projects to some key Italian firms of the last 10 years. The project was certainly different from the norm It involves building a road in the Lesotho Mountains, some 200km from the capital Maseru, with the work being carried out by the Cooperative of Building and Cement workers from Ravenna (CMC). CMC, which has ranked among Marini's clients for many years now, is involved in the construction of a

The global market for construction aggregates is projected to advance to 51.7 billion tonnes in 2019, representing an annual growth rate of 5.2%, according to a new study by the Freedonia Group.

New innovations are underway that will help optimise rock crushing and screening operations and boost quarry efficiency overall - Mike Woof writes. Quarrying is a tough industry that provides enormous challenges to equipment providers as machines and technology have to be rugged, durable and productive. Cutting the cost of production while optimising output has been a major target for suppliers, with new technologies playing an increasingly important role. Taking the long view with regard to increased qu

Arizona Chemical’s bio-additive allows 100% recycled asphalt for entire road structure The city of Rotterdam has used an asphalt mix with 100% RAP in all three of its layers, a first for the Netherlands. The road in question is a bike lane, so it won’t be expecting too much of a pounding, but it’s an important step forward for the city’s politicians, asphalt supplier KWS and additive specialist Arizona Chemical. Arizona Chemical designed its SYLVAROAD RP1000 performance additive with the express aim o

India to lead the pack in bitumen consumption - Partha Pratim Basistha reports from the Asian Bitumen Conference. In the emerging global bitumen market, demand is expected to reach 122 million tonnes by 2018. Increasing road construction activities in the fast growing markets of India and China will be the main growth drivers of the bitumen market in Asia. This was the message delivered at the 10th Asian Bitumen Conference held in New Delhi, India from 23rd-24th November 2015. The two-day event, organised b