Materials

Marini offers an array of asphalt solutions
November 21, 2019
Marini has expanded its array of asphalt solutions for customers, according to the firm. Filippo Baldassari, Head of global sales for Fayat Mixing Plants commented, “We are a global company and can offer innovative engineering. For every jobsite we have corresponding technology.”
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More countries look to warm mix
November 21, 2019
Though warm mix technology has been around for decades, take-up has been patchy - will renewed environmental pressure change that? asks Kristina Smith
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Algeria’s plan to build more concrete roads
November 18, 2019
Algeria’s cement industry is increasing its production output considerably, with the price of this material also falling as a result.
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Glass ceiling breakthrough for Ammann in Australia
November 18, 2019
An Ammann ABP High Recycling Technology (HRT) asphalt mixing plant is a key part of an Australian recycled glass-for-asphalt scheme.
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Recycling glass for use in asphalt
November 4, 2019
A novel operation in Australia is using recycled glass as a material for asphalt production.
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Aggregates advantages with new equipment
November 4, 2019
New equipment being introduced for the crushing and screening sector offers benefits for aggregate production – Mike Woof writes
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Road in Mexico uses recycled plastic asphalt
November 1, 2019
A trial project has been carried out in Mexico using recycled plastic asphalt for the surfacing.
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Shell bitumen agrees supply deal for Indian market
October 25, 2019
Shell Bitumen has signed a partnership arrangement for the Indian market with Tiki Tar Industries. This will allow the firm sell bitumen to customers in the road surfacing sector, including national and state highways, airport runways and village roads in India. Tiki Tar and Shell India is a 50:50 incorporated joint venture between Shell and Tiki Tar Industries,. The new partnership will supply and market an extensive range of bitumen products based on the Shell Bitumen product portfolio. “This partnership
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Material reduction process in Mexico
October 9, 2019

A quarrying operation in Mexico has switched to using a drum cutting attachment supplied by 283 MB Crusher, instead of using explosives for blasting. The customer says that this change in working operations has delivered major benefits in terms of efficiency. The company is now able to deliver a more consistent grade of material in terms of both quality and size. Using the drum cutter attachment ensures that there are lower waste fines produced, as well as no over-sized material requiring secondary breaking at additional cost.

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West Africa’s biggest bitumen plant
September 19, 2019
July saw the ceremonial sod cutting for a project to build West Africa’s biggest bitumen plant: a joint venture between Ghana’s oil company GOIL and Societe Multinationale de Bitumes (SMB) of the Ivory Coast. The project, which will cost around US$35 million according to GOIL, is in Tema Ghana. With a capacity of 8,000tonnes, it will produce AC10 and AC20 bitumen and polymer modified bitumen (PMB). Speaking at the ceremony, Ghana’s minister of energy John Peter Amewu said: “Due to the success of the PMB
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