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Transforming Algeria's road network
February 9, 2012
Highway construction work is transforming Algeria, providing the country with a new network of highway quality road connections.
ContiTech boosts range
February 8, 2012
ContiTech's Transportbandsysteme division is expanding by buying the Moers facility from Metso Minerals. This factory makes the Flexowell and Pocketlift conveyor belts, which used in the extraction industries to transport loose bulk material up steep inclines.
Quarry production
February 8, 2012
Macleod Construction in the UK is growing its business operations and is investing its two quarries. To maximise production from the quarries, and to produce aggregate for construction projects, the firm needed to source a tracked crusher. The crusher had to be highly productive, tough and versatile and also reliable due to the site's remote location.
Tamtron weighs in with Pro+
February 8, 2012
Tamtron's new Pro+ scale is offering accurate weighing equipment for use with wheeled loaders. The system from the Finnish company features fast data transfer through the Internet or using USB memory sticks, allowing information to be transferred to the office immediately. "The Pro+ package makes it possible to load a specified amount of product and features automatic angle compensation of up to 12.9°, which speeds up the working process when loading a crusher. The scale also compensates boom speed, tilting
Meeting the challenge of desert runway resurfacing
February 8, 2012
Ferocious daytime temperatures can provide a tough challenge to construction firms working in desert conditions in Egypt's south. Despite the high daytime temperatures however, Egyptian contractor Orascom has managed to complete an airport project on budget and ahead of schedule, while meeting the client's tight specifications.
JPE buys CDE plant
February 8, 2012
JPE AGGREGATES is buying a new CDE construction and demolition waste recycling plant as the solution to its waste recovery operations at Elford Quarry, County Staffordshire, England. The new plant includes an M2500 E3 mobile washing plant; AggMax 150R attrition system; AquaCycle A400 thickener and a VSI crusher. The M2500 E3 system includes feeding, screening, sand washing and stockpiling on a single chassis while the AggMax 150R system incorporates a RotoMax logwasher, which is a twin shaft system, 8m long
Algerian highway programme
February 8, 2012
Algeria's Government is working on plans to increase the country's highway network substantially over the next five years.
Increased asphalt demand - meeting the challenge
February 8, 2012
With demand for asphalt predicted to increase, manufacturers are ready to meet the challenge as Patrick Smith reports
Tough breaking
February 7, 2012
Montabert is now offering an innovative technology on its new V4500 breaker that offers automatic speed selection. The V4500 hydraulic breaker can be mounted on excavators from 45-80tonnes and is said to offer high productivity, reliability and durability, a high power to weight ratio, easy maintenance, a long life span and a high resale value. Weighing in at 4.5tonnes with top bracket and tool the V4500 works with a maximum input power of 117kW, a hydraulic flow of 380 litres/min and delivers a frequency o
Versatile plant
February 7, 2012
Utranazz is offering a demountable concrete batching plant designed for high mobility, called the Ecomix 40S MVBP. The Ecomix 40S is a high performance volumetric mixing unit that is available in a range of versions to suit the customer's needs. The skid-mounted or fixed truck-mounting versions are the standard models. A demountable model suitable for use with a hook loader system onto a flat bed truck is offered and featuring collapsible legs, this can be set-up and ready for use within a short space of ti