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Police in the US state of Ohio recently found themselves in a high-speed pursuit involving a vehicle taken without its owner’s consent. The chase lasted for around one hour and the vehicle hit speeds of up to 160km/h during the pursuit, which covered a distance of around 72km in all between Cleveland and Milan. Officers managed to box the car in and bring it to a halt, without anyone being injured. The driver was a 10-year-old boy who took his mother’s car, the second time that the lad had done this in just

The major Pacific Highway upgrade in New South Wales is one of the largest road infrastructure projects undertaken in Australia. Connecting Sydney and Brisbane, the Pacific Highway is being upgraded to provide a four-lane divided road from Hexham to Queensland. The work commenced in 1996 and is scheduled for completion in 2020, with approximately 75%, a staggering 493km, of the work having already been completed.

A new rigid hauler from Terex Trucks is proving useful for a quarrying facility in the US state of Missouri. The family-owned company, Conco Quarries, is using a TR70 model to help boost productivity at its limestone facility in Willard, Missouri. Conco is also a subsidiary of Ash Grove Cement, the country’s largest privately owned US cement company. To help continue the smooth running of its operations at its Willard facility, the company recently purchased a 65tonne capacity TR70 rigid hauler built by Te

Contractor New Hampshire Rock Reduction is using hydraulic hammers from Indeco for rock breaking and excavation duties. The firm says that it selected these units so as to optimise productivity and has used the breakers in quarrying as well as site development applications. Located in the northeast corner of the US, New Hampshire is one of the country’s smallest states. Noted for a rocky terrain, New Hampshire’s geology includes a heavy presence of metamorphic, especially igneous, rock formations, which yi

The first live US demonstration of Rockster’s new impact crusher R1000S took place at a recent demonstration day by Equip Sales and Leasing in Connecticut state. The R1000S was one of eight different machines from Austrian manufacturer Kormann Rockster Recycler that were on show during the Live Crushing Demo Day at a quarry of Equip Saels’s sister company Modern Materials. Equip Sales has sold many Rockster units into the US and Bermuda, off the south-east coast, since they started working together in 200

Haver & Boecker Canada says it now customises to order its two-bearing Tyler T-Class vibrating screen for a wide range of materials with a top size of 406mm minus. The T-Class machine has a cut size range of 20 mesh to 152.5mm minus. It also has a sheave combination and drive belts for power, according the Canadian manufacturer - formerly WS Tyler. Add-on components include a dust enclosure, spray system, ball trays, special paint systems and more. Additionally, Haver & Boecker manufactures the machine with

Carmix says that its 3500 TC production system offers superior comfort to users along with improved ergonomic controls, all-round visibility – and an air-conditioned cabin. A batching unit has a material yield of 3.5m³ with double mixing screws. Mixing and discharge speed is independent from the speed of the diesel engine, and discharge is by reversing drum. A joymix-controlled 600litre loader with a hydraulic door discharges sand or gravel directly into the drum. The unit can travel on slopes greater th

Batching plant supplier Rapid International has supplied the Scottish Collier Group with its first batching plant as it enters the ready-mix and precast concrete market. The plant was installed at Collier’s Goathill Quarry in Fife. Collier Group’s activities have included processing of inert rubble, muck and soil from building sites, transportation of ash from power stations, production of type 1 sub-base, rock armour, single size aggregates including high PSV and manufactured concrete sand from the washi

Thomas Cement has opened a 7,000tonne capacity terminal for the import of binding material in the port of Uddevalla, north of Gothenburg, Sweden. The terminal is strategically important for the Thomas Concrete Group’s Swedish subsidiary Thomas Betong. Last year Betong acquired four concrete plants in Sörmland province and three plants in the Gothenburg region, said Hans Karlander, chief executive of Thomas Concrete Group. Gothenburg is the group’s headquarters. “Gothenburg is also particularly important f

The new MX-20MT mixer/pump from Blastcrete Equipment gives contractors a unit with twice the output of the company’s popular MX-10 Yet the higher-capacity MX-20MT has nearly the same compact footprint as its smaller cousin, according to the US company, based in Anniston, Alabama. It’s mounted to a single-chassis trailer for convenience as well as fast and easy transportation, setup and cleaning. The MX-20MT is CE certified to meet European Union safety standards for equipment operation. It features a 1t

Topcon Positioning Group and Bentley Systems has run the first in its collaborative Constructioneering Academy initiatives The first session was held recently in Livermore, California. The two firms have joined efforts to provide opportunities designed to allow construction industry professionals to learn best practices in constructioneering, a process of managing and integrating survey, engineering, and construction data, to streamline construction workflows and improve project delivery. This approach