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Long life and reliability from innovative crusher

July 9, 2012

New technology broadens Sandvik's offering for crushing and screening. Mike Woof reports Sandvik is making a series of upgrades to its crushing and screening line in jaw and cone crushers as well as wear parts, and these should suit an array of applications ranging from small recycling operations up to large quarry sites. At the more versatile end of the range is the new CJ208 jaw crusher, the latest addition to the CJ200 series jaw crusher line-up. This crusher is the smallest of the CJ200 Series and offer

Methanol range extender for fuel cell vehicle

July 9, 2012

The innovative QBREAK electric car is to benefit from a sophisticated methanol fuel cell range extender. Development work is being carried out on the project by a consortium of Danish companies. The plan is to develop a novel, range-extended electric vehicle that uses biomethanol as a fuel source. TheModularEnergyCarrier concept (MECc) project has just been granted funding from the Danish government. The reworked electric car is expected to deliver high market potential due to a competitive price and specif

Key highway projects are underway in Henan Province, China

July 9, 2012

A total of US$2.42 billion is being invested in five high-speed road projects in China's Henan Province. The highways have a total length of 205km and construction work is already underway. Some $1.2 billion will be spent on the 108km road link between Dengfeng City and Weishi Expressway with a length of around 108km, while $377 million will be invested in a 37km road project connecting Wuxi Expressway and Yuntai Mountain. A further $242 million will be spent on a 22km road from Jiao Tong Expressway-Wen Cou

Delays on Slovakian projects

July 9, 2012

Work on several new highways being built in Slovakia as public-private partnerships (PPPs) will be delayed by six to 12 months. This means that the first sections of the Martin-Presov link will not open before 2011. The last section is expected to be completed in either late 2012 or early 2013.

Sandvik drilling rigs boost production

July 9, 2012

The drill and blast contractor Technical Drilling and Blasting in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is standardising on Sandvik rock tools for its fleet of drill rigs. The firm operates across Fujeirah, providing quality gabbro aggregates for construction projects in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Recognised as one of the worlds hardest rocks, gabbro features a typical density in excess of 3tonnes/m, a crushing factor of 10 and a 61% silica content and demand remains strong for this quality construction material. Every

Italian highway start date

July 9, 2012

Plans are in hand to build an 87km long highway in Italy, from Cassano Magnago, in the Province of Varese, through Lombardy and linking with Milan, Como, Lecco, Bergamo and Monza. Work on the highway should begin at the end of this year and is planned to be ready for use in time for Expo 2015. The new link is expected to cost €4.5 billion to build and will be constructed by the Italian highway operator Pedemontana Lombarda.

Driver data exchange for France and Belgium to punish offenders

July 9, 2012

France and Belgium have now agreed on the bilateral exchange of information relating to motoring offences. The two countries now have reciprocal access to car registration files, enabling the authorities to punish offences committed in either country. Belgian drivers caught by speed cameras in France and French drivers caught speeding or running red lights in Belgium will be now face appropriate penalties. Since speed cameras were deployed in France, around one quarter of offences concern vehicles registere

Bids invited for Israel ‘historic neighbourhood’ bridges’ contract

July 9, 2012

A tender worth US$637.68million (ILS 2.50bn) was recently published by Israel National Roads Company (Ma'atz) for the construction of two bridges in the historic neighbourhood of Motza, near Jerusalem. The tender says the two 800-metre bridges will have three traffic lanes each. According to Ma'atz, construction work for the project is scheduled to begin in 2013. Once completed, the bridges will be connected directly with the Harel Tunnel.

New highway for Montenegro

July 9, 2012

Croatian consortium Konstruktor is starting discussions over the construction of the Bar-Boljari motorway in Montenegro with the country's government. Konstruktor won the tender with a bid of €2.77 billion for the project, which involves building 170km of highway. The Montenegrin government is securing funding of €1.74 billion, while the reminder will be secured by Konstrukotr. Work is expected to start in October 2009.

Modern aggregate crushing and screening

July 9, 2012

Turning aggregates production into a truly industrial process and providing customers with accurately fine-tuned aggregates mixes is the secret behind the success of Vezzola, a family-owned company with operations in Italy's Lake Garda region. Vezzola's fully-equipped stationary plant in Montichiari, probably the country's most modern facility of this type, can produce up to 500 different aggregates recipes. The plant is another successful delivery by Metso's Mining and Construction Technology. Processing s