Terex Washing Systems’ AggreSand 206 wash plant is capable of handling up to 400 tonnes of material every hour, allowing customers to produce more – and better quality – grades, with a number of installations planned worldwide.
Materials supplier Tarmac has invested in a Hitachi EX1900-6 ultra-large excavator for its Swinden Quarry in North Yorkshire, England.
The EX1900-6 is used to load up to 1,200 tonnes of carboniferous limestone per hour directly into a 200tonne mobile crusher. A field conveyor takes the material to a secondary crusher at an average rate of 1,000tonnes/hour.
The Hitachi model was supplied with a longer boom and arm, and a smaller 8m³ bucket, customary on a machine of this size. “This is because it needs
Egyptian contractor Orascom has set up a new quarry site in the country's desert area, close to the city of Assuit. The quarry was opened specifically to supply Orascom's major road construction projects in this area of Egypt, with high quality aggregates.
Gallagher Aggregates’ Hermitage Quarry, near Maidstone in south-east England, has purchased two MDS trommels from recently appointed distributor Blue Machinery London. The 155tonne M820, is one of the world’s largest tracked mobile trommels. It is joined on site by the smaller 50tonne M515. Both models are fully mobile on crawler undercarriage and feature hydraulic folding stockpiling conveyors for quick set-up once in position.
The M515 is producing fines (-120mm), which fall through the initial holes i
Measuring 33.8km long and costing US$2.3 billion, Orlando’s massive I-4 Ultimate is the largest infrastructure project in the Florida Department of Transportation’s history.
Divided into four phases, the project requires major bridge work to improve traffic flow through Central Florida. In all, 13 existing structures are being widened, 53 new bridges added and 74 bridges replaced. Area 2, currently under construction, runs through Orlando from Highway 50 at the northern edge to the Highway 423/I-4 interc
