Machines from Volvo CE have helped restart production at a quarry in the US state of Colorado. The site had closed down nearly 50 years ago as its remote location meant that margins were slim for the producer.
However, introducing new, modern machines has helped ensure that the site is once more producing the high-quality Yule marble. A leading stone producer in Italy, Carrarabased RED Graniti opted to take over ownership of the Colorado Yule marble quarry in 2011. With a resurgence in demand for the Yule
New products from Volvo Construction Equipment are emission-compliant as a matter of course, says the company, which will introduce next generation articulated haulers (ADTs), wheeled loaders, excavators and backhoe loaders. From the six-strong F-Series articulated haulers (starting with the A25F with a load capacity of 24tonnes to the A40F FS with 39tonnes) will be the 28tonne capacity A30F and the A40F.
The remote South Atlantic island of Saint Helena will shortly benefit from the construction of a new airport as well as access roads and supporting infrastructure. This is the biggest construction project in the history of the island, which lies nearly 2,000km off the coast of Africa.
The airport is expected to boost economic development for the island’s 4,000 residents with an estimated 20,000 people a year forecasted to visit this highly remote, 122km2 equatorial volcanic outcrop. At present the islan
At Savage Stone’s 161.9ha quarry in Jessup, Maryland, gabbro is extracted from five 13.1m-tall benches, with chemical rock hardness increasing with each lower level.
The shot rock (similar to granite and good for coarse road base) used to be loaded into Volvo 31tonne and 36tonne capacity articulated haulers and 90tonne capacity Euclid rigid haulers and transported 800m uphill to the primary crusher, a Lippmann 5062 jaw crusher. The jaw crusher processes rock to 127-178mm, which is then stockpiled on the s
