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Quarry News
Latest news from the quarry, asphalt, cement, concrete and aggregate recycling industries
RMC Aggregates have been recognised as one of the two most environmentally responsible and community-focused organisations in Wales at the Welsh Environment Awards 2000.
Hanson Aggregates have invested in a fleet of eight brand new Volvo FM7 32-tonne tipper trucks to cope with the increase in workload brought about by the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL) project....
Parker Plant have supplied a specially designed impact crusher to the HALO Trust - a non-political, non-religious British charity that specializes in the removal of the debris of war - for mine-...
AB2000 Ltd have taken delivery of their first Caterpillar 312B LGP excavator in Scotland from Finning (UK) Ltd.
Mark Sherwood of Johnston Roadstone's Leinthall Quarry, in Herefordshire, has invested some of his firm's cash in a bid to recreate a piece of medieval England.
HANSON Quarry Products Europe (HQPE) have announced the acquisition of all the quarrying assets of German company ROBA Baustoff GmbH for an undisclosed sum.
LEM Resources have been extracting coal at Crook Hey OCCS near Garswood, Lancashire, since 1998.
The British Geological Survey's Transport Properties Research Laboratory (TPRL) in Nottingham is currently using a Squirrel 1600 data logger from Grant Instruments in a three-year landfill-...
WAKEFIELD councillors have given Lafarge Redland Aggregates the go-ahead for a new aggregates wharf on the Aire and Calder canal at the Wakefield Europort facility in West Yorkshire.
Andrews Survey are now offering heavy-duty hydraulic vibrocorers for continuous, relatively undisturbed samples of 6m plus in length.
The Hanson Environment Fund, which uses landfill tax credits to benefit a wide range of environmental and community projects, is calling for an increase in recycling, research and education...
In response to HM Treasury's publication of a consultation document on the objectives of the Government's Sustainability Fund under its aggregates levy package, Simon van der Byl, director general...
Following an eight-month trial of an RDS Loadmaster 8000, Imerys Minerals Ltd purchased a further 10 units for use on loading shovels in the company's stores and for loading bulk china clay into...
For a second year Beckhouse Media, publishers of Environment Times, are appealing for entries for their Nature of Industry awards.
The EngineGuard engine-protection system from Agriemach uses high-tech sensor technology to prevent engine failure caused by overheating.