Lindsay Hart, European tyre sales manager at Titan Tyres, discusses the importance of a regular maintenance programme to preserve earthmover tyres and keep them in good condition

Dean Askew, bearings product manager with Brammer, and David Oliver, channel and platform manager for bearings and units at SKF, look at the demands placed on quarrying machinery and the components that ensure peak performance across a site

QM paid a visit to Ritchie Bros' Leicestershire site where one of its biggest UK public auctions of the year tool place to find out why buying/selling used construction equipment has become a popular trend in the marketplace

Working in close collaboration with CDE Global, Norwegian quarry operators Velde Pukk are proving their green credentials by reducing the use of primary materials and maximizing the production of recycled aggregates

AR Demolition complete dismantling of fixed crushing and screening plant at Aggregate Industries' Moorcroft Quarry

In 2014, Boral commissioned an advanced processing plant at their greenfield Peppertree Quarry, south of Sydney, Australia. Supplied by Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology, the facility has set a new benchmark in environmental management, safety, production and product quality

An overview of the enclosed quarry processing system at Boral's new quarry, south of Sydney, Australia

Luis Fueyo of Rocas y Minerales reports on a new Spanish quarry’s flexible and versatile Metso processing plant, which caters for various secondary and tertiary crushing configurations and facilitates easy changeover from 400 tonnes/h to 800 tonnes/h operation, to suit changes in market demand

The UK’s annual event for resource efficiency and waste-management solutions

Mick George Ltd put their new Bomag heavyweight 26-tonne 'Deep-Impact' single-drum roller to work on a ground compaction and stabilization application

Barbados company C.O. Williams invest in new CDE wash plant to process –6mm crusher dust on coral limestone project

DUO Equipment supply new Terex AggreSand washing plant for busy new sand and gravel operation in Norfolk

Using up to 75% less water, Haver & Boecker’s Hydro-Clean units offer a sustainable alternative to traditional log-washers and screws

A secure and reliable domestic supply of minerals products will be essential to the UK’s economic recovery, and investment in equipment maintenance will be fundamental to achieving this, argues Tony G. Locke, managing director of Weir Minerals Europe

How ‘planned’ is your planned maintenance? Terry Davis, national technical manager with Brammer, looks at how to prepare for scheduled downtime and ensure maintenance activities are fully resourced, carefully planned and efficiently executed

For operators looking to extend component life and reduce failures in mobile equipment, centralized lubrication could be the answer, according to Matt Preston, lubrication applications engineer at SKF

Terry Davis, national technical manager with Brammer, explains that there is always an indicator that a hose will fail, allowing maintenance engineers to act in time

BDS founder and director Julian Clapp explains how he established the business in 1989 and describes its development over the 27 years since then

Round-up of three-day quarrying, construction and recycling plant, equipment services extravaganza

Shell Bitumen highlight their emphasis on innovation and look at recent developments and future opportunities

Total Bitumen join with prestigious French engineering school École des Ponts and Coursera to develop Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)

Unexpected spin-offs from binder development for sustainable lower-temperature asphalt include products that can deliver, for example, faster reopening of full-depth refurbished carriageways, even in the middle of winter. A case in point is the A66 at Crackenthorpe

New Hycontrol multi-point bitumen level-measuring and overfill protection system for Aggregate Industries’ Express Asphalt plant at Botley

Powerscreen mark their 50th anniversary with celebrations at Hillhead 2016 and in Northern Ireland

Report on the British Aggregates Association’s 2016 seminar proceedings

Martin Riley, senior vice-president of Tarmac, discusses their 'Make Your Mark' careers campaign

Skills Wheel helps individuals and operators make informed decisions about investing in relevant industry-specific and vocational skills development

Four months after being appointed as the new chief executive officer of MPQC, John Wilkinson talks about the training organization and its expanding role in the industry

Tarmac's Hillhead Quarry in Derbyshire will once again host the world's biggest working quarry exhibition

Mark Russell, MPA executive director - planning, mineral resources & BMAPA, reports on the continuing recovery in the UK marine aggregate sector and highlights two key watershed moments that will affect the future shape and direction of the industry

Georgina Carlo-Paat talks about her rise to the top of her profession and the need to encourage more people, especially women, into the mineral extractives industry

Designed and built by DUO plc, CEMEX’s recently opened wharf at Dagenham is now the closest aggregate production plant to central London on the north side of the Thames

Implications of the recent judgment of the Court of Appeal in Tarmac vs DEFRA and the Environment Agency on the quarry restoration waste recovery/idsposal issue

Malcolm Kent, senior technical consultant with the Construction Equipment Association, examines the current situation

Smiths Bletchington boost production capacity at Oxfordshire quarry with new CDE wash plant

Martin Engineering offer a range solutions for extending tail pulley life, preventing carryback build-up in conveyor discharge chutes and reducing abrasive wear on metal surfaces

Consideration of materials in the design and specification process for quarrying plant is key to ensuring the most efficient operation and lifetime of the equipment, as Ian Cornfoot, Hardox Wearparts’ Oceania wear service manager, explains

Kepware Technologies explain how connecting everything within an industrial environment will transform manufacturing for years to come

Martin Hook, managing director of Alma CG, explains how mining and quarrying businesses can benefit from ‘The Innovation Pound’ and gain competitive advantage

Stuart Moran, head of Minerals and Aggregates Markets with Siemens Process Industries & Drives, explains how the extractives industry can achieve greater efficiency by learning from other sectors

The energy efficiency challenges facing the quarry industry are numerous and difficult. Here, Adam Patterson of Multi Source Power, examines how new breakthrough technology can address the issue

Newly launched real-time analytics and carbon footprint reduction specialists EveryWare use the Internet of Things to help businesses save money through identifying inefficiencies

Tarmac’s sustainability director, Dr Martyn Kenny, highlights the need for collaborative innovation and sustainable solutions

Fund chairman Martin Isles provides a commentary on the Institute of Quarrying's Benevolent Fund

A new era dawns for the Hemerdon tungsten and tin project as Britain’s first new metal mine for 45 years gears up for full production

Atlas Copco discuss raising the power and extending the lifecycles of rock drills with advanced clean engineering steels

A new cost-saving methodology for system control of the drilling and blasting process

Practical experience with the Ontaris explosives stock book at a quarry in Germany