Aggregate Equipment Articles

Caterpillar Validates Rajant Wireless Solution With Cat MineStar Command for Hauling →

After extensive testing, Caterpillar Inc. has completed the in-house validation of Rajant BreadCrumbs, LX5 CA radios, which will enable field trials with this Rajant product and Cat MineStar Command for hauling. "This validation is a key step to provide additional options for our mining customers when deploying Command for hauling in their operation," said Sean McGinnis, vice president and general manager of technology and global sales support at Caterpillar. Click for more...

Nevada Gold Mines Places Order for 62 Komatsu Haul Trucks →

Building on the proven success of Komatsu trucks at Barrick's Lumwana copper mining operation in Zambia, Nevada Gold Mines (NGM), signed a multi-year agreement with Komatsu to deliver 62 Komatsu 930E-5 haul trucks between 2023 and 2025. NGM is the single largest gold-producing complex in the world, formed as a joint venture between Barrick and Newmont. The new Komatsu haul trucks will be in operation at two Nevada mines: 40 will be deployed to the Carlin Complex and 22 will be at the Cortez site. Click for more...

Keestrack K3, K4, K5 Scalpers Will Be Standard Equipped With LLG Grease →

To increase uptime, Keestrack decided to standardize the long life grease on the K3, K4 and K5 scalper in its Czech factory as of the start of September, due to great testing results since 2021. Keestrack long life (LLG) grease contains anti-wear and anti-friction additives and is resistant to water and rust. It extends service intervals and lowers costs and downtime. It expands the lifetime of the bearings of the screen box and apron feeder by running at lower temperature. Click for more...

Ascendent Grows Into Full-Service Demolition Contractor →

Destruction of the Kingdome — home to Seattle professional sports teams from 1976 to 1999 — provided the catalyst for Rick Estes to start his own business. "I worked for a prominent company that landed the selective demolition," said Estes. "Unfortunately, they underbid the job by quite a large amount, which led to it going out of business about a year later. During that timeframe, I was promoted from a field superintendent to project estimator, which kind of concluded my education in doing demolition work." Rick Estes, co-owner and project manager of Ascendent Demolition LLC Estes began learning about the demolition industry just out of high school in the late 1980s when he was handed a jackhammer. Click for more...

National Equipment Dealers Joins IROCK Network →

IROCK Crushers continues to grow its thriving network of equipment dealers by adding National Equipment Dealers (NED), an industry-leading company committed to providing equipment and service that's best in the business. With more than 30 years of industry experience and dealerships located in five states, NED aims to be the first choice for all heavy equipment sales, rentals and customer support. Click for more...

IROCK Crushers Welcomes Crush Mode as Its New Dealer in Upper Midwest →

IROCK Crushers welcomed Crush Mode as a new equipment dealer in the upper Midwest, including territory throughout Minnesota, North Dakota, Wisconsin and Iowa. The IROCK leadership team is thrilled about this opportunity, knowing this new partnership will add tremendous value to the IROCK network of dealers. Crush Mode offers the full spectrum of aggregate solutions from equipment sales and rentals to consulting services. Click for more...

Komatsu Expands National Field Services for North America Mining Customers →

As Komatsu continues to enhance offerings for mining customers in North America, the company announced that it is acquiring certain assets of Matfield Machining to support the growth of its national field service teams, which support mining operations at customer sites throughout the United States and Canada. Assets acquired through this purchase will include a 14-acre site including a shop and warehouse in Safford, Ariz., which will serve as the hub for Komatsu's U.S. Click for more...

Rokbak RA40s Rocking the Rockies →

In western Canada, Jura Creek Enterprises has purchased three Rokbak RA40 articulated haulers to move huge amounts of aggregates, stone and rock close to North America's largest and most famous mountain range. The Canadian province of Alberta is said to be "the place where the bold and the adventurous come to play." It is therefore fitting that a trio of Rokbak articulated haulers have made the journey from Scotland there to work under the shadow of the famous Rocky Mountains. Click for more...

Less Noise, Dust for More Sustainability →

Excessive noise and dust emissions result in damage to health in the long term. To protect not only employees on building sites, but also human and animal life in the surrounding area, Kleemann continuously develops new measures for reducing and efficiently containing noise and dust emissions. Kleemann machines of the latest EVO2 generation thus work with a lower sound power level than their predecessor models. Click for more...

MB Crusher Equipment Ideal Tool On Construction Sites in Remote Areas →

There would be a lot to talk about on construction sites in remote areas, where everything needed is often not at hand, but at the end of the day the question is always the same: how to simplify the job while saving time and money? In most cases, everything needed for the project is far away. There is a lack of roads, infrastructure, even the workforce often has difficulty reaching the construction site. Click for more...

CDE, Calgary Aggregate Recycling Unveil New Plant →

Washing experts CDE and Calgary Aggregate Recycling Inc. (CAR) recently hosted an open house event to showcase the company's new 250 tons per hour (tph) contaminated soils and construction, demolition and excavation (C,D&E) waste wash plant, the largest commissioned by CDE in Canada to date. The event was attended by approximately 100 industry representatives who gathered to learn more about CDE's innovative recycling process and the positive impact its technology is having on resource availability in the Calgary and Alberta areas. Click for more...

Cat 988 GC Wheel Loader Meets Production Targets at Low Cost Per Hour →

The new Cat 988 GC wheel loader delivers reliable and efficient operation, allowing customers to move more material at a lower cost per hour for a faster return on investment. The new loader offers up to 5 percent less fuel consumption and up to 15 percent lower maintenance costs than the Cat 988K. Designed to maximize life-cycle value in moderate production applications up to 2,000 hours per year, the 988 GC is capable of delivering production within 6 percent of the 988K in truck loading applications. Click for more...

VIDEO: Ruffridge Johnson Hosts First Ever Ecoverse Demo Day →

Ruffridge Johnson of Centerville, Minn., held its first ever Ecoverse product lineup demo day at the SMSC Organics Recycling Facility in Shakopee, Minn., on July 20. Beautiful weather led to great attendance as the event showcased various Ecoverse machines. The facility, an enterprise owned and operated by the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC), focuses on being a good steward of the earth. Click for more...

Simplicity Introduces MHS620X Screen Module →

Simplicity's MHS620X modular screen plant features the new "extra clearance" 6 by 20 ft. ESX horizontal screen launched earlier this year at ConExpo. This provides increased space between the screen decks, resulting in easier maintenance access to the media, therefore improving overall maintenance safety. Other key features of the MHS620X include an extra heavy-duty-I-beam frame, rigid diagonal truss construction and galvanized steel structure including walkways, stairs and guard rails. Click for more...

Kimball Equipment Adds Two Pacific Northwest Locations →

A nearly 80-year-old company specializing in aggregate equipment is expanding its footprint beyond the southwestern states where it has thrived since 1946. The latest chapter in Kimball Equipment's story comes with the opening of two new locations in the Pacific Northwest, one in Spokane, Wash., and the other in Eugene, Ore. This expansion signifies a bold step forward for Kimball Equipment and the aggregate industry in the region. Click for more...

Ohio Family-Run Firm to Increase Aggregate Production With CDE's Technology →

CDE, a supplier of sand and aggregate wet processing solutions for the waste recycling and natural processing sectors, announced that it is due to commission a wash plant for Duff Quarry. Headquartered in Huntsville, Ohio, and operating for more than 75 years, Duff Quarry produces quality stone, sand and gravel to serve customers, contractors and local communities from its current three sites across the state. Click for more...

Mobile Stackers MOBIBELT for Optimized Logistics →

Nowadays, modern crushing and screening plants regulate material streams within the plant to a large extent automatically. Nevertheless, machine operators still have a strong influence on the final product quality and the daily output. They control the input with their excavators and wheel loaders, i.e. the loading of stone or recycling material. Users also play the main role with regard to output: They co-ordinate the final products by means of building up stockpiles, intermediate storage areas and loading. Click for more...

Atlas Copco Breaker Cracks Down On Tough Underwater Project →

Rock breaking projects on land are tough, but nothing Atlas Copco handheld breakers can't handle. Fracturing rocks underwater, on the other hand... now there's a challenge of a much higher order. Just ask Pina Dalgıçlık İnşaat San and Trade (PDIST), a specialist underwater contractor based in Bakırköy, one of the oldest districts in Istanbul, Turkey. The company is currently using Atlas Copco's robust LH 390 pneumatic breaker for an intensive eight-month underwater electrical infrastructure project, as part of a wider effort to energize cruise liners and cargo ships across Turkey and Malta. Click for more...

New Impact Crusher MOBIREX MR 130(i) PRO With All-Electric Drive Concept →

With the mobile impact crusher MOBIREX MR 130i PRO, Kleemann presents a new family member from the PRO line. The plant is used as a primary and secondary crusher and combines output, precision and sustainability. Powerful in Natural Stone, Recycling The new impact crusher covers a very wide range of applications: from soft to medium-hard natural stone to the widest possible range of recycling applications, such as the processing of concrete, rubble and asphalt. Click for more...

Kleemann | Mobile Impact Crusher MOBIREX MR 100(i) NEO/NEOe Extends Product Portfolio →

With the mobile impact crusher MOBIREX MR 100(i) NEO/NEOe, Kleemann presents the first family member of the new NEO line. The machine is efficient, powerful and extremely flexible — and all-electric operation is possible with the NEOe variant. Flexibility for Widest Range of Applications Due to their compact dimensions and a low transport weight, the MOBIREX MR 100(i) NEO/NEOe can be used flexibly, quickly and in a very wide variety of applications, according to the manufacturer. Click for more...

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