Aggregate Equipment Articles

Sandvik Chooses Cat HVO Capable Engines to Reduce CO2 Emissions →

Caterpillar's long-standing commitment to sustainability and support for customers during the energy transition to a lower-carbon future means its industrial engines have for many years been capable of running on a range of renewable and alternative fuels*. The Cat C-Series engines supplied to Sandvik Mobile Crushers and Screeners to power its mining and construction equipment can run on renewable and alternative fuels including hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) certified to EN15940 or ASTM D975. Click for more...

North Carolina Compost Company Makes Organic Waste Earth-Friendly →

Not long after graduating from college, Riley Alber found work as a land surveyor, where he spent his days hiking through woods and wetlands just as he had as a youngster in southern New Jersey. Although he loved being outdoors, he soon realized that his job was a contradiction to his belief in preserving the health and sustainability of Earth's natural environment. "It was tearing me apart to cut some of the last forests that exist here in the Southeast," Alber said. Click for more...

Cat Electric Rope Shovel Lower Works Design Enhancements Reduce Total Cost of Ownership, Improve Availability →

Today's Cat 7495 and 7495 HF electric rope shovel (ERS) models feature multiple design enhancements to the lower structures that increase machine reliability and significantly lower overall total cost of ownership. These upgrades cover the track (crawler) frames, swing rack and rollers, propel gearboxes and rotating undercarriage. Combined, the design advancements can improve total cost of ownership up to 6 percent per operating hour and improve physical availability of the ERS up to 0.63 percent. Click for more...

Rock & Recycling Equipment Expands Product Offering With Lippmann, MWS →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Shane Fleming and Brendan Fox, owners of Rock & Recycling Equipment in Sutton, Mass., announced a significant expansion of the company's product offerings. Rock & Recycling Equipment has long been known as the exclusive supplier of McCloskey crushing and screening equipment for New England contractors and aggregate producers. Moving forward, Rock & Recycling Equipment also will be the distributor of Lippmann Milwaukee Inc. Click for more...

IROCK Hires Chris Keithan as Assembly Superintendent →

IROCK Crushers, a manufacturer of mobile and portable crushing plants, screening plants, and conveying equipment, announced that Chris Keithan has joined the team as assembly superintendent. Keithan brings nearly 20 years of experience to the operations department. His extensive field-service background in heavy equipment maintenance, hydraulics, electrical systems, diesel engines, as well as employee supervision, will benefit IROCK's customers as he takes the lead in the day-to-day production on the assembly floor, the company said. Click for more...

Buesing Corporation Doubles Down on Arizona Desert Recycling Operation →

Amid the Sonoran Desert, a plant is growing. Recent upgrades to Buesing Corporation's recycling plant in Chandler, Ariz., have doubled the company's capacity to produce quality construction materials. The general civil construction contractor is well known for its work on high profile jobs in the Phoenix area, but it has steadily built a significant recycling division that produces aggregate for its own projects while also marketing to the general construction industry. Click for more...

Komatsu Announces Agreement to Acquire Mine Site Technologies →

Komatsu Ltd. , through its wholly owned subsidiary in Australia, has agreed to acquire Mine Site Technologies Pty Ltd, New South Wales, Australia (MST Global), a provider of operational optimization platforms for underground mining that leverage communication devices and position tracking systems. Komatsu is planning to close the acquisition on July 1, 2022, on the condition that all necessary procedures for closing are completed. Click for more...

VIDEO: Productive Without Waste, A Call for MB Crusher →

The economy needs more infrastructure to connect supply chains across borders. To connect households across metropolitan areas. However, building housing, transportation, water, sewage, public facilities and other necessities can be expensive and at the moment it is facing huge delays due to the global shortage of materials. Without adequate infrastructure, the economy cannot flourish. Without materials, connections cannot be built. Click for more...

Metso Outotec Closes Divestment of Metal Recycling Business →

Metso Outotec has successfully completed the divestment of its metal recycling business line to Mimir, an investment company based in Stockholm, Sweden. The sold metal recycling business includes the brands Lindemann and Texas Shredder. The business will operate globally under the Lindemann brand, and will be headquartered in Düsseldorf, Germany. Its approximately 160 employees have transferred to the new company. Click for more...

IAAP Invites Teachers to Its Illinois Teachers Workshop 'Rocks, Minerals & Mining in Today's Society' →

The Illinois Association of Aggregate Producers invites teachers to its three-day workshop July 20 to 22, on the importance of rocks, minerals and mining in daily life. The workshop includes tours of active mining operations, lectures and hands-on activities providing teachers with information, tools and activities that they can use in their classrooms. The registration fee of $100 includes meals, lodging and the following: Tour Thornton Quarry and learn more about the geology, history and operations of this quarry.  Thornton is the largest quarry in Illinois, and one of the largest in the world, revealing a 420-million-year-old ocean reef.  Learn about Illinois geology, Earth processes, mining for rocks and minerals, their uses and end products, land reclamation, sustainability and environmental issues. Click for more...

Sandvik QA452 Offers Enhanced 3-Deck Doublescreen Solution →

Sandvik Mobile Crushers and Screens' new QA452 is the latest evolution of the Sandvik QA Series products and 3-deck Doublescreen technology. Sandvik Doublescreen technology typically outperforms traditional screens by up to 30 percent offering a tailored rock processing solution for quarry, recycling and mining industries, according to the manufacturer. With a host of new innovations, Sandvik has engineered the first of its kind, three-deck tracked mobile plant with independent screen angle adjustment and hydraulic screen separation. Click for more...

Jackson Demolition Razes Meat Packaging Plant in Albany →

By June or July, Jackson Demolition Service Inc. expects to complete the demolition of the former Tobin's First Prize Center meat packaging plant in a now residential neighborhood of Albany, N.Y. The plant was located on a 30-acre site, which had 10 buildings on 10 acres. The plant itself was rectangular shaped, with up to four stories in some sections, along with some basement areas, and 10 garage buildings. Click for more...

VIDEO: Recycling Asphalt Waste a Solution to Material Shortages →

Managing and procuring materials in the construction industry is rapidly becoming a concern, due to material shortages and rising costs. For example, let's talk about asphalt: how many miles of new roads are being built, how many new projects need to be financed, and how many roads are under maintenance? The European's road network has a total length of 86,992 mi. Maintenance to repair potholes to prevent damaging vehicles is an enormous task. Click for more...

Sandvik Showcases Electric Concept Rig for Surface Drilling →

Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions brought a groundbreaking electric concept drill rig for surface drilling to the Vei og Anlegg 2022 exhibition, one of Scandinavia's largest construction trade shows, May 11 to 14, 2022. The new concept rig demonstrates some of the advanced technologies that will be introduced on future series drill rigs to support more sustainable and energy-efficient surface drilling, particularly in urban construction applications. Click for more...

Kleemann's New EVO2 Generation for Sustainable Use →

Kleemann's jaw crusher MOBICAT MC 110(i) EVO2 and the cone crusher MOBICONE MCO 90(i) EVO2, with their efficient crusher direct drive, have a holistic drive concept that forms the basis for high cost-effectiveness. Both machines of the new EVO2 generation are equipped with a power train. The crusher is driven directly, and thus with high fuel-efficiency, via a reliable fluid coupling. Conveying components, such as the vibrating feeder, the double-deck prescreen or the discharge conveyors, are all-electric. Click for more...

TOMRA Recycling Appoints Parker Bynum as New Sales Manager, USA West →

Sensor-based sorting specialist TOMRA Recycling announced the appointment of Parker Bynum as the new sales manager, USA West, covering the waste and recycling industry. In this role, Bynum will consult directly with TOMRA partners and customers to implement the right advanced sorting technology solutions designed to improve recycling recovery rates, increase product purity and throughput, and boost profitability. Click for more...

IROCK Crushers Promotes Dan Davis to Senior Technical Sales Manager →

IROCK Crushers, a manufacturer of mobile and portable crushing plants, screening plants, and conveying equipment, announced the recent promotion of Dan Davis to senior technical sales manager. Davis has been an active member in the aggregates and construction industry for more than 40 years. With his extensive experience, Davis provided invaluable insight in his most recent position as western regional sales manager at IROCK. Click for more...

Metso Outotec Completes Acquisition of Tesab Engineering Ltd. →

Metso Outotec has completed the acquisition of Tesab, a Northern Ireland based company specializing mostly on mobile crushing equipment for aggregates applications, including quarrying, recycling, asphalt and concrete. Tesab's offering will complement Metso Outotec's offering in the mobile crushing and screening markets. Tesab continues as an independent product brand within Metso Outotec, with its more than 60 employees integrating to the Metso Outotec group. Click for more...

ERC Relies On Sandvik Line of Equipment in Arizona →

Earth Resources Corporation Inc. (ERC), a family-owned business based in Dewey, Ariz., is a civil contracting firm that specializes in complete site preparation including earthwork, underground utilities, concrete, asphalt paving and chip sealing. ERC completes work in the residential market, commercial construction, utility and underground projects, municipalities, commercial infrastructure and for the Arizona Department of Transportation. Click for more...

Company Wrench Hires Mike Andrews as Scrap, Demo Specialist in New York, Connecticut →

Company Wrench recently hired Mike Andrews as a territory sales manager to serve the scrap and demolition industries in New York and Connecticut. Andrews has held a variety of positions throughout his 25-year career in the equipment industry and credits his tenure in the scrap and demolition market to being "hands-on" in all aspects of the job. Andrews constantly educates himself about new features and developments with heavy equipment. Click for more...

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