Aggregate Equipment Articles

Durex Products to Feature Full Aggregate Product Lineup at AGG1 →

Durex Products Inc. , based in Luck, Wis., will display its screen media, liners, wear parts and screen accessories in booth 1147 at Nashville Music City Center, March 29 to 31, in Nashville, Tenn. The company offers numerous innovative urethane, rubber and specialty wire screen media options, which allow customers to fine-tune production and increase tons per hour, while keeping products in spec and lowering operating costs. Click for more...

Southeastern Equipment Adds Aggregate Products →

Southeastern Equipment Company now carries Rubble Master's full line of aggregate crushing and screening equipment. The robust lineup includes models that can crush material from 165 to 385 tons per hour and screens capable of processing the material. Southeastern also is adding MGL's line of conveyers to stockpile the resulting material. "Adding Rubble Master and MGL gives us a much wider product offering for our current aggregate customers," said Thor Hess, executive vice president of Southeastern. Click for more...

Sandvik Appoints DMI as Distributor of South Dakota →

Sandvik announced the appointment of Diesel Machinery Inc. (DMI) as its authorized distributor for its range of mobile crushing and screening equipment in South Dakota. DMI will be responsible for equipment sales and full aftermarket support through the provision of spare parts and local customer service. Sandvik offers a wide range of quarrying and construction equipment needs and now customers in South Dakota will be able to benefit from sales support through its new partner Diesel Machinery Inc. Click for more...

Epiroc Announces New Dealer Partnership to Benefit Quarry Customers →

Epiroc has announced a new partnership with Allied Pedestal Boom Systems to provide sales and service to customers. As part of the new dealer partnership, Ohio-based Allied Pedestal Boom Systems (PBS) will package boom systems with an Epiroc hydraulic breaker for U.S. quarry and mining customers. Allied PBS manufactures mobile, portable and stationary boom systems for mines, quarries and industrial sites. Click for more...

SRM Concrete's Huge Success Due to Teamwork of Family →

Back in 1999, Mike and Melissa Hollingshead decided that they needed to build a ready-mix concrete plant in their own Middle Tennessee backyard. An unusual choice for most folks, certainly, but Mike did so only because he was often frustrated in getting the materials he needed to run his small concrete business. What's more unusual is the fact that in only 22 years, Mike and Melissa's operation is today a huge company that employs a staggering 4,000 employees working in 13 states. Click for more...

IAAP Hosts 53rd Annual Convention and Miner Safety Conference in Springfield, Ill. →

The Illinois Association of Aggregate Producers (IAAP) held its 53rd annual Convention and Miner Safety Conference Dec. 14 to 15, 2021, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Springfield, Ill. The IAAP Convention is the largest aggregates industry convention in the Midwest, allowing peers and customers to connect. The expo featured the latest equipment and technology for the aggregate industry, as well as seminars, a casino night and a silent auction to benefit IAAP PAC. Click for more...

Caterpillar Introduces New Performance Series Hammers →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Built for high production on large excavators, the new Cat H190 S and H215 S Performance Series hammers deliver consistent breaking power. Their efficient operation cycle results in less waste from internal heat for more power delivered to the tool, according to the manufacturer. With piston and tool matched in diameter and mass, these new hammers offer increased power transmission frequency. Operators can switch power mode from high frequency/low power to low frequency/high power, giving the ability to fine tune power to the material being broken. Click for more...

From High Altitude Peaks to Distant Islands, MB Crusher's Units Bring Solutions, Advantages to Any Job Site →

MB Crusher's headquarters is in Italy, in a town less than 62 mi. from Venice. The units are designed and produced then travel to the companies and industry professionals all over the world who deal in construction, demolition, road work and earth moving. From the imposing mountains in Tibet and the Americas, from the Caribbean to Iceland, from snow covered Siberia to the sunny deserts of Saudi Arabia, it's easy to travel around the world with MB Crusher's units. Click for more...

Son Returns Home to Help Build Family Business →

Mechanical Irrigation Solutions (MIS), located in Yuba City, Calif., (the heart of production of peaches, plums and pistachios in the United States), was established in 2009 by Jas Thiara, a second-generation farmer. Thiara's history in the agricultural community is long. He came from a farming family with a passion for soil and equipment; and he was able to build his own prune harvester at the age of 16. Click for more...

OAIMA Hosts 2021 Annual Meeting, Trade Show in Columbus →

The Ohio Aggregates and Industrial Minerals Association's (OAIMA) annual meeting and trade show returned as a live event this year. Held at the Hilton at Easton in Columbus, Ohio, on Nov. 11 to 12, the event offered a full schedule for those attending. The general session kicked off the two-day meeting with an introduction of the OAIMA leadership team and association announcements from Patrick Jacomet, executive director. Click for more...

New Sand, Gravel Wash Plant An All-Star Solution for Alabama Deposit →

All Star Sand & Gravel, a family-owned and operated business based in Winfield, Ala., has announced plans for the development of a new CDE wet processing solution for its sand and gravel pit in Marion County. Established in 2017, All Star Sand & Gravel, co-owned by Richard Jones and his father, Roger, was incorporated into the family business to supply a range of sand and gravel for its construction activities in the Greater Birmingham metropolitan area and neighboring counties. Click for more...

Scrap Metal Business Relies On Atlas Material Handlers →

Founded in 1893, Charleston Steel & Metal Co. has a long history in the Charleston, S.C., area. Horse-drawn wagons originally delivered scrap metal to founder Samuel Steinberg's backyard on King Street. The business has been passed down through four generations and continues to be family owned and operated. Currently, Samuel's grandson Bernard Steinberg is the CEO of the scrap recycling facility in North Charleston, and Samuel's great-grandson Jonathan Steinberg is the president. Click for more...

Metso Outotec Introduces Modular Horizontal Mill Plant Units →

Metso Outotec is launching yet another unique solution in its range of minerals processing plant islands: the horizontal mill plant units. The pre-engineered plant units provide optimized grinding performance and simplify project management through easy circuit selection and flowsheet implementation. At the same time, they ensure safe operability and maintainability due to their design, according to the manufacturer. Click for more...

Aggregate Company Aquires Coalville's Utelite Corporation →

LafargeHolcim in the United States announced the acquisition of the Utelite Corporation in Coalville, Utah, a leading producer of expanded shale lightweight aggregates. This acquisition strengthens the company's aggregate position in the Mountain Region, which includes aggregate operations in the Denver, Phoenix and Las Vegas metro areas. "For many years, Utah has been a dynamic and growing market, and the Utelite Corporation has been part of this growth," said Jay Moreau, CEO of US Aggregates & Construction Materials. Click for more...

Alta Equipment Group Acquires Midwest Mine Services LLC →

Alta Equipment Group Inc. announced Nov. 18, 2021, that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Midwest Mine Services LLC, a privately held company headquartered near Toledo, Ohio. Midwest Mine Services designs, fabricates and installs full aggregate processing plants for quarries, mines and recycling operations throughout the United States and is well-established in the Ohio and Michigan markets. Click for more...

Komatsu Expands Its Range of Hydraulic Breakers →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Used in a variety of rock and concrete demolition applications from scaling a tunnel, to running a pedestal-boom on a quarry, or tearing out reinforced concrete abutments, breakers are essential tools. Designed and tested for compatibility with Komatsu excavators from the PC210 up to the PC490, Komatsu's new JMHB-V breaker series helps customers achieve excellent impact energy and performance in a variety of demolition applications, according to the manufacturer. Click for more...

Metso Outotec Complements its Feeding Solutions Portfolio With Hybrid Crossover Feeder →

Metso Outotec is launching the Crossover feeder, which is a hybrid feeding solution suitable for a wide range of greenfield and brownfield applications. Due to its modular belt-over-apron design, the Metso Outotec Crossover feeder delivers increased levels of availability and reliability for bulk material transportation at lower overall costs, according to the company. "We are very excited to announce the launch of the Crossover feeder. Click for more...

Screen USA Adds CD410 to Screening Line →

Screen USA Inc. has added the new CD410 severe shake C&D screening plant to the company's line of track trommel screens and track conveyors. According to Rick Cohen, owner of Screen USA Inc.," We have been working on this machine vigorously for the past couple years and we are extremely proud of how it came out. "We needed a reasonably priced track screening plant that can handle a wide variety of materials and we are excited to announce we accomplished our goal." The CD410 is equipped with 5-1/2 yd. Click for more...

VIDEO: Materials Extracted in Quarries: Several Kinds and a Single Solution to Increase Productivity, Reduce Expenses →

Spectacular and famous sites such as Carrara marble quarry or the beautiful elliptical patterns from copper mines, quarries provide important resources for every country. Despite the differences between each location and the great distances between them, there are two main problems that all sites have in common: managing extracted material and productivity rates. Each quarry consistently sends engineers and operators in the field to look for new solutions that can increase their profitability. Click for more...

Rubble Master Ramps Up Its North American Strategy →

After nearly 20 years in the North American market, an Austrian manufacturer of material processing equipment appears poised to step it up a notch. With a new managing director for the Americas and a recently opened retail location in Texas, Rubble Master expects to make waves in the North American crushing and screening space. Jackson McAdam, a former CAT Power Systems executive, was recently hired to head up the company's sales and operations in the United States and Canada. Click for more...

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