Sound pedigree: Volvos put to work at Fife quarry

Patersons purchases trio of new articulated haulers PATERSONS Quarries has snapped up three new Volvo articulated haulers thanks to positive experiences in the past and...
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Second hand Cat crawler fills a gap

EXPANSION at regional waste and quarry management company WCL Quarries has led to the purchase of a used Finning Fair Buy Cat® D6R to...
Develon wheel loader

Develon introduces updated waste and recycling kit for DL-7 wheel loaders

DEVELON has launched an updated waste and recycling kit for the company’s DL-7 range of wheel loaders. The move is designed to help operators work...

Scotland’s construction industry faces ‘aggregates crisis’ within 15 years

SCOTLAND'S construction sector is at 'tipping point', with less than 15 years’ worth of sands and aggregates left to quarry. That's the view of award-winning...

SBTi approves Sandvik’s emission reduction targets

SANDVIK has announced that its targets for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have been validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) as aligned...

Liebherr in double electric excavator launch

LIEBHERR has announced the launch of two new electric crawler excavators. The R 976-E and the R 980 SME-E replace the ER 974 B for...
Eggersmann construction equipment

Molson Green appointed UK dealer for Eggersmann recycling portfolio

MOLSON Green has been appointed as a UK dealer for the Eggersmann GmbH recycling equipment product range. German manufacturer Eggersmann Recycling Technology specialises in developing...

Metso to invest €150 million in new technology centre

METSO has announced plans to gradually move its current operations in Hatanpää, Tampere, to a new Lokomotion technology centre to be built in Lahdesjärvi,...

Brewster Brothers invests £6m in second recycling plant

BREWSTER Brothers is investing £6 million in a second recycling plant near Cumbernauld. The firm's Livingston site has diverted over one million tonnes of construction,...
WV1400E Portable Vertical Shaft Impact Crusher

Terex MPS to debut two new portable crushers at Hillhead 2024

TEREX MPS will launch two new products at Hillhead 2024 — the WG220E Portable Cone Crusher and the WV1400E Portable Vertical Shaft Impact Crusher. Both...
O’Kane Equipment Solutions and Astec partnership

O’Kane Equipment Solutions appointed Frontier dealer for Scotland and northern England

ASTEC Europe has appointed Alloa-based O’Kane Equipment Solutions as its official dealer for the Frontier track crushing and screening product line across Scotland and...

Brewster Brothers earns VIBES Circular Scotland award

RESOURCE management specialist Brewster Brothers has won this year’s VIBES Circular Scotland award. The company started recycling waste from construction sites in 2017, and such...
Mineral Products Association

Investment uncertainty ‘hurting’ mineral products sector

NEW figures from the Mineral Products Association (MPA) show a 'modest' improvement in sales of construction aggregates and asphalt for Q2, 2024. However, the MPA’s...

Line in the sand: CDE plant gives rise to increased production

A new CDE wet processing plant has reportedly helped to double production at D’Arcy Sands’ Wexford site.
Brewster Brothers Cumbernauld

CDE and Brewster Brothers to host ‘virtual’ tour of Cumbernauld recycling plant

WET processing specialist CDE has announced plans to host a 'virtual' tour of Brewster Brothers’ 150tph construction and demolition waste recycling plant near Cumbernauld. With...

Powering through: hat-trick of new machines deployed at Malcolm sites

THE Malcolm Group has snapped up three Powerscreen machines from Blue Machinery Scotland, including two new Premiertrak 400X jaw crushers. The jaw crushers will be...

Material gains: MB reveals new line impresses on sites around the world

MB Crusher has unveiled its new line, called the MB-HDS shafts screener buckets, which is said to be helping sites around the world process...

40,000 hours and still going strong

LAND Engineering Services (LES) is a mining, earthmoving and remediation company that operates throughout the UK. The company won the tender in 2012 to 'clear'...
Wastewise CASE wheel loader

Resource management firm snaps up UK’s first CASE 651G loader

THE first CASE 651G wheel loader in the UK has been snapped up by Wastewise, an FCC Environment company. The machine has gone to work...

Brewster Brothers’ second recycling plant opens near Cumbernauld

BREWSTER Brothers has fully opened the company's second recycling plant as part of a £7 million expansion. The firm's wash plants transform excavated soils and...

First Metso Truck Bodies put to work in central Europe

THE first two Komatsu HD605-8 dump trucks equipped with Metso Truck Bodies have been delivered to a porphyry quarry in Brabant Wallon, Belgium, by...
Malcolm's new Cat machines at Loanhead Quarry

Malcolm enhances quarry operations with £1.1m investment in Cat equipment

MALCOLM Construction has invested more than £1 million in new Caterpillar machinery, supplied by Finning. The haul includes two Cat 745 three-axle articulated trucks and...

Liebherr unveils new course to improve site safety

LIEBHERR Great Britain has set its sights on tackling the issue of on-site accidents by launching a new product familiarisation programme, which will see...

Hyundai A Series model ‘truly exceptional’ at waste management site

HD Hyundai has revealed how a HW210A A Series wheeled excavator is excelling at an Essex-based waste management facility. In 2022, Lunnon Waste added a...

CDE to showcase SmartTech telemetry at Hillhead 2024

CDE has announced plans to showcase its SmartTech plant management app at Hillhead and demonstrate how real-time Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) data is driving...

Concrete batching plant ‘doubles output’ at Dumfriesshire quarry

RAPID International has supplied Hoddam Contracting Co with a bespoke static concrete batching plant, located near Dumfries, described as being capable of producing up...

Mercedes-Benz ‘ in a different league’

GOWING & Pursey has commissioned  a fleet of 18-tonne Arocs skip-loaders for use at its materials recycling facility in Park Royal, London. The deal heralds...

CDE to host webinar on FreeFlow mobile wash plant

WET processing specialist CDE will host a webinar that will offer a 360° virtual tour of its FreeFlow mobile wash plant, which will be...
Bernie Hughes and Christopher Devlin

CDE helps J&M Murdoch to celebrate milestone anniversary

WET processing equipment specialist CDE has hailed the ‘high-quality’ service and family values of long-standing partner J&M Murdoch & Sons as the Neilston-headquartered business...
Volvo rigid hauler working at quarry

Motherwell-built hauler marks milestone for Volvo in Germany

THE first R70 rigid hauler from Volvo Construction Equipment has entered service in Germany. Built at Volvo CE’s facility in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, the machine...