Mining, Quarry and Aggregates news articles 
DEUTZ reports 20 percent increase in sales
DEUTZ has reported a period of consistent growth over the past 12 months. On the back of strong demand, particularly in the compact engines sector, new orders in 2007 saw a year on year increase of 22.2 per cent. Unit sales climbed to 285, 861 engines, a rise of 20.8 per cent, with Group revenue increased by 28.8 per cent to EUR 1.524.2 billion - driven primarily by international business growth. Overall nett income was also significantly boos... [more]
Caterpillar opens new assembly line of underground mining loaders in Brazil
Caterpillar has opened a new assembly line of underground mining loaders in Brazil. In response to the continuing strong demand for mining equipment, Cat now is manufacturing the R1600G LHD in the long established Caterpillar facility in São Paulo State. The new line establishes a second source for Cat® LHDs, which previously have been manufactured solely in Tasmania, Australia. The R1600G is one of five models of Caterpillar® underground load... [more]
Stonegrave Aggregates purchases Volvo L150F loading shovel for Aycliffe Quarry
Stonegrave Aggregates Ltd, a division of the John Wade Group of companies, has taken delivery of its first Volvo L150F loading shovel for rehandling duties at its Aycliffe Quarry located near Darlington Co. Durham. When it came to replace one of the resident competitive loading shovels, it was third party references and a desire to change to an alternative marque of machine that prompted Operations Manager Bruce Whitley to choose the 4.2m³ sh... [more]
Volvo excavator for Bishop Middleham Quarry
Thompson’s of Prudhoe, Northumberland has purchased its first Volvo excavator which takes charge of prime extraction duties at the company’s Bishop Middleham Quarry located in Co. Durham. Whilst Thompson’s of Prudhoe are not strangers to Volvo Construction Equipment products, having operated articulated haulers for many years, the purchase of a Volvo thirty six tonne EC360CL is a new departure for the company. Bought purely on the machine spec... [more]
JCB expands tracked excavator range
JCB has added three new machines ranging from 29 tonnes to 52 tonnes to its JS tracked excavator range. The 29-tonne JS290, 36-tonne JS360 and 52-tonne JS520 will all be shown in Las Vegas at Conexpo 2008. The JS290 will bridge the gap between the JS260 and JS330 in the existing line-up and the JS360 will fill the opening between the JS330 and the JS460. The JS520 will be shown at Conexpo as a concept machine. It would become the largest mach... [more]
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Road projects stalled by ban on quarrying—DPWH (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
The temporary suspension of quarry operations in Sariaya town for the past three months has been delaying the completion of two vital road projects in Quezon province, the Department of Public Works and Highways said.
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National Lime employee wins environmental leadership award (The Findlay Courier)
Dan Mapes, director of environmental and safety programs for National Lime and Stone Co., this week won the National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association's 2009 Environmental Leadership Award.
