The new Powerscreen tracked cone crusher is designed to build on the success of the Powerscreen 1000 Maxtrak and 1300 Maxtrak cones. The mid-sized 1150 Maxtrak is targeted at quarry owners and contractors, and incorporates a number of new features, according to the company. It should be available in North America later this year. The new machine will be offered in…
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Vulcan Completes Six Acquisitions
Vulcan Materials Co. completed six acquisitions during the third quarter of this year that “further expand the company’s footprint and reserve positions in the best markets in America,” according to the company. The most recent acquisitions include five aggregates facilities and associated downstream assets in Phoenix, Arizona and Albuquerque and Santa Fe, N.M., as well as an aggregates operation in…
Read MoreNew-Home Sales Hit Highest Level Since 2008
Sales of newly built, single-family homes increased 18 percent in August to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 504,000 units in August, the highest level in six years, according to newly released data by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Census Bureau.
Read MoreChevron Heavy Duty Diesel Engine Oil for Severe Duty
Delo 400 SD SAE 15W-30 is API CJ-4 heavy duty diesel engine oil formulated using a new Chevron patent-pending technology to provide key benefits for engines with “severe duty” cycles in on- and off-highway applications. “The increase in severe duty operations is due to changing driving habits on highway, including shorter haul lengths, the growth in intermodal delivery, and more…
Read MoreStedman Cage Mill Features High-Ratio Size Reduction
Stedman is promoting its “One-N-Done” cage mill line by re-educating process engineers about the unique design aspects of cage mills. Cage mills are capable of very high-ratio size reduction with no decrease in quality of the product even after long periods of operation. High size reduction ratios offer cost savings in handling, maintenance and wear parts. Cage mills reduce materials by…
Read MoreDredge Efficiency Dropping? It Could Need A Boost
As a dredge moves farther away from its discharge point, production can decrease while the cost-per-ton increases. Adding a booster pump provides benefits of greater production and less equipment wear and tear. Booster pumps may be land- or water-based. As a dredge moves farther away from the discharge point, the pump speed is increased to maintain a proper slurry velocity…
Read MoreBoart Longyear TruCore Designed For Drillers, By Drillers
Boart Longyear introduced TruCore, an integrated core orientation system that enables drillers to increase productivity and decrease spending on consumables, according to the company. Core Orientation is essential to the mining and resources sector as it marks and determines the precise orientation and position of core while in the ground. This information helps determine faults, cleavages, joints, mineral lineation and…
Read MoreAggregates Poster, Calendar Part of Earth Science Week Toolkit
The Minerals Education Coalition (MEC) of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration Foundation (SMEF) is partnering with the American Geosciences Institute (AGI) to support Earth Science Week 2014. MEC’s new poster “Hard Rock and the Rolling Stones: Aggregates” and the “Aggregates Matter” activity calendar page are part of AGI’s Earth Science Week Toolkit. The back of MEC’s aggregates poster has four…
Read MoreNAM Study Details Economic Benefits of Infrastructure Investment
A new study commissioned by the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) and conducted by Inforum at the University of Maryland offers a view into the economic benefits the U.S. economy would reap with a more concerted effort to address the nation’s infrastructure needs.
Read MoreKPI-JCI Dealer Days a Huge Success
KPI-JCI and Astec Mobile Screens hosted 70 authorized North American dealers at its annual National Dealer Conference, held Sept. 15-17 at The Curtis Hotel in Denver. Rock Products Editor Mark Kuhar was the only aggregates industry magazine chief editor to attend the event. Each year, KPI-JCI and Astec Mobile Screens launches new products and sales tools for its dealers during its National…
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