Aggregate Equipment Articles

Recycling Key Part of Arizona's Broadway Curve Project →

Reduce, reuse and recycle: They're key to protecting natural resources and lessening the amount of trash in local landfills. They're also an important part of the Interstate 10 Broadway Curve Improvement Project. "We reuse as much as we can so nothing goes to waste,' said Kole Dea, senior resident engineer of the Arizona Department of Transportation. "If something can't go back into the project, then it's recycled." Asphalt millings, concrete, metal and steel are the most common types of waste, but the project team has future plans for all of them. Click for more...

Komatsu Announces Plans to Acquire German-Based Manufacturer GHH Group GmbH →

Komatsu announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire GHH Group GmbH (GHH), a manufacturer of underground mining, tunnelling and special civil engineering equipment headquartered in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Founded in the 1960s and currently part of the German-owned Schmidt Kranz Group, GHH offers a wide range of equipment focused on loaders (LHDs) and articulated dump trucks in the mid-seam mass mining, narrow vein and low-profile market segments. Click for more...

IAAP Hosts 54th Annual Convention, Miner Safety Conference →

The Illinois Association of Aggregate Producers (IAAP) once again came together at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Springfield, Ill., for the organization's 54th annual Convention and Miner Safety Conference Dec. 5 to 6, 2022. This event is one of the largest aggregate industry gatherings in the Midwest, with 57 of IAAP's associate member companies having booths in the expo. An opening reception with dinner and a Casino Night started the convention off as friends came together and attendees had a chance to network. Click for more...

Caterpillar Announces Collaboration With Luck Stone to Scale Autonomous Solutions to Aggregates Industry →

Caterpillar Inc. announced a collaboration with Luck Stone, a large family-owned and operated producer of crushed stone, sand and gravel, to deploy Caterpillar's autonomous solution to Luck Stone's Bull Run Plant in Chantilly, Va. This will be Caterpillar's first autonomous deployment in the aggregates industry and will expand the company's autonomous truck fleet to include the 100-ton-class Cat 777. Click for more...

CDE Announces Plans for ConExpo →

CDE, one of the leading suppliers of sand and aggregate washing solutions for the waste recycling and natural processing sectors, has announced its plans for ConExpo-Con/AGG 2023 where it will debut new equipment, new projects and showcase the waste recycling solutions that are transforming dirt into dollars across North America. CDE co-creates with its customers to design and engineer solutions that maximize the use of natural resources while unlocking value from waste streams. Click for more...

Durex Products to Feature Full Product Lineup at ConExpo-Con/AGG →

Durex Products Inc. , based in Luck, Wis., will display its screen media, liners, wear parts and screen accessories in booth #C32567 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, March 14 to 18, 2023. The company offers numerous innovative urethane, rubber and 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...

Metso Outotec Metrics Now Extended to Cover Stationary Crushers →

Metso Outotec is introducing yet another innovative digital offering expansion to now cover stationary crushers and NW Rapid equipment. The expanded Metrics remote monitoring solution offers full connectivity to support aggregate contractors and quarries with their critical crushing and screening process. Metrics helps customers to optimize their process, as they can easily see how changes implemented at their site have impacted their operations. Click for more...

Mazio Attachments to Display Innovative Attachments at ConExpo →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Mazio will have its experts on hand in the West Hall, at booth # W43211, during ConExpo-Con/AGG, March 14 to 18, 2023, in Las Vegas. Visitors will learn how Mazio's attachments will help them save time and money in the quarry and on the job site. Mazio's newest innovation for 2023 is the tilt-rotator for excavators. Tilt-rotators have seen great interest in Europe, and they are growing in popularity within the United States. Click for more...

Terex Launches Cedarapids CRC1350 Portable Cone Crusher Plant →

Terex has launched the Cedarapids CRC1350 portable cone plant featuring the new TC1300X cone crusher. The complete CRC1350 solution delivers peak productivity at an economical price point and easy access maintenance, according to the manufacturer. The implementation of the enhanced TC1300X cone crusher features 400 hp, a significant increase in power over the previous version. The TC1300X use of high efficiency roller bearings, boasts several notable advancements that enhance performance and functionality overall. Click for more...

Astec Expands Distribution Agreement With AMI in Ind. →

Astec announced that heavy equipment dealer Aggregate Manufacturing International LLC (AMI) is expanding its product offering to include additional crushing and screening lines, as well as the BTI-branded rock breaker technology lines in the state of Indiana. "AMI has been a long-time dealer of Astec," said Ron Earl, group vice president of sales and marketing of Astec. "They started several years ago with representing the Telsmith product and we are excited to offer them the rest of our traditional, stationary crushing and screening lines and rock breaking equipment." "We strive to be a full-service supplier and partner to the aggregate and industrial industries," said Mike Garard of AMI. Click for more...

Two For One: Levy's Crawfordsville Site Replaces Two Drop Ball Cranes With One SENNEBOGEN 870 →

A long-time site manager for Levy Steel Mill Services, Tommy Combs, has worked in the scrap industry, from Alabama to Indiana, for 20 years. Everywhere he's been, he has seen SENNEBOGEN purpose-built scrap handlers on the job. But this is the first time he can actually feel one of the green machines as it goes to work. He's talking about the big SENNEBOGEN 870 R-HD Hybrid machine that Levy recently put into drop ball service at the Nucor steel mill in Crawfordsville, Ind. Click for more...

Metso Outotec Expands Next-Generation Metrics Monitoring System Portfolio to Screens →

The innovative cloud-based Metrics monitoring system portfolio is one of Metso Outotec's key digital solutions for customers. Metso Outotec is now expanding Metrics to cover the tools, sensors and dashboard access for monitoring customers' stationary screening equipment. With its 24/7 online monitoring capabilities, Metrics offers improved safety, increased uptime and throughput, and reduced unplanned maintenance. Click for more...

Komatsu Company-Owned Stores in Northeast Will Carry Genesis Demolition, Recycling Attachments →

When choosing demolition or recycling attachments, customers demand products that can excel in and withstand those tough applications. Because Genesis has earned an excellent reputation as a provider of high-quality attachments, the Komatsu company-owned stores in the northeast region will now offer attachments from Genesis. "We have partnered with Genesis to offer their products to our customers because they are a global leader in shear, concrete processor and grapple innovation," said Mike Kubas, vice president, Komatsu company-owned stores. Click for more...

Astec Announces Expanded Distribution Agreement With Stone Equipment →

Astec announced that heavy equipment dealer Stone Equipment Company is expanding its territory. Stone is expanding its offering of the rock breaker technology, crushing and screening, material handling and washing and classifying lines into North Carolina and South Carolina. Currently, the dealer represents the above lines, as well as mobile crushing and screening lines in Alabama, Georgia, select counties in Florida and Tennessee. Click for more...

Supertrak Introduces SK190TR Rubber Track Loader →

Supertrak has announced the return of the dedicated rubber track loader high horsepower option for its compact size product offerings. For years, Supertrak has offered 120 to 140 hp in compact machines with dedicated closed loop high flow high pressure systems to meet the demand of increased production and retain cooling in the vegetation industry. The SK190TR is the industry's first most powerful 190 hp stage 5 rubber track loader in its size class that meets the 1 ton towable market, according to the manufacturer. Click for more...

Soil Recycling Co.'s New Terex Ecotec Machines →

Soil Recycling Co. recently purchased two Terex Ecotec machines – TTS 620T tracked trommel and TSC 65T tracked stacking conveyor – from Australian Distributor Finlay Waste and Recycling. Soil Recycling Co. is a mobile soil recycling, remediation, screening and solid inert waste reduction company servicing the construction industry in Victoria, Australia. Founded in 2020 and headquartered in Melbourne the company's mission is to reduce organic waste through innovative and environmentally responsible solutions Having spent several years in the landscaping business Chris Keay, director of Soil Recycling Co., understands how important soil is to successfully grow a sustainable landscape and witnessed first-hand the inefficient process of treating soils and organic materials. Click for more...

Former IAAP Executive Director George Dirkes Passes Away →

George Earnest Dirkes passed away on Oct. 17, 2022, at the age of 92. He was a month shy of celebrating his 93rd birthday. He is survived by his loving wife, Patricia, daughters Kathleen Palmer (Philip Palmer) and Jennifer Dirkes (Michael Smith), grandchildren Kyle Palmer (Maggie Palmer) and Emma Palmer (Nathan Fisher), and great-granddaughter Abigail Palmer. Mr. Dirkes was born in Chicago on Nov. Click for more...

Extensions With SPECTIVE CONNECT Now Available for Other Kleemann Crushing Plants →

The intuitive operating concept SPECTIVE includes various components that are ideally tuned to one another and accompany the machine operator during the entire working day. The digital extension SPECTIVE CONNECT is now also available for other Kleemann crushing plants. Simple work site digitalization with SPECTIVE CONNECT is now available for the mobile jaw crusher MOBICAT MC 120(i) PRO and the cone crusher MOBICONE MCO 110(i) PRO. Click for more...

CB Con-Agg Partners With Veterans Outreach of Pennsylvania →

CB Con-Agg, a division of Cleveland Brothers, recently partnered with the Veterans Outreach of Pennsylvania (VOPA) to clear 5 acres of land to make room for 15 tiny homes dedicated to homeless veterans in central Pennsylvania. VOPA is a nonprofit organization with a mission dedicated to combating homelessness among veterans by providing the support and services needed to promote an empowered life. Click for more...

Upsizing to SENNEBOGEN 870 Brings Yard-Wide Improvement to Cimco Resources' Sterling Shredder Operations →

Ron Brenny is operations manager of the largest of seven scrap recycling yards owned by Cimco Resources in Illinois and Wisconsin. The 26-acre facility in Sterling, Ill., can receive as much as 800 tons of material a day, from plastics to electronic waste, but the bulk of it is destined for the site's Metso mega-shredder. Cars and farm equipment, demolition scrap and industrial metals are meticulously sorted to match orders for shred from nearby mills. Click for more...

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