Unleash the triple threat

Multotec Australia is offering the ACE System nationwide. Image: Multotec Australia Multotec Australia is offering the ACE System to the market as an easy-to-use solution that supports increased safety via hammerless panel maintenance. While delivering projects on time at the lowest cost per tonne is important, safety is a never-ending obligation from everyone involved, from …

Best in class

Metso’s team of experts travelled to Australia for the technical seminars. Image: Metso Local operators had the opportunity to learn from Metso’s experts over the course of three showcase events throughout Australia. Australian operators were treated to three educational showcases featuring Metso’s leading experts from its crushing and screening, development, and automation departments. The original …

iVolve is future focused with Komatsu Australia

David Eagles and Kim Parascos co-founded iVolve in 1995. Image: Komatsu Australia Komatsu Australia’s subsidiary, iVolve, has celebrated 30 years of pioneering industrial technology, with an exciting era ahead. When iVolve co-founders Kim Parascos and David Eagles established iVolve in 1995 in Australia’s heavy industrial sector three decades ago, the landscape was very different. Few industrial …

CCAA confirms its key leaders for 2026

Image: markobe/stock.adobe.com The Cement Concrete & Aggregates Australia (CCAA) has had its 2025 annual general meeting. CCAA chief executive Michael Kilgariff said that the association’s strong performance underpins its stable leadership and fundamental importance of the multiple industries it represents. “The heavy construction materials industry is essential to Australia’s economic future. Every major transport project, …

Researchers discover method to turn mine waste into concrete

Image: myphotobank.com.au/stock.adobe.com Flinders University researchers have made a groundbreaking discovery, by turning mining waste into a tool for sustainable concrete production. Flinders University college of science and engineering Dr Aliakbar Gholampour said that the applications for a rare earth by-product can be revolutionary in concrete production. “By examining the microstructural behaviour of DβS-based geopolymers under …

Holcim sets landmark nature targets

Image: Louis/ stock.adobe.com Holcim has set three science-based targets for freshwater withdrawal reduction. Developed using the Science Based Targets Network (SBTN) methodology and validated through the Accountability Accelerator, Holcim aims to advance its science-driven approach to nature. Holcim chief people and sustainability officer Carmen Diaz said that is strongly believes that science-based targets for nature …

Tutt Bryant delivers elite mobile crushing solution

Image: Tutt Burant Equipment Elite Maintenance Solutions deployed an optimised mobile crushing solution from Tutt Bryant Equipment to deliver its latest contract. Elite Maintenance Solutions faced a conundrum. It was involved in a project that required the production of a seepage filter sand, but the specification envelope was especially tight. With that in mind, the …

Alternative materials grow in demand

Ecocem founder and managing director Donal O’Riain. Image: Ecocem New research from the United Kingdom has added to the growing intrigue around alternative materials to be used in concrete and cement mixes. The UK Quality Ash Association (UKQAA) collaborated with Coventry-based Atritor and Titan-owned US-based company ST Equipment & Technology (STET) to demonstrate the capabilities …

Humes invests in next generation leaders

Image: Humes Holcim Australia has celebrated the development of 10 emerging leaders from its concrete products division, Humes.  The cohort of leaders has undergone three intensive modules, including leadership and safety, technical and operational excellence and sales and commercial acumen.  Humes sales manager Randall Hall said the program had a positive impact.  “The program really …

Quarrying momentum stateside

Image: art_zzz /stock.adobe.com Several US companies have made major announcements that will enhance their quarrying and aggregates businesses moving forward. The US aggregates sector is one of the largest in the global construction materials economy. It is often the source of many major innovations, including on the sustainability and safety frontiers. Quarry looks at some …