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HighRAP research project paving the way to understand Asphalt Recycling
HighRAP research project paving the way to understand Asphalt Recycling In spring, not only snowdrops and crocuses sprout, but also construction sites on Swiss roads. Repair work, patching and renewal...
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Cemex ground-breaking Lower Carbon Asphalt paves way for Cycle Project in Liverpool
Cemex ground-breaking Lower Carbon Asphalt paves way for Cycle Project in Liverpool Global building materials solutions supplier Cemex has helped to deliver the successful completion of an innovative...
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Cemex increases investment in UK Asphalt Business
Cemex increases investment in UK Asphalt Business Global building materials supplier Cemex is making strong progress with a significant investment programme into its UK asphalt operation. This include...
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Aggregate Industries explores Building Roads of the Future
Aggregate Industries explores Building Roads of the Future As climate change, urbanisation and soaring car ownership continue to fuel a new age of sustainable road infrastructure, Neil Leake, National...
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Vögele’s new Mini-Paver in big demand after successful launch in Europe
Vögele’s new Mini-Paver in big demand after successful launch in Europe Following the premiere at Bauma 2022, Vögele has now started supplying the diesel-powered MINI 500 and MINI 502 models. Th...
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VolvoCE wins EPA Grant to test DD25 Electric Compactor in California
VolvoCE wins EPA Grant to test DD25 Electric Compactor in California Volvo Construction Equipment is expected to receive a $1.1 million grant to conduct a pilot project of its new DD25 Electric asphal...
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Wirtgen W200Fi Milling Machine renovates Stadio Olimpico running track in Rome
Wirtgen W200Fi Milling Machine renovates Stadio Olimpico running track in Rome Built in 1927 as Stadio dei Cipressi (Cypress Stadium), the Stadio Olimpico has hosted a wide variety of high-attendance...
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Cemex expands Vertua Range for more Sustainable Asphalt Solutions
Cemex expands Vertua Range for more Sustainable Asphalt Solutions Cemex’s VIALOW, VIAFLOW®, and VIACOURT® asphalt, plus newer products that use a lower carbon bitumen, now form a new series of high-pe...
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Aggregate Industries takes pole position after resurfacing Donington Park
Aggregate Industries takes pole position after resurfacing Donington Park Donington Park is one of the world’s most iconic race venues, hosting some of motorsport’s most prestigious national and inter...
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Keeping British Roads safe doesn’t need to cost the Earth
Keeping British Roads safe doesn’t need to cost the Earth Local authorities have a statutory responsibility to ensure that their road networks are in a safe and serviceable condition. At the sam...
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Staffordshire County Council’s JCB Pothole Pro clocks in for its first shift
Staffordshire County Council’s JCB Pothole Pro clocks in for its first shift Staffordshire County Council’s brand-new Pothole Pro has clocked on for its first shift – on the doorstep of the JCB...
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Vögele celebrates huge demand for new Mini Pavers in Europe
Vögele celebrates huge demand for new Mini Pavers in Europe Following the premiere at Bauma 2022, Vögele has now started supplying the diesel-powered MINI 500 and MINI 502 models. The company’s smalle...
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Restoring Skid Resistance in Cyngor Gwynedd
Restoring Skid Resistance in Cyngor Gwynedd When multiple roads in the Dwyfor area of Cyngor Gwynedd were identified to have skid resistance below the required levels, a solution was required to resto...
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Caterpillar simplifies Soil Compactor Nomenclature
Caterpillar simplifies Soil Compactor Nomenclature Caterpillar has launched an initiative to simplify nomenclature for select models in the Cat® vibratory soil compactor range. To correlate with the G...
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New heavy-duty Cat 836 Landfill Compactor maximizes performance and reliability
New heavy-duty Cat 836 Landfill Compactor maximizes performance and reliability The new Cat® 836 Landfill Compactor leverages Caterpillar’s decades of experience in maximizing machine performance and...
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Benninghoven Recycling Priority Asphalt Plant champions Green Technology
Benninghoven Recycling Priority Asphalt Plant champions Green Technology A double première in the Swiss Confederation: September 2022 saw the start of production at Switzerland’s first Benninghoven Re...
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Balfour Beatty and Metcon win Raleigh-Durham Airport Authority Contract
Balfour Beatty and Metcon win Raleigh-Durham Airport Authority Contract Balfour Beatty’s Building operations and joint venture partner Metcon Inc., in association with Right Build and Varnedoe Constru...
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OCL Regeneration’s New Recycling Centre to Revolutionise Road Construction
OCL Regeneration’s New Recycling Centre to Revolutionise Road Construction OCL Regeneration has announced the launch of a new recycling centre in Medway’s Hoo peninsula, dedicated to asphalt, co...
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Caterpillar adding a compact line of Asphalt Pavers and Screeds
Caterpillar adding a compact line of Asphalt Pavers and Screeds Caterpillar Inc. announces that it will be adding a new compact line of asphalt pavers and screeds to the Paving Products family. These...
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VÖGELE high-performance Asphalt Pavers heading to CONEXPO
VÖGELE high-performance Asphalt Pavers heading to CONEXPO At CONEXPO 2023, VÖGELE will be presenting an attractive cross-section of its current product range: From the small paver, the SUPER 700i, the...
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Bio Bitumen promises Sustainable Asphalt Manufacturing
Bio Bitumen promises Sustainable Asphalt Manufacturing QM Recycled Energy has been appointed the exclusive UK distributor of German company B2 Square’s Bio Bitumen. This is a completely new meth...
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HAMM set for Conexpo with Earthworks and Asphalt Construction Innovations
HAMM set for Conexpo with Earthworks and Asphalt Construction Innovations HAMM is presenting a packed program at Conexpo/CON-AGG 2023, including several world premieres as well as innovative further d...
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The History of Bitumen
The History of Bitumen Bitumen is a substance produced through the distillation of crude oil, a sticky, black, highly viscous liquid, or semi-solid form, of petroleum. It is renowned for its waterproo...
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Oil and Bitumen Highlights: Slope of Crude after new job data
Oil and Bitumen Highlights: Slope of Crude after new job data Bitumen Report – February 8, 2023 Pressure on crude knocked the price down by 7 percent. Singapore fuel was volatile as oil but bitumen s...
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CEMEX puts the Future into Action with RUBBERMIX crumb rubber asphalt
CEMEX puts the Future into Action with RUBBERMIX crumb rubber asphalt CEMEX is proud to present RUBBERMIX ASPHALT, a crumb rubber solution which offers an alternative recovery option for used tyres by...
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New HAMM HX pivot-steered Tandem Rollers more sustainable and intelligent
New HAMM HX pivot-steered Tandem Rollers more sustainable and intelligent HAMM presents a new generation of pivot-steered tandem rollers: The HX series. Replacing the previous DV+ series, it is impres...
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Oil and Bitumen Highlights: Movements of Markets
Oil and Bitumen Highlights: Movements of Markets Bitumen Report – 9 Jan, 2023 Financial markets have started 2023 on Wednesday and crude oil initiated by falling further. Bitumen stayed in the former...
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Lintec & Linnhoff manufacturing new Asphalt Plants in Malaysia
Lintec & Linnhoff manufacturing new Asphalt Plants in Malaysia Lintec & Linnhoff has kicked off production of its asphalt and concrete batching plants at its newest facility, a manufacturing s...
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Astec joins the Better Plants Program run by the US Department of Energy
Astec joins the Better Plants Program run by the US Department of Energy Astec has joined the Department of Energy (DOE) Better Plants program that works with leading U.S. manufacturers to achieve vol...
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Oil and Bitumen Highlights: Geopolitical Risks adds Up to Energy Crisis
Oil and Bitumen Highlights: Geopolitical Risks adds Up to Energy Crisis Bitumen Report – December 12, 2022 Petrochemicals and fuel fell further along with oil. Crude got to its lowest price in 2022. B...
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Shell and Connect Plus accelerate Decarbonisation of Road Construction
Shell and Connect Plus accelerate Decarbonisation of Road Construction Shell has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Connect Plus – a consortium that includes Edge Orbital Holdings L...
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Yas Marina F1 Circuit in Abu Dhabi resurfaced in just two weeks
Yas Marina F1 Circuit in Abu Dhabi resurfaced in just two weeks First opened in 2009, the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi is now a key part of the Formula One (F1) season, often holding the final race...
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Bio-based alternative to petroleum-based Asphalt Additive could extend pavement life
Bio-based alternative to petroleum-based Asphalt Additive could extend pavement life It all started about 12 years ago when a high school teacher visiting Iowa State University for a summer program as...
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New machine-learning technique could help reduce Potholes
New machine-learning technique could help reduce Potholes Researchers have developed new “intelligent compaction” technology, which integrates into a road roller and can assess in real-time the qualit...
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GSSI PaveScan RDM 2 uncovers inconsistencies during the Paving process
GSSI PaveScan RDM 2 uncovers inconsistencies during the Paving process GSSI, the world’s leading manufacturer of ground penetrating radar (GPR) equipment, highlights their PaveScan RDM 2.0, a second-g...
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Road Widener FH-R Material Placement Attachment cuts labour in half
Road Widener FH-R Material Placement Attachment cuts labour in half Road Widener LLC, a leading global manufacturer of road construction equipment, offers the patented FH-R material placement attachme...
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Oil and Bitumen Highlights: More Crude Bullishness by new IEA Reports
Oil and Bitumen Highlights: More Crude Bullishness by new IEA Reports Bitumen Report – November 8, 2022 The above 4% growth of crude during the first week of November made many hopefuls for $100 oil....
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Window Coating could keep Buildings cool without using any energy
Window Coating could keep Buildings cool without using any energy As climate change intensifies summer heat, demand is growing for technologies to cool buildings. Now, researchers report in ACS Energy...
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Oil and Bitumen Highlights: Economic Turmoil and Political Tensions
Oil and Bitumen Highlights: Economic Turmoil and Political Tensions Bitumen Report – November 1, 2022 Crude, stalled in the range of 92 to 94 during the last week of October, shows that the market is...
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Trimble drives autonomy with Horizontal Screed Control for Vögele Pavers
Trimble drives autonomy with Horizontal Screed Control for Vögele Pavers Trimble introduced today the Trimble® Roadworks Paving Control Platform version 2.10 with Horizontal Steering Control for Vögel...
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Oil and Bitumen Highlights: Mixed signals hit Traders again
Oil and Bitumen Highlights: Mixed signals hit Traders again Bitumen Report – October 25, 2022 The crude oil market acted uncertainly toward all the bearish and bullish factors in the market. But the u...
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Oil and Bitumen Highlights: Quick Drop of Commodities
Oil and Bitumen Highlights: Quick Drop of Commodities Bitumen Report – October 18, 2022 Crude oil fell by over 6% during the week. But Bitumen surprisingly increased or stayed steady. Brent closed at...
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Oil and Bitumen Highlights: Trend Confusion Among Traders
Oil and Bitumen Highlights: Trend Confusion Among Traders Bitumen Report – October 10, 2022 Crude oil had the biggest weekly growth since March 2022 and it shocked the market participants. Bitumen als...
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Benninghoven driving sustainability in Asphalt Production
Benninghoven driving sustainability in Asphalt Production Working more efficiently with sustainable and economical technologies is the challenge of today and tomorrow. Solutions from Benninghoven lowe...
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Hamm to introduce new HX pivot-steered Tandem Rollers at bauma
Hamm to introduce new HX pivot-steered Tandem Rollers at bauma With the HX series, HAMM is launching a new generation of Intelligent compaction, with the pivot-steered tandem rollers on the market at...
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Oil and Bitumen Highlights: Confused Traders Wondering in Markets
Oil and Bitumen Highlights: Confused Traders Wondering in Markets Bitumen Report – September 12, 2022 All Markets have lingered in shock of oil as crude suddenly fell by 8% and quickly recovered after...
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Oil and Bitumen Highlights: Growth Happened Besides Uncertainties
Oil and Bitumen Highlights: Growth Happened Besides Uncertainties Bitumen Report – September 5, 2022 The fall of crude oil, for the third consecutive month, slowed down bitumen growth but couldn’t sto...
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Foamix Reduced Carbon Asphalt launched by Aggregate Industries
Foamix® Reduced Carbon Asphalt launched by Aggregate Industries Leading construction materials supplier, Aggregate Industries, has launched a reduced carbon asphalt that is 100% recyclable and ideal f...
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Oil and Bitumen Highlights: Another Growth Approaching
Oil and Bitumen Highlights: Another Growth Approaching Bitumen Report – 29 August 2022 Crude oil grew back slightly as expected leaving the bitumen market a bit confused. The weakness is not ove...
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WJ helps councils reinvigorate parks into vibrant spaces
WJ helps councils reinvigorate parks into vibrant spaces The last two years have seen public spaces grow in importance. When national restrictions limited people to outdoor contact only, parks became...
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