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The US Government is set to invest US$74.5billion in transport improvements in the 2013 financial year (October 1, 2012-September 30, 2013), President Barack Obama has revealed.

A major French quarrying company has shown confidence in the aggregates market by ordering two new large Hitachi excavators. Brittany-based Pigeon Carrières has taken delivery of the ZX870LCR-3 for one of its large granite quarries, and an identical Zaxis machine is being used at one of the company’s limestone quarries.

A Mineral Products Association (MPA) survey results for the fourth quarter of 2011 indicate that while overall industry markets were broadly positive during 2011,

Volvo’s new L250G wheel loader is being tested for the first time by a German family-run quarrying, logistics and concrete plant company with growing customer demands. Löderburger Baustoff + Transport (LBT), part of the larger Ferdinand Wesling Group, is using the machine at its two million tonnes a year yield limestone quarry in Stassfurt.

The use of specialist equipment to produce hydraulically bound mixtures can save 30-40% on the cost of landfill and backfill it is claimed. The transportation and removal of old material from certain highway projects has long been a problem for contractors. But David MacLynn believes that the answer, in many instances, could lie in the use of hydraulically bound mixtures (HBM), which he says can save between 30-40% on the cost of landfill and backfill.

US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood yesterday announced the first-ever federally proposed guidelines to encourage automobile manufacturers to limit the distraction risk for in-vehicle electronic devices.

A road safety programme in Sudan has won an achievement award from the International Road Federation.

The road network of Mozambique is set to benefit from a major investment from a Brazilian mining company.

High quality standards and high quality equipment have led to one company building a strong market share in a part of the US with high requirements on finish. The Pavement Maintenance Division of American Asphalt and Grading is based in Las Vegas, Nevada, but is highly active right across the states of California, Utah, Nevada and Arizona. This operation is run by Eric Reimschiissel and was established as a division from the parent company in 2001 and has since grown to have two paving/patching crews, two s

Colombia’s Ministry of Transport intends to invest a healthy US$5.59 billion in infrastructure during 2012.

Compact compaction units are delivering increased performance – Mike Woof reports. Competition is tough in the market for non-ride-on compaction units, with two manufacturers now introducing revamped models. Both JCB and Wacker Neuson aim to claim a larger section of the market with their latest designs, compaction plates and remote-controlled trench rollers respectively.

The shortlist of three bidders for the US$942million (£600m) plus Mersey Gateway Project in North West England has been revealed.

The new noise-damped cab for Volvo‘s single drum soil compactors is said to make the machines more comfortable to operate for a full working shift. The comprehensively redesigned one-piece cab is now fitted on Volvo’s latest SD70, SD77, SD115, SD130 and SD160 single drum soil compactors. The noise damping is said to radically reduce the sound levels at the operator’s ear, which is said to cut fatigue levels over the full working shift.

A key transport industry report has called for a 20-year transport infrastructure plan, while also highlighting the short-term need for more private sector investment.

A senior US manufacturing association figure said congressmen will be getting lobbied by a 20,000-strong campaign movement calling for the swift adoption of highway bills aimed at generating jobs and new transport infrastructure.

The Japanese Government is providing funds to help Nepal build 33 bridges to connect villages with the Sindhuli Road.

Construction of Vietnam’s Da Nang - Quang Ngai Expressway is due to commence at the end of 2012.

The Wirtgen Group is developing its manufacturing facilities outside of Germany. The company has extensive operations in Brazil and China and has now opened a new plant in India, which has started production already. Joint president Stefan Wirtgen said, “The first machine we made was a Hamm compactor. It is specially developed for the Indian market.”

Official approval has been given by the Chinese authorities for a new bridge that will link China with Vietnam.

New machines are now coming to the international market, with Chinese firms producing a particularly strong showing. At the last BICES exhibition in Chinese capital Beijing, one of the most notable developments was how many of the country’s equipment manufacturers now offer ranges of soil compaction and/or asphalt compaction equipment.