News, features and product information on portable plants and related equipment for the aggregates industry.
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Web Exclusive: Front lines October 10, 2011
Screen Machine Industries is supplying portable crushing and screening equipment to the U.S. Air Force at Kandahar Air Field in Afghanistan.More>>
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Deister Machine adds to new line of portable screening plants October 10, 2011
Deister Machine Co. Inc., manufacturer of vibrating feeding, scalping and screening equipment, says the portable heavy-duty horizontal screening plant with feed conveyor is the latest addition to its new line of premium portable screening plants.More>>
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Web Exclusive: Baking in the desert June 1, 2009
Super-high temperatures at a desert operation force processing equipment to show its mettle.More>>
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Mobiles in Mexico October 23, 2008
Fintec crushers are spearheading a highway project, which aims to enhance the local economy.More>>
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Portable versatility October 13, 2008
A Kentucky road builder and contractor benefits from the versatility of his quarry site's new portable setup.More>>
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Scalping Out Fines August 1, 2007
TriStar Aggregates Inc., Pawnee, Texas, needed a lot less fines and a lot more overall production to get maximum productivity from its 5,000-acre Blackburn Quarry at Berclair, Texas, about 70 miles south of San Antonio. TriStar caters primarily to the oilfield market (mostly natural gas deep wells...More>>
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Portable replacement February 1, 2007
Portable crushing and screening plants are increasingly becoming a viable part of the rock quarry production equation, and with good reason. They carry with them a relatively modest capital investment for the owner, when compared to purchasing a stationary plant with a corresponding production...More>>
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Byproduct into profit February 1, 2007
H.L. Chapman Pipeline Inc. is a company most contractors have heard of at one time or another. It is one of the largest custom-trenching and rock-excavating companies in the world - and it has a long history of tackling major challenges. H.L. Chapman maintains headquarters in Austin, Texas, and has...More>>
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There's gold in that there rip-rap August 1, 2006
Gold is unlikely to be found in rip-rap, but for Keller Crushing & Screening Inc. of Tunkhannock, Pa., rip-rap is golden.More>>
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Still going strong June 1, 2005
Back in 1958, when he was only 18 years old, Henry Red Torromeo started his own business: hauling dirt for contractors. His equipment was a single dump truck. Period.More>>
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