Energy Intl stake in Chinese building materials and asphalt firm

China Gezhouba Group posted a year-on-year growth of 23.65% in revenue to US$5.8 billion (CNY 35.68 billion) January to June 2014. China Gezhouba, which is involved in property development, cement production and construction projects such as roads, railways, sewage and water supply, signed $11.42 billion (CNY 70.44 billion) worth of new contracts in the six-month period. The company's net profit increased 48.65% to $204.38 million (CNY 1.26 billion).

Meanwhile, fellow Chinese firm Allied Cement Holdings

Metso is helping Wai Kee Holdings produce uniform-quality aggregates cost-efficiently by supplying ten Lokotrack mobile crushing and screening units and four CW series wheeled conveyors to its Lam Tai quarry in Hong Kong, China. The equipment is enabling the company to crush rock in demanding and varying rock conditions.

To reach the required capacity at the quarry, the Metso fleet consists of two trains, each including five Lokotrack units: one Lokotrack LT120 jaw plant, two Lokotrack LT300HP cone plant

Investing in new equipment and using western quarrying techniques is helping one Chinese quarry to boost productivity. Second hand machinery, combined with high demand, means that some Chinese quarries are struggling to produce continuous supplies of aggregates for the construction market. Hong Kong owned Wah Tong Machinery Trading is working to overcome the supply problems in its Guangzhou quarry by investing in new equipment. The company is one of a new breed of contractors in the country, which are going

Chinese cement production company Huaxin Cement has completed its purchase of the South African operations of Brazil-based InterCement.