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Contractor Carlomagno Gaetano from Lagonegro in northern Italy has been contracted by main contractor SIS to build the new Renazza Tunnel on the A3 Salerno-Reggio Calabria highway. The previous tunnel, which collapsed in the past, is constructed through fragile ground conditions of mainly sand and clay, calling for delicate operations. Italian-Spanish contractor SIS entrusted Carlomagno with the excavation and with disposal of the excavated material from the tunnel workings. The two tunnel bores run paralle

The US move to implement financial regulation on the activities of mining and extractive industries in poor and war-torn countries has prompted calls for similar legislation in the EU. The US Securities and Exchange Commission passed two regulations on 22 August, 2012, implementing sections of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The Dodd-Frank regulation has been described as the most important piece of financial legislation introduced in the US since the great depression.

Andy Dix was recently elected president of the British Precast Concrete Federation, the trade body for concrete products in the UK. He tells Guy Woodford about what he aims to achieve in his new role Andy Dix is young at heart.The 51-year-old married father-of-two is a passionate believer in giving young people opportunities to shine in the property construction materials industry and regularly mentors students at the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply, where he holds a Fellowship. The fledgling a

For his second look at major quarries in the UK, Patrick Smith visits a ‘flagship quarry’ with history on its doorstep Steeped in history, the Priory Church of Saint Mary and Saint Hardulph has a dramatic setting. The church, which has a history dating back over 1,300 years, is perched on top of a hill, its sides having been dug away over many years through quarrying. Not any more. True, it stands proudly at the top of Breedon Hill in central England looking down over two Breedon Aggregates’ quarries a hund