Europe

JCB Finance has now provided £50m in loans to the UK construction industry during the coronavirus pandemic.

Cement manufacturer Cementos Molins is reusing material resulting from the dismantling of three furnaces at its facilities in Sant Vicenç dels Horts, Barcelona.

Austrian company SBM Mineral Processing has supplied the Ventur Group with its EUROMIX 3300 SPACE SM 84 L concrete mixing plant for the production of ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC).

Terex Washing Systems (TWS) has named Martin Loughran as its new sales manager to ramp up direct selling in Ireland.

Hoffmann Green Cement Technologies has signed a five-year agreement for the supply of low-carbon cement with French property developer Ouest Réalisations.

John McDowell, one of the mineral extractives industry’s longest-serving professionals and fellow of the Institute of Quarrying (IQ), has been recognised in the New Year’s Honours 2021 List.

EvoQuip has appointed FJS Plant Repairs (FJS Plant) as its authorised distributor for Ireland.

CEMEX has provided Vertua low carbon concrete for a new office development in the Climate Innovation District in Leeds, northern England.

The next Extractive Industry Geology #EIGWebinar will be ‘Innovations in Dust Management’ by Daniel Quinn, senior consultant, DustScanAQ at midday on Wednesday 20 January 2021 on Zoom.

Danish cement and mining equipment and solutions specialist FLSmidth has revealed that it is in negotiations with ThyssenKrupp concerning the acquisition of ThyssenKrupp's mining business.