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A total of 19.62 million tonnes of sand and gravel were dredged from Crown Estate licences in England and Wales during 2018 - up by 3.2% from 19.00 million tonnes in 2017.

Cementos Argos has invested US$78m at its Rioclaro Plant in Colombia to begin manufacturing and distributing "green" cement.

Many of South Africa's quarries are under threat due to illegal operations and ill-considered borrow pits, which are undercutting the prices of formal quarries and bringing many to their knees. This is according to Nico Pienaar, director of the country's surface mining industry association ASPASA.

Italy-based Bedeschi says work is well under way on the 4.3km belt conveyor that it is constructing at the Lafarge Holcim Maroc cement plant in the Sous region of Morocco.

With the failing of South Africa’s state-owned enterprises, a tough economy and slowdown in the mining and construction industries, owners and investors in the country's surface mining sector should take heart that it still holds many opportunities for those who remain committed.

A company that designs, manufactures and distributes construction materials has been fined £400,000 after an employee suffered serious injuries, resulting in his left arm being amputated.

EPC-UK, a specialist in the field of commercial explosives and drilling & blasting for industries including quarrying, has welcomed trained chemist and PhD graduate Michelle Miller to the Bramble Island team in the role of general manager.

Terex Materials Processing (Terex MP) has reported Q4 2019 sales of US$321.4 million, down 10.2% compared to the same quarter of 2018.

The UK quarrying and mining sector has halved its overall investment in the EU since the Brexit vote, but earnings have rocketed up by more than £2 billion (€2.394bn) in that time, according to analysis of latest ONS (Office for National Statistics) data by R&D (research and development) tax relief specialist Catax.

JCB is reducing production levels at its UK factories due to anticipated component shortages from Chinese suppliers impacted by the coronavirus outbreak.

Italian off the road (OTR) tyre manufacturer TRM is supplying a large OTR multi-tool machine to Latin American tyre retreading technology company Renova.

Cypriot producer Vassiliko Cement Works has launched a photovoltaic renewable energy park.

Building materials group HeidelbergCement posted a 4.3% increase in revenue to €18,851m in 2019 compared to the previous year.