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Irish building materials giant CRH has posted a strong set of trading figures for the first nine months of 2019.

Clean energy startup Heliogen, whose offerings include the Heliomax solution for solar energy-based cement production, has commercially launched its business.

The California-based company has backers including Bill Gates and says its mission is mission is to create "the world’s first technology" that can commercially replace fossil fuels with carbon-free, ultra-high temperature heat from the sun and to transform sunlight into fuels at scale, helping to combat climate change.

The company says its techn

Atlas Copco has marked its century of operations in the UK with a look forward at how industrial technology might evolve over the next 100 years.

At a celebratory event in London on Wednesday 27 November, media and guests heard how Atlas Copco had been established in the UK with a single sales office selling diesel engines at the end of World War 1. It has now grown to become a large organization, employing more than 2,500 people at six production centres and multiple sales offices across the country.

Investments in the construction sector continue to grow, driven by the resumption of public works. This data comes from the SaMoTer-Prometeia Outlook. Its report says that while overall value in Italy in 2018 came to €139 billion, an increase of 3.5% is expected by the end of 2019 (€4.8 billion) followed in 2020 by a further €3.3 billion (+2.4%). These figures come from the construction industry report for October 2019 prepared by the SaMoTer-Prometeia Outlook. The survey analyses the performance of the sec

CEMEX says that its U.S. affiliate, Kosmos Cement Company (Kosmos), a partnership with a subsidiary of BUZZI UNICEM in which CEMEX holds a 75% interest, has signed a definitive agreement for the sale of certain assets to Eagle Materials for around US$665mn. The proceeds to CEMEX from the deal will be approximately US$499 million, a company statement revealed.

The assets being divested consist of Kosmos’ cement plant in Louisville, Kentucky, as well as related assets which include seven distribution termi

A 27-year-old from Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England, has become one of the first apprentices in the country to complete an industry-leading quarrying education programme.

Luke Fairhurst joined leading construction solutions company Tarmac in 2018 and came top of the class in the new Professional Operator Development Programme (PODP) – a vocational qualification in mobile and static operations.

The qualification enhanced Fairhurst’s professional understanding of the industry, the equipment and impo

China’s involvement in infrastructure developments in emerging markets across Asia continues to expand, according to a new report.

The GlobalData report estimates the total value of infrastructure projects (including building materials) in which Chinese contractors are at least partially involved at around US$235bn, while in South Asia the project values total US$191bn.

Chinese influence is expanding via the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), which was launched in 2013 to develop the modern day versions

Chinese construction and quarrying equipment manufacturer LiuGong has set out its ambitious plans for the European region in the period up to 2025.

Speaking at the LiuGong 'Vision 2020' 2019 European Dealer Conference in Poland, LiuGong Europe chairman Howard Dale said the company was "serious about being a successful and long-term player here in Europe".

Dale added that LiuGong's strategic vision for 2025 is supported by its Vision 2020 strategy, which sets out two major commitments.

"Firstly, it’

Ireland's Minister of State for Housing and Urban Development Damien English has officially launched the country's Geo Drilling Apprenticeship.