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‘Uniquely placed for Net Zero & Net Gain’, MPA calls for the Mineral Products industry’s contribution to be recognised

The Mineral Products industry has and will continue to play a vital role in delivering Net Zero carbon efficiency and biodiversity Net Gain. In his introductory address at Quarries & Nature 2019 held at The Royal Society in London, England, on 23rd October, Mineral Products Association (MPA) chief executive Nigel Jackson set out the industry’s action and showcased its achievements, whils

Volvo Penta is scaling up its commitment to the WWF Climate Savers programme by including its latest medium duty engine range. Boasting up to 5% in fuel consumption reduction with its Stage V engine range for off-road, Volvo Penta has taken yet another step in reducing its impact on the environment.

Two Liebherr R 956 crawler excavators are said to be proving key machines for Petitjean, a granite excavation company based in eastern France's Vosges mountain range. Since March 2019, the R 956 models have been used in the company’s two-hectare La Bresse and 10-hectare Senones quarries to position heavy weights before mining, to load trucks and for drillers and miners to move large rocks.

Petitjean’s 5000m³ annual production of ‘Gris bleu des Vosges’, ‘Feuille morte de Senones’ and ‘Rouge corail’ end an

During its Capital Markets Day today in Copenhagen, Denmark, FLSmidth launched MissionZero, a new sustainability programme aimed at significantly reducing emissions across the global cement and mining industries by 2030.

“With economic growth, urbanisation and growing populations comes the demand for infrastructure, such as housing, schools, hospitals and roads. Added to this, modern conveniences such as air conditioning, appliances and smartphones are high in demand, and renewable energy options such as

Maptek has announced Eduardo Coloma as its new global CEO to lead the business at an exciting time for mining.

Coloma is well known in the industry, having worked in South America and Australia for 20 years, with expertise in technical and managerial roles.

Commenting on the appointment, Peter Johnson, director of Maptek, whose software solutions are also used in quarrying, says the move is a very positive step for the company.

“This appointment will allow for further global growth in our business

Terex Ecotec, a leading recycled material processing equipment brand, has appointed Cimertex - Sociedade de Máquinas e Equipamentos SA as its new distributor in Portugal.

Metso is delivering three Lokotrack crushing and screening plants retrofitted for extreme cold for the reconstruction of the U.S. National Science Foundation’s (NSF) McMurdo research station in Antarctica. The equipment enables crushing in temperatures as low as -40 °C.

McMurdo Station, located on an island in the Ross Sea, is the U.S. Antarctic Program’s logistics hub and the largest of the three stations that the U.S. operates in Antarctica. McMurdo is being rebuilt under the Antarctic Infrastructure

The annual Stonecrushers Ball in Belfast provided the perfect setting to celebrate the Northern Ireland winners of the IQ Excellence Awards.

Hosted by the IQ Northern Ireland branch, the awards ceremony took place at the Europa Hotel, Belfast on Friday 25 October. Special guest Julian Smallshaw, Head of Education and Standards at the Institute of Quarrying (IQ), presented the awards alongside the branch chairman, Roy Wallace MIQ.

The IQ Excellence Awards celebrate the success of exceptional individual

Afrimat, a major South African open-pit mining company supplying construction materials, industrial minerals and bulk commodities, is celebrating a record set of interim results for the six months to 31 August 2019, with revenue up 19.9% to R1.7 billion (US$112.98mn).

Operating profit was up an eye-catching 56.9% to R318mn (US$21.13mn), while Afrmat’s headline earnings per share rose by 94.3% to 181.9 cents.

The firm’s Bulk Commodities segment, consisting of the Demaneng iron ore mine in Northern Cape

MPA: Modest rise in construction market demand for mineral products expected to be short-lived without Following a broad-based weakening in the first half of 2019, UK construction market demand for mineral products, including aggregates, asphalt, ready-mixed concrete (RMC) and mortar, improved in Q3 2019 compared to the previous quarter. Growth in mortar sales was the strongest, up 5.2% compared to Q2 2019, followed by asphalt (4.1%), aggregates (2.7%) and ready-mixed concrete (RMC) (1.4%).

Whilst welcom

Xylem, a leading global water technology company whose product range includes wastewater pumps for quarry applications, saw its third quarter 2019 revenue rise by 3% to US$1.3bn. The rise was said to be fuelled by healthy growth in the utilities end-market, moderated by slower-than-expected growth in industrial and commercial markets.

Xylem is updating its forecasted full-year 2019 revenue outlook to be in the range of $5.24 to $5.27 billion. On an organic basis, the U.S. headquartered firm’s revenue gr

Doosan Infracore Europe has secured a massive order for around 100 new Doosan wheeled loaders from CEMEX, a leading global building materials industry player.

Under the new deal agreed, Doosan has been confirmed as the sole supplier of new wheeled loaders for the European operations of CEMEX, covering facilities in France, the UK, Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic and Spain.

Commenting on the CEMEX order, Gilles Bendaoud, vice president of sales & marketing Europe for Doosan Infracore Europe, said: