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The Institute of Quarrying (IQ) has announced the Northern Ireland finalists for its 2019 IQ Excellence Awards.

The winners will be revealed at the annual ‘Stonecrushers Ball’ taking place at the Europa Hotel, Belfast on Friday 25 October 2019.

The IQ Excellence Awards celebrate the exceptional achievements in the mineral products sector across regions in the UK with award presentations taking place in Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales and England. Each regional award winner automatically goes forwar

Aggregate Industries has recently supplied its ultra-red asphalt for the surfacing of a new cycle lane in the city centre of Sheffield, UK.

The construction materials company the surfacing project is part of its mission to improve road safety through better colour demarcation.

The project comes at a time of heightened concerns over cycle safety, with latest figures showing the number of cyclists killed or seriously injured in Great Britain has increased by 29% from 2008 to 20181. Aggregate Industries

Epiroc is shortly to start work on a new test centre in Örebro, Sweden that will carry out different types of exploration drilling tests and data acquisition.

With the start of October having brought a tirade of flash flooding across the UK and forecasters predicting a turbulent winter ahead, Aggregate Industries has stated that the case for Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) adoption has never been greater.

On the 1 October 2019 the Environment Agency issued 70 flood warnings and 181 alerts across England as torrential downpours drenched many parts of the UK, with some areas seeing as much as two weeks’ worth of rain in just an hour. The result was nationw

The Construction Products Association (CPA) has lowered its forecasts for construction output growth in 2020 and 2021.

The association's autumn forecasts have been downgraded from 1.0% (for 2020) and 1.4% (for 2021) to 0.5% and 0.9% respectively from its summer forecasts.

The CPA - which represents UK manufacturers and distributors of construction products and materials - says the downgrade reflects uncertainty around Brexit and major infrastructure delivery. The uncertainty most notably centres arou

The cement industry is fully aware of the issues concerning sustainability but it cannot solve these issues individually, according to Per Mejnert Kristensen of FLSmidth.

Kristensen, who is region president for Asia at the Danish-based cement and mining products and solutions company, was speaking about sustainability and the role of the cement industry at the second annual Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) Conference in Singapore.

On October 10, he joined other industry leaders on a panel

Topcon Positioning Group and BIA Africa will sell end-to-end solutions in West and Central Africa through SmartFleet, a new autonomous division, after their collaboration was made official.

The mining and construction industries in Africa are evolving at a record pace. Continuous improvement of equipment, 3D solutions and workflow management are essential for any organisation determined to succeed.

Topcon technologies are designed to provide mining and construction companies solutions to work faster

South African cement giant PPC is looking for a new chief financial officer (CFO) after Tryphosa Ramano said she would be resigning from her role on 31 October 2019.

Ramano told South African business media that she was departing for personal reasons. Ronel van Dijk has been made interim CFO until a permanent replacement is found.

Aggregates Business reported last month how PPC, South Africa’s largest cement maker, saw its EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Tax, Depreciation & Amortisation) rise by 5%-

FLSmidth, the Denmark-headquartered global mining and cement industries equipment and services supplier, has revised its financial guidance for full-year 2019.

Revenue is now expected to be in the range of DKK 20-21bn (€2.67- 2.81bn) - previously expected to be in the higher end of the DKK 19-21bn range).

The EBITA margin is now expected to be around 8% (previously expected to be in the lower end of the 9-10% range).

Return on capital employed is now expected to be 10-12% (previously 12-14%).

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The Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) has announced the winners of its “Concrete in Life” global photography competition, which attracted more than 5,000 entries from more than 40 countries.

The contest is designed to showcase the vital role played by concrete in supporting economies, connecting communities, and building innovative structures all over the world.

Open to professional and amateur photographers via social media and online, the competition was split across three categories (Ur

Connectivity has become such an essential feature that if you are not connected, you simply cannot perform to the high levels required of a modern job site.

That is the view of Catrin Nilsson, manager, connected solutions platform at Volvo Construction Equipment (CE), which recently achieved the landmark of 150,000 connected machines out of parent company Volvo Group's total of one million.

Nilsson says machine data can now provide customers with all the help they need to boost fuel efficiency, uptim

EPC Groupe showcased its latest developments in blasting techniques, products and processes at the recent EFEE (European Federation of Explosives Engineers) 10th World Conference on Explosives and Blasting.

Metso is expanding its mobile crushing and screening offering for the aggregates industry with a new 19-strong product portfolio.

The Nordtrack mobile range is designed to meet the requirements of general contractors in particular and includes jaw crushers, impact crushers, screens and conveyors.

Metso says the Nordtrack range is designed to make the contracting business more productive. It features standard designs for off-the-shelf availability, plug-and-play features and extensive Metso support ne

Off-road engine manufacturer DEUTZ has bought fellow German company Futavis, a development service provider for battery management hardware and software.