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Drones, explosives and the environment are among the issues being discussed at a regional meeting being held by the Aggregates and Sand Producers Association of South Africa (ASPASA).

The meeting takes place on July 9 at Drift Supersand, Plot 121, Abraham van Wyk Road, Muldersdrift, Gauteng Province, starting at 9am.

Presentations will include "Update on Explosives - Explosives Update by ASPASA" by Corrie Rautenbach; "Waste, water and other environmental issues - update on ASPASA About Face Audit (Co

Ritchie Bros says it staged its largest-ever auction in Japan this week (July 2), selling more than 330 equipment items and trucks for dozens of owners at its site in Narita.

This year, UK-based Grundon celebrates turning 90 and to commemorate this milestone, a book has been produced which highlights the company’s innovations and successes from 1929 to 2019, alongside a history of how Britain’s management of waste has evolved.

Entitled ‘The Road from Sand & Gravel’, the book focuses on the family behind the name and charts the company’s history from its humble origins with two men and a truck, through its growth as an aggregate extraction and haulage business, to its current

Green’s Haulage and Plant, the Leicestershire, England-based construction equipment specialist, has purchased its first Bell Equipment bowser; a water distributing tanker, purpose designed and built onto a pre-owned B30D articulated hauler.

The machine, which is currently proving its worth dousing dust in the Newbold Quarry in Staffordshire, central England, is succeeding in making the surrounding environment cleaner, safer and more comfortable for operating staff and neighbouring residents.

The pre-

The Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) and European Cement Research Academy (ECRA) have announced a formal Partnership Agreement. The strategic alliance is aimed at fostering innovation in the cement and concrete sectors and across their value chain partners.

Under the terms of the Partnership Agreement, the London, England-headquartered GCCA and ECRA have granted each other mutual membership in order to facilitate effective collaboration. In addition, ECRA's managing director will join the

A new English record for the largest continuous concrete pour has been set at EDF Energy’s Hinkley Point C (HPC) new nuclear power station in Somerset, west England.

Hanson UK supplied the raw materials for the concrete to main civils contractor BYLOR, which operates the on-site concrete production plant.

The 9,000m³, five-day, pour was to construct the last of five reinforced concrete segments that make up the cross-shaped foundations on which all of the first nuclear reactor’s buildings will sit. Th

Almost 1,500 applications were received for the 9th edition of the CEMEX-Tec Award, doubling the number of applications from 2018 to 2019.

The CEMEX-Tec Award was launched globally last year, and in addition to the Transforming Communities and Social Entrepreneurs categories, two new categories were launched this year: Community Entrepreneurship and Collaborative Action. The Social Entrepreneurs category achieved the highest number of applications with 757; followed by Transforming Communities with 335;

Aggregate Industries’ Woodhall Spa quarry in Lincolnshire, east England, has been working tirelessly to reduce the impact of floods on nearby communities.

Earlier in June, two months’ worth of rain poured across Lincolnshire in just two days. As a result, many communities across the county faced the very real threat of flooding.

Between 11th and 13th June, Woodhall Spa quarry provided Kirkby-on-Bain with 450 25kg sand bags used to barricade roads and divert rising water into fishing lakes and rivers,

The Swedish city of Gothenburg will grow by almost one third to 2035. There is a need for space for 150,000 new residents and 80,000 new homes and workplaces. Part of the plan is the Karlastaden, a district where Gothenburg's new landmark, Karlatornet is being built. Thomas Concrete Group is involved in developing and delivering ready-mixed concrete for the eye-catching project.

The construction work around the construction of Karlatornet, Gothenburg's first skyscraper, began as early as 2017. Thomas Con

South Africa’s largest cement maker PPC has named its next CEO with the appointment of Dutch-national Roland van Wijnen.

With 17 years of experience at LafargeHolcim, Van Wijnen was chosen following a global search, which kicked off in November 2018, to find the successor to Johan Claassen.

“Considering the specialised nature of the industry, and its challenges, as soon as Johan decided to
retire, the board began a process to identify a high calibre candidate, with extensive experience in
leading c

At its site near the village of Blackwater, in Wexford, south-east Ireland, D’Arcy Sands was facing a combination of site-specific challenges, namely water supply and reliance on a traditional bucket wheel classifying system. It recently partnered with industry-leading wet processing equipment manufacturer CDE to commission a new wet processing plant which was showcased at an Open Day event in June.

HeidelbergCement says its subsidiary HeidelbergCement France has finalised the acquisition of Cemex’s Centre region aggregates and ready-mixed concrete businesses in France.

“With this acquisition, we strengthen our vertically integrated market position in central France,” explains Dr. Bernd Scheifele, chairman of the managing board of HeidelbergCement. “The operations fit very well into our existing network of aggregates and ready-mixed concrete plants in the Paris region, and we expect significant syne

Epiroc, a leading global drill rigs and automation solution supplier to the quarrying, mining and construction industries, says its first fully autonomous SmartROC D65 surface drill rig is now in production.

Designed for open-pit mining and quarrying customers, the SmartROC D65 removes the operator from potentially hazardous benches in a mine or a quarry, while also allowing operators to carry out other tasks while the rig is drilling. Other benefits are increased productivity and better hole quality. Th

Saudi Arabia-based Alsafwa Cement Company has signed a contract with FLSmidth to increase its white cement production capacity.

Alsafwa aims to convert to a dual white and grey cement production line in early 2020 to target a share of the significant growth in demand for white cement in the local market.

Referencing a 2018 Mordor Intelligence report, Denmark-based FLSmidth says that emerging economies in particular are driving global white cement demand as construction activities increase.

It adds