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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.

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Ravi Saligram is to leave his roles as CEO and director of Ritchie Bros Auctioneers from October 1 this year.

Ritchie Bros-owned IronPlanet says it is hosting one of its largest ever European online equipment auctions today (June 28).

Miller UK, a supplier of innovative, high quality attachments to the world’s leading quarrying and construction equipment manufacturers, dealers and excavator end users, has appointed James Ross as the firm’s new business development director.

Ross joins the Cramlington, Northumberland, north-east England-headquartered company as it looks to executive its strong expansion plans, including adding to its product portfolio and establishing a bigger global market presence.

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Terex Finlay has appointed Komatsu Poland to distribute and support the full line up of Terex Finlay crushers, screeners and conveying equipment in Poland.

Komatsu Poland will also provide genuine spare parts and support services to the existing population of Terex Finlay machines in the market with immediate effect. Komatsu Poland is a full-service heavy equipment dealership that has served customers in the quarrying, aggregates, building, construction and recycling for over 15 years.

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CRH, the Irish headquartered, global building materials group, says Bill Teuber is resigning from the group’s board with immediate effect for personal reasons.

A U.S. national, 67-year-old Teuber was appointed to the CRH board in March 2016. He also served on CRH’s audit committee, finance committee and remuneration committee.

Until September 2016, Teuber was the vice chairman of EMC Corporation. In previous roles he was responsible for EMC’s global sales and distribution organisation (2006-2012) and

The site - used.komatsu.eu - has been redesigned and developed in collaboration with Mascus and Ritchie Bros Asset Solution. Komatsu Europe says that software and improved tools will help the company and its European dealers to better manage, analyse and remarket their used equipment via an inventory management system (Komatsu IMS).

Komatsu's inventory management system (Komatsu IMS) is accessible by all European Komatsu dealers, allowing them to publish info of their available used equipment on various

The 3.9 billion ton global cement market is being tipped to return to slight growth until 2023 after posting marginal declines from 2013 to 2018, according to a new study by the Freedonia Group (Freedonia).

A forecasted 1% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) in world cement sales during the 2018-2023 period will, Fredonia’s Global Cement report claims, be achieved despite reduced demand for the key building material in China, which accounted for over half of total global cement sales in 2018.

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Hanson UK has bought two new Hitachi ZX890LCR-6’s for its fleet operating at Shap Beck Quarry in Cumbria and Chipping Sodbury Quarry in South Gloucestershire.

The two machines were part of a package of 16 awarded to Hanson Construction Machinery UK (HCMUK) following a tender process in 2018, which also includes four ZX690LCR-6s and several wheeled loaders.

After a 90-tonne Hitachi machine was moved from one Hanson quarry over to Chipping Sodbury for a trial, HCMUK says that Hanson chose to invest in

Cementos Argos has been granted a patent for the formulation and method of obtaining ultra-high concrete performance or advanced concrete.

The Superintendence of Industry and Commerce in Colombia granted the patent of invention until 2035.

Cementos Argos, the cement operation of Grupo Argos, says the advanced concrete has greater mechanical resistance (compression, direct traction and bending), offering greater resistance to attacks by chemicals and having high fluidity in a plastic state. These prope

Kubota UK recently staged the British exhibition premiere of Kubota’s prototype KX019-4 LPG (Liquid Petroleum Gas) mini excavator and KC70-4e electric mini crawler dumper.

First showcased at bauma 2019 in Munich, Germany, in April, the KX019-4 LPG was a prominent feature on Kubota UK’s 40th anniversary year-themed stand at Plantworx 2019 (11-13 June) held at The East of England Showground in Peterborough. The prototype model can run on LPG and is powered by a next generation Kubota Spark Ignition series

Mineral Products Association (MPA) chief executive Nigel Jackson has praised major and small and medium-sized UK mineral products sector MPA member companies for their resilience amid huge business uncertainty created by the ongoing Brexit saga.

Speaking at the MPA’s 10th anniversary annual conference – ‘Mineral Products 2019 - Planning Long…Embracing Change - before a packed audience, including many CEOs, from 90 different organisations spanning MPA member companies, NGOs, trade associations, consultant

There were strong environmental and health and safety themes at this year’s British Aggregates Association AGM.

More than 100 delegates listened to a diverse range of morning presentations involving representatives from companies and organisations including Carbon8, DustScan, Calor, Natural England, DXB Pump & Power and MPQC (Mineral Products Qualifications Council).

The afternoon programme saw James Thorne, IQ chief executive, Colin Mew, principal inspector of GB quarries for the Health & Safety Exec

Fifteen per cent of aggregates and mining companies are saving between 600 to 2,400 hours in employee time a year by using aerial drones, according to a customer survey conducted by US drone-based aerial intelligence company Kespry.

The survey states that another 27% are saving 120-240 hours a year. Kespry surveyed the 220 aggregates and mining customers that use its platform across 3,311 worksites across North America. It found that 20% of companies are saving US$50,000-US$100,000+ a year by using drone