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LiuGong Direct (UK) is this week making its debut to the market at the Plantworx 2019 exhibition being staged at the East of England Arena, in Peterborough, England.

Liuzhou, China-headquartered LiuGong recently announced completion of its acquisition of Portsmouth, England-based Construction Plant & Machinery Sales (Southeast) Limited (CPMS), who now serve as LiuGong’s dealer for the UK. In completing the purchase of CPMS, LiuGong established its first international retail operation. The new entity, Li

The upgraded Terex Trucks TA300 articulated hauler will be on display at CQMS, Ireland’s largest construction and quarrying machinery show, which will take place at the Punchestown Event Centre near Naas on 21-22 June 2019.

The 28-tonne TA300 will be taking pride of place on the EMS outdoors stand 13, zone 2. EMS, which has been Terex Trucks’ dealer in Republic of Ireland since 2014, will be showing visitors how the latest product upgrade enhances the performance of the hauler, making it even more produ

Bankers are working on debt financings in excess of €1 billion to back a potential sale of Irish building materials group heavyweight CRH’s European distribution arm as bidders prepare second round bids, according to Reuters news agency banking sources.

Dublin, Ireland-headquartered CRH hired Bank of America Merrill Lynch earlier this year to run a sales process of the unit, which has an estimated value of €2 billion, the sources said.

Second round bids in an auction process are due by July 12 after

Metso has signed an agreement to acquire McCloskey International, a Canadian mobile crushing and screening equipment manufacturer, to expand Metso’s offering in the aggregates industry globally and to strengthen the customer reach, especially to general contractor customers.

The mobile aggregate equipment market is expected to grow by 4-6% annually during 2019-2023, driven by the underlying road construction spend. With this acquisition Metso will be able to better take part in the attractive growth of m

A long-standing user of Volvo Construction Equipment products, Tillicoultry Quarries has purchased a further three new Volvo loading shovels and another A30G articulated hauler for its quarrying operations spread across Scotland’s Central Belt and Ayrshire.

This latest package includes two L120H loading shovels complete with 3.5m³ rehandling buckets and boom suspension systems, one of which has been allocated to Tillicoultry’s Northfield quarry in Denny, Falkirk, the other to Tulliallan quarry in Tullial

With many species of UK bee on the brink of extinction and some having been lost entirely, EPC-UK, a trusted manufacturer and supplier of commercial explosives and blasting services for the quarrying and mining industries, has chosen to assign plots of its company land to keep and support bees and their pollenating activity.

Perceiving wildlife guardianship as part of its corporate role and incorporating farming, wildlife conservation and landscape protection divisions within its operation, EPC-UK has fo

Epiroc, a major global manufacturer of innovative drill rigs, rock excavation and construction equipment, is introducing a project focusing on the use of 3D printing capabilities for the manufacturing of spare parts on site and on demand. According to Anders Johansson, product manager at Epiroc, working with 3D technologies opens up unlimited possibilities for the company.

Innovation is a value for Epiroc, the company continuously search for new solutions. One promising technology that is gaining momentu

A leading manufacturer is revealing its ‘secrets’ to help ensure businesses in the quarry management sector benefit from the best possible service.

Elite Precast Concrete has become one of the UK's biggest suppliers of construction products to the industry by combining best value with the highest levels of customer care.

Now it has produced a ‘20 Questions’-style guide that sheds light on how the business operates, why it’s very different to other manufacturers and how it can claim to be both ‘the che

Finning UK & Ireland, the UK’s sole Caterpillar dealer, has used its Finsight data analytics team to help reunite a stolen Cat D6N dozer with its owners in less than a day.

After Whitelock Developments had found out about the theft on the morning of March 11th, they contacted the Finsight team to inform them of the incident, and to ask for their help in recovering the dozer. The D6N in question was fitted with the PL542 Product Link telematics box, which provides machine telemetry and location tracking d

CEMEX says it has supplied over 550,000 tonnes of aggregates and more than 300,000m3 of ready-mix concrete for the Grand Paris Express through its network of fixed and mobile plants.

The building materials company says the deployment of the mobile on-site concrete plants and its local network of 21 plants in Île-de-France has enabled it to provide timely delivery and backup, ensuring the delivery of optimal quantities of concrete within tight time frames.

The company adds that delivering a high stren

Fox Marble, an AIM-listed company focused on marble quarrying and finishing in Kosovo and the Balkans region, made an operating loss of €2.5m in 2018 - down from €2.9m in the preceding year.

The London, UK-registered company says it has also won a major new contract worth US$2.4m to supply its Alexandrian White marble for the construction of a temple in the United Arab Emirates.

For the year ended 31 December 2018 Fox Marble produced a total of 13,094 tonnes of marble at its Prilep Alpha (Macedonia

Krzysztof Kieres, general director of Dyckerhoff Polska, has been elected as the new chairman of the Polish Association of Cement Producers (SPC).

Kieres, 64, will serve a four-year term. He replaces Ernest Jelito, president of the board at Górażdże Cement, who has been chairman since January this year.

Kieres is a graduate of the Faculty of Economics and Sociology at the University of Lodz, specialising in economics and organisation of foreign trade. He has worked for a number of construction compan

Lafarge Cement – part of Aggregate Industries – has launched Lafarge Endure SR; a high performance, low carbon, CEM II blend cement.

While traditional CEM I blends use virgin clinker to produce the finished cement, Lafarge Endure SR blends Portland fly ash (PFA) with clinker, which results in a lower embodied CO2, as well as improved plastic and hardened properties when used in concrete.

Another benefit of using Lafarge Endure SR over a CEM I blend is its suitability for all ground types. Sulphates in