News

LafargeHolcim, the French-Swiss building materials heavyweight, posted a 6.4% year-on-year sales rise to €5.959 billion in the first quarter of 2019. Profitability increased in all business segments, while there was a 20.6% increase in EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation). The Group also achieved a significant reduction in its debt.

Looking ahead, LafargeHolcim sees its positive momentum in Q1 continuing throughout the rest of 2019. This is expected to include continued m

Danish company EMS Brüel & Kjaer has released a new EMU Environmental Monitoring Unit (EMU) that is capable of measuring noise, vibration, weather and blast overpressure simultaneously.

The device is suitable for a range of applications in quarrying, mining and construction, including outdoor monitoring for compliance assessment, background measurements or specific studies around quarries, airports, mines, construction sites, ports and other industries.

EMS Brüel & Kjaer says the EMU combines everythi

Volvo CE is staging a UK exhibition that will showcase LEGO represenatations of construction machines of the future that have been designed by members of the public.

The FutuRE:BUILD exhibition, arranged by Volvo CE in partnership with LEGO Technic - takes place at the London Transport Museum Covent Garden, London, from May 10–16.

Volvo CE and LEGO Technic invited members of the public from around the world to come up with their own inventive concepts for future construction machines.

The ten mode

Dr Andrew Minson, concrete and sustainable construction director at the Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) joined leaders in the built environment at a key global summit in New York to give a rallying call on the importance of concrete and modernising the construction sector for the future needs of the world.

Speaking at yesterday’s (Monday 13 May) annual ‘World Built Environment Forum Summit 2019’ alongside innovators and global influencers, Dr Minson set out the sector’s role in responding t

LafargeHolcim has published its Sustainability Report 2018 which outlines the economic, environmental and social performance of the global building materials company and presents its objectives for the strategic pillars of climate & energy, circular economy, environment and community.

In 2018, LafargeHolcim’s net CO2 emissions per tonne of cementitious material decreased to 576kg CO²/tonne, a 1% reduction from 2017 and equal to a 25% reduction compared with 1990 emissions. The improvement was achieved by

CEMEX has signed the final agreement to sell its aggregates and ready-mixed concrete assets in the North and North-West regions of Germany to GP Günter Papenburg AG for approximately €87 million. The Mexican global building materials market giant currently expects to close the sale during the second quarter of 2019.

The CEMEX assets in Germany being divested consist of four aggregates quarries and four ready-mixed concrete facilities in North Germany, and nine aggregates quarries and 14 ready-mixed conc

Engineering and design services company Wood has adopted the Delair UX11 high-performance UAV drone for its work in site planning and asset management on quarry and mining projects in the western US.

Wood is initially deploying the drone to do high accuracy, 3D topographic surveys and materials quantification for mineral mining in Idaho and Wyoming. It is the first fixed-wing UAV Wood has deployed in the western US.

“For the scale of the projects we are performing, and the accuracy required, adopting

HeidelbergCement claims to be the first company in the cement sector - and one of only 200 companies worldwide - to have met science-based CO2 reduction targets.

The building materials company says its CO2 reduction targets 2030 have been successfully assessed against the Science Based Targets initiative’s (SBTi) criteria.

The SBTi independently assesses and validates corporate emissions reduction targets against the latest climate science. Targets adopted by companies to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) e

A UN report has warned of unsustainable extraction of sand in some parts of the world.

The "Sand and Sustainability" report was published by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), which says that sand and gravel extraction is one of the major sustainability challenges of the 21st century.

The report states that, while there is no global monitoring on the use of sand, cement production (which is highly correlated to the use of sand and gravels) is well reported. Tracking this data shows that t

Warwick Ward (machinery) has become the new England and Wales dealer for the full range of Keestrack crushing and screening equipment.

Headquartered in Barnsley, Yorkshire, UK, Warwick Ward also stocks and supplies new and used wheeled loaders, earth moving equipment, waste recycling equipment and spare parts.

Ashley Ward, MD of Warwick Ward, said that the product range of Dutch-based Keestrack will fill an important gap in its overall company portfolio.

"In addition, the products complement very

EPC-UK, a major company in the field of commercial explosives for industries including quarrying and mining, has reinforced its commitment to ensuring that improved customer service is at the forefront of the organisation, by promoting four team members to key customer facing positions.

Ryan Ward, commercial manager – Explosives, Services and Metrics; Charlotte Hegarty, customer service manager; John Morgan, area supervisor for Shropshire and Leicestershire; and Leanne Tuscher, transport manager, assumed

The CEMEX-Tec Award run by Mexican building materials giant CEMEX is to continue accepting high-impact project proposals in sustainable development from entrepreneurs and social innovators from all over the world until May 31, 2019, after receiving more than 600 proposals to date.

Since the award’s inception, the CEMEX-Tec de Monterrey Center for Sustainable Development has received 2,700 registered proposals from 44 countries in America, Europe, Africa, and Asia, from which 99 projects won awards benefi

Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology has introduced a new surface top hammer drill rig. The versatile Commando DC300Ri is said to be ideal for drill and blast contractors as it suits multiple different construction and quarrying applications.

A fully radio remote-controlled, rubber-tired surface top hammer drill rig with a vast hole size range (from 38 to 64mm) using R28, R32 and T35 MF-rods, the Commando DC300Ri is equipped with four-wheel drive motors and oscillation, which guarantees excellent mobility