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There have been a record 53 entries from 13 countries for the 2019 European Aggregates Association (UEPG) Sustainable Development Awards.

The tri-annual awards ceremony will be held on 20 November in Brussels. The awards highlight the European aggregates industry’s support of the principles of sustainable development and its commitment to operating with care and concern for the environment and for society as a whole.

The UEPG awards are intended to illustrate this commitment by promoting the spread o

CRH is to continue its share buyback programme with a further tranche of up to a maximum of €350m.

The Irish building materials group has entered into arrangements with stockbroker/asset management company J&E Davy to repurchase ordinary shares on CRH’s behalf.

The buyback period will end no later than 16 August 2019. CRH completed the previous (fourth) phase of the buyback programme at the start of April. In total the programme has so far returned approximately €1bn to shareholders over the last 12

CRH is to continue its share buyback programme with a further tranche of up to a maximum of €350m.

The Irish building materials group has entered into arrangements with stockbroker/asset management company J&E Davy to repurchase ordinary shares on CRH’s behalf.

The buyback period will end no later than 16 August 2019. CRH completed the previous (fourth) phase of the buyback programme at the start of April. In total the programme has so far returned approximately €1bn to shareholders over the last 12

Metso has reported double-digit growth in both its sales and received orders in the first three months of 2019.

The Finnish headquartered global quarrying and mining equipment market manufacturer saw its sales rise 17% in Q1 2019 to €836 million (compared to €714mn in Q1 2018). Metso’s recorded an 18% increase in its received orders which totalled €1.013bn (€859mn in Q1 2018). The company’s EBITA (earnings before interest, taxes and amortisation) in the quarter stood at €104 million, or 12.4% of sales (€

Metso has secured an order to supply crushing and material handling equipment for the first stage of Codelco's El Teniente copper mine expansion project located in Cachapoal Province in central Chile. The order was booked in Metso's first-quarter 2019 orders received.

El Teniente is the world's largest underground copper mine as well as the largest operation of the Chilean state-owned copper mining company Codelco. The expansion project called El Teniente New Mine Level is expected to add 50 years to the

Volvo Penta had much to get revved up about at the recent bauma 2019 exhibition in Munich, Germany. Aggregates Business editor Guy Woodford caught up with Björn Ingemanson, Volvo Penta president, and Andreas Viktorsson, Volvo Penta chief project manager, at the big global construction and quarrying machine show to get the inside track on what lies behind the ambitious Volvo Group company’s rapid growth in its off-highway engine sales.
Volvo Penta has increased its annual off-highway equipment engine sales

CMS Cepcor has received a Queen’s Award for the second time in its history.

The Coalville, Leicestershire-based firm - which designs and manufactures spare parts for crushing and screening equipment, and for asphalt plants - has been recognised with the Queen’s Award for Enterprise: International Trade 2019, in recognition of outstanding growth in overseas sales over the last three years.

This award is specifically due to significant sales increases in Europe, Latin America and Russia.

The company

CEMEX, the Mexican headquartered global building materials heavyweight, has reported a 1% rise in its like-for-like year-on-year sales in Q1 2019. The sector giant’s sales were worth US$3.2 billion during the quarter, while the company’s operating EBITDA [Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortisation] decreased by 3% on a like-for-like basis to US$562 million.

Commenting on CEMEX’s early 2019 trading performance, Fernando A. Gonzalez, the firm’s chief executive officer, said: “We are ple

Haver & Boecker has established a new global brand - Haver & Boecker Niagara - to combine the engineering capabilities and product portfolios of its three mineral processing locations in Brazil, Canada and Germany.

The three locations previously acted individually for their respective regions and territories. Haver & Boecker says that customers around the world will benefit from shared innovative technology, more in-depth consultations, greater parts availability and better delivery times.

The compan

Robit received €23.2m worth of orders in the first financial quarter of 2019, up by 30% on the €17.6m total in Q4 2018.

The Finnish drilling products and technology company says it is satisfied with its sales development.

Year-on-year net sales showed a 5% decline to €20.1m in Q1 2019 from €21.1m on the first quarter in 2018. On a sequential basis net sales grew by 7% from Q4 2018 (€18.8m).

"Sales development in the early part of the year creates a promising foundation for the rest of 2019 and wi

Sweden-based Epiroc has appointed Jon Torpy as general manager and president of its US operation.

Torpy takes up his role on 15 May and has 15 years of leadership experience with Epiroc and predecessor Atlas Copco, in addition to 20 years of overall industry experience.

He will lead Epiroc's US customer centre, which supplies drill rigs, rock excavation and construction equipment and tools. The company also provides service and technology solutions for automation and interoperability.

Torpy is a s

Amid persistent headlines around road traffic accidents, particularly those involving cyclists, Aggregate Industries has stressed how a standardised approach to colour demarcation is crucial to making Britain’s roads safer.

It comes as latest figures show that almost 1,800 people are killed in reported road traffic accidents each year, with cyclists 15 times more likely to be fatally injured on the UK’s roads than other road users2. And with confusing road signs and unclear road markings frequently cited