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South California-based Quinn Company has become a US distributor for quarrying and mining equipment provider Metso.

Quinn will now be providing contractors, recyclers, and aggregates producers with Finland-based Metso's complete range of mobile and stationary crushing and screening equipment. Customers will also receive the support of Metso's OEM parts and services.

Quinn is celebrating 100 years of business, having started in agriculture. The company now sells and leases machines for agriculture, con

The Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) is hosting the European Marine Sand & Gravel Group’s (EMSAGG) next knowledge sharing workshop. The workshop will take place in the GEUS offices in Copenhagen from 10am to 1pm on Friday 22 March.

Speakers at the forthcoming EMSAGG event include Jørn Bo Jensen, PhD, head of GEUS Marine Geology department; Cees Laban, of Marine Geological Advice (chair, EMSAGG); Christian H Abildtrup, chief geologist NCC – materials and construction; Ilse Herpoelaert,

In response to the overwhelming frustration felt by its members due to the ugly and unproductive manoeuvrings in the UK parliament, the Mineral Products Association (MPA) is calling for all MPs, whether ‘leavers or remainers’, to wake up to the need for the national interest to trump party politics over the coming weeks.

MPA chief executive Nigel Jackson said: “The MPA has adopted a neutral position since the referendum due to the diverse range of views within its membership on a complex issue where opin

A ripper tooth from Hill Engineering, fitted to one of just a few 75tonne crawler excavators in use in the UK, is said to be enabling Hall Construction Services to operate twice as fast at the only active gypsum quarry in England.

The gypsum quarried is used in the production of high-quality plaster products for applications such as ceramics, the food industry, brewing, decorative work, medical and dentistry.

The heavy-duty Hill Titan ripper tooth, combined with the manufacturer’s fully-automatic Tef

Terex Trucks has just signed Mining Eurasia as its new official distributor in the Russian Federation.

As the single largest country in the world (17.1 million km²/6.6 million mi²), it’s no great surprise that Russia has an abundance of coal, metal and minerals. In fact, it is home to 17% of all mineral deposits, 18% of all coal reserves, and produces more chromium, nickel and palladium than any other nation.

This is one of the reasons why Mining Eurasia – the Russian mining equipment provider – has

HeidelbergCement has reduced its stake in Moroccan company Ciments du Maroc as part of its action plan to optimise its portfolio and improve cash generation.

The sale by the German global building materials giant of around 1.1 million shares representing 7.8% of Ciments du Maroc’s share capital generated around €140 million. The shares were sold to certain Moroccan institutional investors through an off-market block trade. Following this transaction, HeidelbergCement will retain a controlling stake of 5

The Mineral Products Association has welcomed the publication of the latest UK Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) report.

The MPA says it has worked together with the UK minerals industry, government and civil representatives to implement the EITI initiative in the UK as a further step to help improve public information and dialogue on the contribution and role of extractive industries in the UK.

The EITI was launched by then Prime Minister David Cameron in 2013. A key objective of

Mercedes-Benz Trucks has continued its product offensive in southern Africa with the launch of its eagerly-anticipated new Arocs model. The new specialist vehicle for construction is following on the heels of the new Actros launched last year.

Four new model lines, two for construction and two for distribution, are initially available as part of the first phase of the Arocs product rollout. Maretha Gerber, head of Mercedes-Benz Trucks South Africa, says the second phase of the launch will see more new mo

Wet processing equipment provider CDE has officially opened its new global headquarters in Cookstown, County Tyrone.

Having grown its team by 65% over the last 2 years, the Northern Irish company says it plans to create an additional 150 new jobs by 2020. CDE adds that the new facility can accommodate over 400 people and claims it houses the world’s largest engineering team dedicated to wet processing technologies.

CDE managing director Brendan McGurgan said: “The new base brings everything together u

The entry of Chinese stone crusher manufacturer SBM into Kenya is helping to transform the aggregates sector in the East African nation and its neighbouring countries, writes Shadrack Kavilu.
The aggregates manufacturing industry in East Africa has undergone a silent revolution in the last five years after a leading Chinese stone crushing machinery manufacturer set up shop in Kenya to provide direct sales, installations and after sale services.
Demand for aggregates in the East African nation and its neig

CEMEX announced that it will sell its assets in the Baltics and Nordics to the German building materials group SCHWENK for around €340 million.

Baltic assets being divested consist of one cement production plant in Broceni with a production capacity of around 1.7 million tonnes, four aggregates quarries, two cement quarries, six ready-mix plants, one marine terminal and one land distribution terminal in Latvia.

Also to be sold is CEMEX’s 38% indirect interest in one cement production plant in Akmene,

Longfloor, part of the UK-based Longcliffe Quarries group, has appointed Stuart Little as account manager.

Based in Hertfordshire, he will work primarily in London and the Home Counties, which Longfloor says are key markets for its liquid cement screed products.

Longfloor says the appointment will boost sales and technical back up to its stockists and screed contractors.

Little comes to Longfloor with a background in concrete and specialist cement products gained at Lafarge and Tarmac. He is a qual