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The Vicat Group has finalised its acquisition of Brazilian cement manufacturer and quarry operator Cimento Planalto (Ciplan).

French-based cement, concrete and aggregates group Vicat previously signed a binding agreement with Ciplan's shareholders in October 2018. Following the completion of the transaction it now holds a majority stake of 64.74% in Ciplan.

Ciplan operates a modern plant in the vicinity of Brasilia with a total installed cement capacity of 3.2 million tonnes per year. The company also

SigmaRoc, the AIM quoted buy-and-build construction materials group, says Ronez, its Channel Islands business and the largest producer of heavy building materials in Jersey and Guernsey, will open its new ready-mixed concrete plant in Jersey on Wednesday 13 February 2019.

The new plant, which will be officially unveiled at a ceremony attended by investors, customers, management and employees, is a bespoke design specified to meet the requirements of the island and incorporating state-of-the-art technolog

Hanson UK has completed a major investment has been completed at its Bellshill cement depot in Glasgow – transforming it into a dual product storage and distribution site for the first time.

Pipework has been replaced and a new silo monitoring system installed as part of the £1.1 million upgrade. The site has three silos: two for cement powder, transported by rail from our Ribblesdale plant in Lancashire, and one for the storage and distribution of ground granulated blastfurnace slag (GGBS), manufactured

Huge opportunities are being created for Eastern European aggregates producers as Russian Railways continues its modernisation of the railway infrastructure of Baikal-Amur and Trans-Siberian Railways via the Development of Admissions and Passenger Capacity project.

In 2018, more than 47 billion rubles (€623.47mn) was invested in the infrastructure of eastern railways as part of the project. About 40km of railway lines was built and reconstructed, requiring large volumes of aggregates, and more than 80 ne

Australian firm AK Evans Earthmoving has bolstered its equipment fleet by purchasing four Volvo EC350D excavators.

And the machinery and plant hire company has partnered with Volvo Construction Equipment’s exclusive Australian distribution partner, CJD Equipment, to paint the excavators blue in support of better mental health awareness in the workplace.

“We recruited CJD Equipment to paint the new Volvo EC350D excavators in blue to support better mental health awareness in the workplace,” said Aaron

UK-based Clugston has secured a £7.5 million (€8.52mn) contract to provide the civils work for a new bottom ash (BA) processing facility for Ballast Phoenix, who specialise in capturing and reusing the non-hazardous material left over from Energy from Waste plants.

Located at the Ferrybridge Power Station site in Knottingley, West Yorkshire, north England, the new facility will, when complete in summer 2019, process the BA generated by two adjacent Energy from Waste plants. Using Ballast Phoenix’s proce

CEMEX has provided ready-mix concrete for the Brightline privately owned and operated inter-city rail project in Florida, US.

The newly-opened rail service connects Florida residents and tourists with passenger trains between West Palm Beach, Fort Lauderdale and Miami.

Starting in 2015 and through to the project’s completion in 2018, CEMEX trucks delivered more than 34,000m3 of ready-mix concrete for the West Palm Beach and Fort Lauderdale stations. This delivery supplied the stations, foundations for

EvoQuip has appointed Stokker AS as its authorised distributor for the Baltic region. The appointment will see Stokker AS offer the full EvoQuip portfolio of compact crushing and screening equipment to customers in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.

Madis Kaur, of Stokker AS, said: “We are excited to be named the EvoQuip distributor for the Baltics region and proud to be part of the dynamic and growing EvoQuip team. Stokker AS’ success depends on our continued commitment to product support, so we look forwa

EvoQuip has appointed Stokker AS as its authorised distributor for the Baltic region. The appointment will see Stokker AS offer the full EvoQuip portfolio of compact crushing and screening equipment to customers in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.

Madis Kaur, of Stokker AS, said: “We are excited to be named the EvoQuip distributor for the Baltics region and proud to be part of the dynamic and growing EvoQuip team. Stokker AS’ success depends on our continued commitment to product support, so we look forwa

EvoQuip has appointed Stokker AS as its authorised distributor for the Baltic region. The appointment will see Stokker AS offer the full EvoQuip portfolio of compact crushing and screening equipment to customers in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.

Madis Kaur, of Stokker AS, said: “We are excited to be named the EvoQuip distributor for the Baltics region and proud to be part of the dynamic and growing EvoQuip team. Stokker AS’ success depends on our continued commitment to product support, so we look forwa

The 2019 series of the UK-based Institute of Quarrying (IQ) Academy ‘Lunch and Learn’ webinars commence this month focusing on health and safety in the workplace.

Taking place on Thursday 31 January 2019, from 12.30pm-1pm, the webinar will be presented by Colin Nottage of Influential Management Group (IMG), a leading health, safety, environment, quality and business improvement consultancy.

Nottage explains: “My 30-minute ‘Lunch and Learn’ webinar focuses on how positives can be drawn from events, whe

Furthering its commitment to supporting better mental health in the workplace, commercial explosive specialist and industry training leader EPC-UK has launched a specific course, in conjunction with MHFA (Mental Health First Aid) England, to enable participants to qualify as ‘Mental Health First Aiders’.

With the national Mental Health at Work 2018 Report making public that one-in-three members of the UK workforce is formally diagnosed with a mental health condition at some point in their lives, EPC-UK,

With the New Year in the UK, comes 57 new DAF trucks carrying CEMEX’s bold Pedestrian safety message of ‘Don’t Chance it’.

The 57 aggregate tipper trucks will be operating at CEMEX locations throughout Britain, spreading the vital safety message to pedestrians in the community. The trucks are DAF eight-wheelers which will carry 20 tonnes of aggregates to be used in construction.

For the first time the safety message includes images of three different groups of vulnerable pedestrians - school children,

Aggregate Industries’ innovative and highly-durable coloured asphalt solution has added the finishing touches to a new visitor centre at Sherwood Forest National Nature Reserve in Nottinghamshire, central England - an area famous for its role in the Robin Hood legend.

Opened at the end of August, the stunning new £5 million visitor complex in Edwinstowe will provide vital information on the area’s rich wildlife and woodland as well information on the Robin Hood legend to the 350,000 people who visit the