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If you have read the five previous articles in our series of Six Deadly Sins, then you will know that not understanding key areas of the business you run is an unacceptable sin … a shortcoming that will stunt growth and destroy profits. In this, our final management masterclass feature, we tie everything together and give you some useful tips. It is all about understanding.

Key leaders in the UK mineral products sector, companies, trades unions, regulators, trade bodies and others have come together in a new Strategic Forum to provide leadership and to foster and encourage co-operation between all interested parties to achieve high standards of risk management to prevent accidents and ill health across the industry.

Focusing on key issues, the Strategic Forum will seek to co-ordinate health and safety across the sector and minimise duplication of effort.

Members of the S

Pierre Guyot is the new senior vice president for John Deere Power Systems.

Effective 1 January 2019, Guyot’s appointment follows realigned leadership responsibilities at John Deere in response to the planned retirement of Jean Gilles, senior vice president of power systems, worldwide parts services, advanced technology and engineering, and global supply management and logistics.

Guyot will lead the Power Systems division that produces engines, drivetrain components and electronic components used in J

Norfolk, England-based aggregate extraction and processing firm Longwater Gravel says its first Bell Equipment machine, a B30E ADT, has hit the ground running and already proved its capabilities.

With a need to keep three quarries successfully operating throughout the Norfolk area, Longwater Gravel depends on the reliable function of powerful aggregate tipper vehicles with the ability to consistently perform.

In the past, the company has met its operation’s vehicular needs by purchasing pre-owned, off

Bell Equipment recently took home the Outstanding Achievement in Parts Business Support award at the Terex Finlay dealer conference held in Jacksonville, Florida, United States in November. The award was based on Bell Equipment’s bolstering of its parts holding by 20% to better support its customers and offer class leading aftermarket support in southern Africa.

Stephen McNeill, alliance partner manager at Bell Equipment, says parts support is a critical arm of the company’s business and for this reason

The enthusiastic application and effort of the Institute of Quarrying’s (IQ) Scottish Branch in its promotion of quarrying has been recognised, winning the coveted

President’s Branch Trophy for the first time in its history.

Andrew Gillon, IQ Scottish Branch chairman, accompanied Ian Christie, secretary, and Anne Smith, treasurer, to receive the trophy from Phil Redmond, IQ president, at the recent IQ Fellows Lunch held in the Tower of London.

Gillon said: “Our branch members were overwhelmed at w

The largest-ever bauma CONEXPO INDIA was opening its doors today. Manufacturers from all parts of the world are among 700 exhibitors from 30 countries presenting construction machinery, equipment and technological innovations to thousands of visitors over the next four days at the HUDA Ground in Gurgaon/Delhi. A multifaceted supporting program and live action in the demo area will also be of strong interest to exhibition attendees.

India’s construction industry is booming, and the market for constructio

Mexican global building materials firm CEMEX says its CEMEX Go digital platform has been granted the Supply Chain Management Award in Germany. The coveted award recognises outstanding and groundbreaking supply chain management concepts and solutions that help improve competitiveness and are game-changing for other companies.

The Supply Chain Management Award was presented for the 13th time by Strategy&, the strategy consulting team of PwC, and German magazine LOGISTIK HEUTE. Presiding over this year’s aw

LafargeHolcim has partnered with marine biodiversity solutions company Seaboost to develop concrete solutions for a project providing artificial reefs that will help support the marine ecosystem on the French Mediterranean coast.

Building materials provider LafargeHolcim and Seaboost, a subsidiary of the French Egis engineering group, say that the preservation of marine habitats is a pressing global issue, requiring urgent and innovative solutions on a major scale.

Marine habitats have suffered dramat

Klaus Keysberg is to become the new chief executive officer of the thyssenkrupp Materials Services business, effective from 1 January 2019.

Keysberg is currently chief financial officer of thyssenkrupp Materials Services, which is part of German multi-national thyssenkrupp and supplies materials handling solutions for the cement and mining industries.

In addition, Ilse Henne will join the board of the business area as chief operating officer (COO).

Keysberg has been a member of the board of thysse

Digital transformation is imperative for the heavy building materials sector, but the industry is still at the low end of the maturity curve in the process.

Those are among the findings in a newly-published white paper from construction software solutions company Command Alkon and Adelante SCM, a supply chain research community.

The study covers the principles that stakeholders should follow to establish a strong foundation in the journey to digitalisation.

It defines digital transformation as taki

Cimertex has been appointed as the new full line distributor in Portugal for crushing and screening machines manufacturer Powerscreen.

Cimertex was established in 1964 in Porto with the purpose of selling industrial goods and providing services to the construction and mining industry. It now has branches throughout the country offering commercial and aftersales support.

A research team at Louisiana State University (LSU) say they are close to bringing bendable concrete to mass adoption.

Engineered Cementitious Composites (ECC), also known as ductile or bendable concrete, were first developed by Victor Li, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Michigan, in the early 1990s.

Now the LSU researchers say they have developed a cost-effective ECC that utilises readily available ingredients. They claim their research to date has shown ECC to