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Italy-based Cementir Holding has appointed Giovanni Luise as chief financial officer.

The 59-year-old takes up his appointment with immediate effect at Cementir, which manufactures grey and white cement, ready-mixed concrete, aggregates and concrete products, exporting to 70 countries worldwide.

Luise has held several finance managerial roles at multinational companies in sectors including utilities, pharma, defence industrial business and automobiles.

In recent years he worked as chief financial

CRH, the Irish global building materials group, saw its nine-month sales to the end of September reach €19.9 billion, an increase of 6% compared with the corresponding period in 2017.

Group earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) for the nine months stood at €2.5 billion, 8% ahead of 2017. Earnings were helped by continued underlying growth in the Americas, positive sales momentum in Europe, and improved demand in Asia.

CRH’s aggregates sales over the analysed nine-mont

DEUTZ, the German off-highway machine diesel engine manufacturer, has officially opened its new Innovation Centre. Covering 380m², a modern building has been constructed at the Cologne-Porz site to provide DEUTZ employees with space to work on ideas, develop them into prototypes, and shape them into a project, a product or an investment opportunity.

LKAB Minerals, an international industrial minerals group, says it is looking to complete its acquisition of Francis Flower on 3 December, after the planned acquisition announced on 10 October received clearance from the Austrian Competition Authority.

“This is a positive and exciting step towards strengthening the two companies. We are looking forward to welcoming Francis Flower into LKAB in the coming weeks,” said Darren Wilson, CEO Europe for LKAB Minerals.

Francis Flower has been in operation sinc

EPC-UK, a leading company in the field of commercial explosives and blasting, has been presented with the prestigious MPQC trophy at this year’s MPA (Mineral Products Association) Health and Safety Awards – becoming the only company to receive the accolade twice.

The award, achieved for demonstrating Behavioural Safety, Safety Culture and Leadership, was bestowed upon EPC-UK for a second time in recognition of its innovative ‘Commit to be Fit’ initiative.

“The health, safety and wellbeing of our emplo

Member of Parliament (MP) Rachel Maclean has praised Aggregate Industries’ learning and development programme for staff during a recent visit to the firm’s Express Asphalt plant in Redditch, Worcestershire, central west England.

The successful visit involved an engaging discussion between the Redditch MP and Aggregate Industries’ area manager, Ian Dallas, on the company’s investment in staff training through its world-class management and leadership programmes. For instance, to support Dallas in his care

Euro Auctions’ October sale in Leeds, England was the company’s biggest ever - with over 4,800 lots going over the ramp and a total hammer of £42,515,535, an increase of 20% over the same sale in 2017. Global buyers hit another all-time high, with 59% of bidding being online. Buyers from 67 countries registered for the auction - with 70% of those countries buying during the sale.

The record-breaking auction took place ahead of the ambitious firm’s imminent expansion of its flagship Leeds site.

“We ph

Construction and earthmoving equipment sales in the UK grew by 1% in the third quarter of 2018, compared with the same period in 2017.

This continues the trend of a slowing rate of quarterly growth this year compared with 2017, with growth last year in Q3 at 5%, according to the UK equipment statistics exchange.

The construction equipment statistics exchange was taken over by Systematics International, a specialist data processing company in 2017. This scheme is run in partnership with the UK’s trade

Luck Stone, the crushed stone and aggregates division of Luck Companies, has broadened its footprint into new areas of the southeastern US.

The expansion follows the acquisitions of Stephens Industries in Atlanta, Georgia, and Willow Oak Quarry in Kershaw County, South Carolina.

Luck Stone has created a new southeast region within its business following the acquisitions. Joe Carnahan, general manager at Luck Stone, has been named regional VP of the southeast region.

John Pullen, chief growth

The expansion follows the acquisitions of Stephens Industries in Atlanta, Georgia, and Willow Oak Quarry in Kershaw County, South Carolina.

Luck Stone has created a new southeast region within its business following the acquisitions. Joe Carnahan, general manager at Luck Stone, has been named regional VP of the southeast region.

John Pullen, chief growth officer for Luck Companies, said the extension into new southeastern states achieves a number of corporate growth objectives. “South Carolina re

UK aggregates, asphalt and ready-mixed concrete output is down by around 1% in 2018 compared to the previous year, according to BDS Marketing Research’s annual reviews of outputs in the major heavy building materials markets.

Changes in company and site ownership following disposals and acquisitions have, says BDS Marketing Research, affected UK building materials market shares, particularly in regional markets. Tarmac has emerged as the leading supplier in the key markets, replacing Hanson as the leadin

OTR (off the road) tyre specialist Magna Tyres Group has expanded capacity at its Hardenberg plant in the Netherlands for the second time in three months.

Following the increase in capacity for the 26.5R25 and 29.5R25 product lines announced in August, production will now rise to 7.000 tyres in the 17.5R25, 20.5R25 and 23.5R25 tyre ranges in 2019.
Magna Tyres says the growth is in keeping with its 2018-2023 business plan to continue the increase of production and improve product availability for the co

Building materials giant CEMEX has announced the winners of the CEMEX Building Award at a ceremony in Mexico City.

The jury evaluated the projects for their construction and architectural processes and solutions,incorporation of sustainability features, and value creation for present and future societies.

The CEMEX Building Award recognizes the most acclaimed architectural and construction projects in Mexico band around the world.