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LafargeHolcim has signed an agreement with Semen Indonesia for the disposal of its entire shareholding of 80.6% in Holcim Indonesia for an enterprise value of US$1.75 billion, on a 100% basis. Semen Indonesia is a major building materials company and the market leader in Indonesia.

The Franco-Swiss global building materials giant has decided to divest Holcim Indonesia as part of the ongoing portfolio review. The assets to be sold to Semen Indonesia include the entirety of LafargeHolcim’s operations in In

Leading global market manufacturers will be showcasing their latest work on electromobility and driverless vehicles at bauma 2019, the world’s largest construction equipment exhibition.

Speaking ahead of the 8-14 April 2019 Munich industry showpiece, Mareile Kästner, bauma 2019 project director, said: “We have identified that electromobility and driverless vehicles are two areas that are increasingly gaining traction with manufacturers and service providers in the construction machinery industry. As such

DEUTZ, the major German global off-highway machine diesel engine manufacturer, saw its new orders rise 31.9% in the first three quarters of 2018 to €1.548.7 billion, compared to €1.173.8 billion over the same period of last year.

Unit sales for the nine-month period totalled 156,504 engines, including 8,977 electric motors sold under DEUTZ’s Torqeedo brand. This equates to an increase of 32.3% compared with unit sales in the prior-year period (Q1–Q3 2017: 118,279 engines). DEUTZ revenue rose from €1.093.

Metso has received a favourable decision by the Shanghai Pudong New Area People's Court's in China that fully supports the Finnish global quarrying and mining equipment market manufacturer’s claims against Shenyang Sanland Mining Equipment Manufacture Co. and Shenyang Sanland Crusher and Grinder Equipment Manufacture Co. Ltd. for infringement of Metso’s intellectual property rights.

The court ordered the two companies to immediately cease their infringement, which constituted of production and marketing

A packed house of 250 delegates, representing 65 organisations, attended this year’s Mineral Products Association’s (MPA) Health and Safety Conference and Awards 2018.

Staged at 30 Euston Square in London on Wednesday 7 November, the H&S Conference & Awards, sponsored by Industrial Diagnostics Company and hosted by ITV Central News presenter Sameena Ali-Khan, built on the key messages from last year’s event with the theme of ‘Closing the Gaps … Focussing on Priorities’. The morning’s conference reflected

Broom Leys Allotment Society has received a welcome boost from Aggregate Industries, a leading player in the UK construction and infrastructure industries, after receiving £5,500 in funding to improve the community facility, promote healthy eating and enhance biodiversity and the local environment.

The funding has been awarded to Broom Leys Allotment Society from Aggregate Industries’ Bardon Community Fund, which was set up in 2017 to support local community initiatives around Bardon Hill Quarry. The co

More than 100 guests recently attended the inaugural Kleemann Technology Day, held at the Wirtgen Group’s new UK headquarters in Newark, Nottinghamshire, England.

Kleemann, among leaders in the global mobile crusher and screen market, organised the interactive event to showcase its latest product range and highlight to guests how the investment made by the company in its new headquarters will further improve their after-sales and support services capability in the UK.

Over the course of the day, Kleem

India-headquartered BKT (Balkrishna Industries Limited), one of the world’s leading off-highway machine tyre manufacturers, is to build a US$100milion production site in the United States – its first manufacturing facility outside its home country.

Although Europe is BKT’s largest sales market - accounting for more than half of the company’s overall turnover - the Americas are becoming an increasingly interesting and expanding market for the company. BKT has established a new wholly-owned subsidiary comp

THE Mineral Products Qualifications Council (MPQC) is holding its inaugural ‘BIG Event’ on Thursday 29 November.

MPQC is the organisation that oversees standards, training and skills for the quarrying, mining, construction and related industries in the UK.

The 'BIG Event' will take place at MP House, Eastwood, Nottinghamshire from 4pm to 7pm.

Attractions on the day will include the MQPC's new Mobile Plant Simulators which are designed to benefit its members' businesses through training, improved fu

Terex Minerals Processing Systems (Terex MPS), a major global manufacturer of material processing technology for modular, portable and static crushing and screening equipment, hosted over 80 distributors during its recent highly successful Americas Distributor Conference and Equipment Expo in Oklahoma City, USA.

Held 15-18 October, the event included a welcome reception and registration on the first evening, a full day conference on the second day with entertainment in the evening, and training sessions,

Chinese construction equipment manufacturer LiuGong Machinery has promoted Kevin Thieneman to vice president.

Thieneman will be responsible for global strategy and business development, global after-sales business, and will support the acceleration of market segment solutions. He will also continue as executive chairman of LiuGong North America, a role which he has served in since joining LiuGong in June 2017.

He has 25 years of experience in the construction equipment sector. Before joining LiuGong h

German-based Sika has acquired the global concrete fibres business from Propex Holding for an undisclosed amount.

The business includes a US plant manufacturing synthetic fibres for use in concrete reinforcement, and sales operations in Sika’s three geographical regions.

Sika supplies a range of admixtures and additives for use in concrete, cement, and mortar production. The company says the concrete fibres business will be a perfect addition to its concrete systems for high value-added solutions req