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The UK Minerals Strategy, which sets out an agenda for British industry, government and others to drive sustainable supply of minerals for the next generation, will be launched and published at the ‘Living with Minerals 6’ (LWM6) conference organised by the CBI Minerals Group and Mineral Products Association (MPA) on 10 July at Church House in Westminster, London. Minerals and mineral products are essential to the economy and our quality of life. However, there is growing concern that their supply and the

Terex Corporation made a strong start to 2018 with Q1 sales of $1.3 billion, up 25% on the same period of last year. The growth is said to reflect the improvements made to the company’s operations and broad-based growth across its global markets. The Materials Processing business segment – which includes the Powerscreen, Terex Finlay, Terex Minerals Processing Systems, EvoQuip, Terex Washing Systems and Fuchs brands - was a strong contributor to overall company results with sales of $303 million -22%

Following some improvement in demand towards the end of 2017, UK mineral products markets started the year slowly, hit by weak construction activity and the impact of the particularly cold weather. Sales volumes for asphalt and aggregates fell by 4.8% and 4.9% respectively in Q1 2018 compared to the previous quarter, and ready-mixed concrete (RMC) by 7.7%. Mortar sales, which last year received a significant boost from new housebuilding, also contracted by 3.8% in Q1 2018, the biggest quarterly fall since e

Aggregate Industries’ revolutionary LytaScreed has been a key ingredient in the renovation of one of the UK’s most prestigious educational institutions, University College London. As part of UCL’s £1.2 billion refurbishment programme, main contractor Balfour Beatty was tasked with building a terrace next to the 19th Century Grade 1 listed Wilkins Building, providing a vital passage through the university’s Bloomsbury Campus while also serving as an outdoor events space. Located close to Regent Park in

Aggregate Industries’ concrete depot in Harlow, county Essex, south-east England, has been praised for the “highly-valuable contribution”’ it is making to the region’s construction industry.
The praise came during a visit to the site by Robert Halfon, who has been a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Harlow since 2010. He visited the depot near Harlow Mill Station to meet the concrete production team and see the site, which supplies up to 30,000m³ of concrete/year from its state-of-the-art double

Laurini Officine Meccaniche has celebrated the start-up of a new Vulcano 2.0 screening machine in the company’s new colours: green, grey and Sandy. This, says the Italian company, will characterise the future production from the company. Vulcano, a vibrating screen set up on a trucked self-propelled undercarriage, is remotely-controlled, and has interchangeable screen grids and speed adjustable apron feeder.
The side-to-side rear conveyor belt is retractable and foldable. The start-up ceremony took place a

Fortis IBA has invested in a Liwell Flip Flow technology screen for its A303 IBA processing facility in county Hampshire, England. The facility currently processes 120,000tonnes of IBA (incinerator bottom ash) from energy from waste facilities each year, transforming the ash into a sustainable recycled aggregate which is used in construction projects. Fortis resourced the project internally, undertaking extensive research within the European materials separation technology markets prior to the investment.

Reflecting its commitment to supporting the local community, Aggregate Industries’ Garside Sands plant in county Bedfordshire, England, is sponsoring the upcoming Greensand Country Festival. Due to take place from 26 May to 3 June, the 9-day festival is the first of its kind for the much loved Greensand Country area, a unique stretch of countryside that runs from Leighton Buzzard to Gamlingay, and comprises of the 35-mile Greensand Ridge and the Flit Valley. To celebrate the incredible beauty and cultural

Tarmac, a leading UK construction solutions company, has enhanced its logistics capabilities for customers with the roll out of an innovative new digital delivery tracking solution across its 1,800-strong vehicle fleet, which is set to deliver improved efficiency and boost customer service.

Delivered in collaboration with its technology partners, enterprise mobility solutions partner Peak Ryzex, global information technology leader Samsung and cloud software solution company Podfather, the introduction o

A crisis simulation exercise at Tarmac’s Tunstead quarry in county Derbyshire, England, has helped teach essential skills to the next generation of industry leaders by sharing best practice in the case of a serious incident. Around 25 higher apprentices from the University of Derby’s Centre for Mineral Products attended the three-day event, the first of its kind hosted by Tarmac, the UK’s leading sustainable building materials and construction solutions business.The imagined explosion of a haulier’s

Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology is launching three new i-Series intelligent surface drills over the coming months. Scheduled to be released in the first half of 2018, the Sandvik DR416i rotary blasthole drill will be the largest surface drill in Sandvik’s portfolio, capable of drilling up to 406mm holes while, Sandvik says, offering the highest rotational torques and pulldown forces at the lowest possible operating cost. The Leopard DI650i, due to be launched at Electra Mining Africa, September 10-14

Cemex says that consolidated net sales increased by 8% during the first quarter of 2018 to US$3.4 billion (€2.8 billion) versus the comparable period in 2017. This was due to higher prices of its products, in local currency terms, in Mexico, the US and in its Europe and Asia, Middle East and Africa regions, as well as higher volumes in the US and our Asia, Middle East & Africa regions. Operating earnings before other expenses, net, in the first quarter decreased by 5%, to $332 million, while controlling