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The MPQC Continuing Professional Development (CPD) smart device app has been chosen as the platform of choice for the UK’s Institute of Concrete Technology. The Institute of Concrete Technology (ICT) wanted to assist its members with recording CPD, utilising technology to make it easy and smart. To enable this, they investigated offering its members a CPD recording smart device app. After initially considering developing its own app, as well as existing CPD recording apps, ICT decided that the MPQC CPD

The Mineral Products Association (MPA) Cement has published its 2017 annual sustainable development report highlighting the UK cement industry’s efforts to tackle air quality and progress on greenhouse gas reduction. Air quality is currently high on the government agenda and MPA Cement members have made major investments in recent years to reduce emissions to air so that levels of nitrogen oxides, particulate matter and sulphur dioxide are now 84%, 86% and 82% lower than in 1998 respectively. Reflecting

Newry, Northern Ireland-based attachment manufacturer, Hill Engineering has been named as one of Ireland’s Best Managed Companies for the fourth-year running, in the Deloitte BMC Awards Programme. The company secured the Gold Standard Award bydemonstrating superior business performance, and its achievement was recognised at the BMC Awards gala dinner in Dublin, which was attended by over 1,000 people from the Irish business community representing 26 different counties. “2018 marks the 10th year of the

CEMEX says it is no longer planning to authorise an up to 3.75bn CPOs capital increase at the extraordinary general shareholders meeting scheduled to take place on 5 April 2018. This decision follows discussions with a wide range of CEMEX shareholders and reflects the feedback received. “As we discussed on CEMEX Day, our management team’s priority is to achieve an investment grade capital structure, as the foundation of our value creation strategy” said CEO Fernando Gonzalez. “We are highly focused on our

Organisers say that bauma CONEXPO AFRICA, the premier trade fair for construction machinery, building material machines, mining machines and construction vehicles in Africa has firmly established itself in the market following its third edition. The organisers, BC Expo South Africa, Messe München and AEM, say they are looking forward to the next edition of the trade fair, which will again take place in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 2021. A total of 454 exhibitors from 34 countries and 14,167 visitors

Finnish attachments manufacture ALLU says it held the “‘best ever” meeting of its global dealer network recently when close to 100 people, representing over 30 ALLU dealers, visited Finland.
The company says it has placed a great deal of emphasis over the last few years in growing its highly professional dealer and distributor network, and throughout Europe, Latin America, the US and increasingly South-Est Asia, the network has continued to grow. During the meeting in Finland, dealers enjoyed a series of

Airware, the leading provider of end-to-end solutions that turn aerial data into actionable business intelligence, has launched enhancements to its Airware Mining and Quarrying solution.
The updated Airware solution is built on the secure and scalable cloud-based Airware platform. This solution leverages machine learning and artificial intelligence to help mines and quarries digitise their business and improve operations with visualisation, collaboration, analysis and reporting on drone-captured data.

UK construction materials giant Aggregate Industries, through its joint venture with Bennett’s Barges, has welcomed the first of its new vessels which will add huge tonnage to the River Thames as part of the long-term Thames Tideway Tunnel project, primarily based at the Carnwath Road Riverside construction site in London, South East England. Bennett’s Barges’ role on the 25km tunnel project, is to remove the spoil produced by the tunnelling process. Bennett’s Barges are working for the BAM Nuttall, Morgan

Orica and Elphinstone have celebrated the successful launch of the new Bulkmaster 7, an Australian designed and manufactured mobile manufacturing unit that delivers bulk explosives to mine sites. Orica’s new Bulkmaster 7 was co-developed by Orica and Elphinstone and is manufactured in Burnie, Tasmania. “Orica is a global leader in blasting innovation, and we’re proud that our investment in technology is translating to new jobs in regional Australia,” says Darryl Cuzzubbo, Orica group executive and preside

Camso, formerly Camoplast Solideal, says it has pushed product introduction and training to a new level with the first Road Free European edition of the Camso Experience, a hands-on product launch and sales event held recently in Barcelona, Spain. During the three-day event Camso welcomed customers and team members out of the showroom and into the field to experience its new Construction and Material Handling tyres. Through product demos, product walkarounds, presentations, test drives and team activities