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Metso has signed a significant service agreement including refurbishment services for screening equipment used in mining applications, related spare parts and support. This new agreement is Metso's largest service contracts of this type in the Brazilian market. With Metso's solution, the customer is aiming to increase screen availability and extend the service life of equipment in their operations. The agreement covers a period of three years, and the order will be booked in Metso's orders received in

CDE launched its new mining industry-focused CDE Meta division during this week’s bauma CONEXPO AFRICA 2018 exhibition in Johannesburg, South Africa (13-16th March). The launch comes hot-on-the-heels of the global leading wet processing equipment firm’s announcement that it has bought the Caterpillar Northern Ireland manufacturing facility in Monkstown. This gives Cookstown, Northern Ireland-headquartered CDE 300,000sq feet of extra plant, effectively multiplying its existing operations tenfold and one

Anglo American has launched its Sustainability Strategy, outlining an ambitious and innovative approach to three major areas of sustainability: the environment, community development, and driving greater trust and transparency across the mining industry, including specific stretch goals to be delivered between now and 2030. Mark Cutifani, chief executive of Anglo American, said: “Our metals and minerals are the precious ingredients that enable and celebrate so many aspects of our modern lives. But our role

Earthmoving attachments manufacturer, Miller UK is to celebrate its 40th birthday and showcase its latest product innovations at ScotPlant 2018. The company is returning to Scotland’s biggest construction equipment trade show in Edinburgh from 20-21 April. It says that visitors to Miller’s dedicated stand (Avenue B, Stand 6) will have the opportunity browse the company’s product range and watch live product demonstrations of the new Miller PowerLatch Tilt following its full production launch at Plantworx

Cemex says it is the first company in the cement industry to successfully operate plants by remote control. From its central location in Monterrey, Mexico, the group’s innovative monitoring and remote control system, Centro de Control Cemento (Cement Control Centre or C3), operates in real-time, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, tracking live data for the operation of 14 cement plants, 25 kilns,and 86 grinding mills in Mexico, coupled with monitoring a cement plant in Colombia and another one in the United

CASE Construction Equipment dealer Hodge Plant has appointed Graham Stuart to the post of sales manager for Northern Scotland. He will be based at Hodge Plant’s Nairn site in the Scottish Highlands, which covers the whole of the north of Scotland and which was opened to support the company’s growing customer base in the area and provide a full range of services including sales, aftersales and parts. Stuart brings more than 20 years of experience working in machinery sales to his new role. He has already

Mikael Lindholm will join FLSmidth as chief digital officer effective from 1 May 2018. The company says his extensive experience in creating, planning, implementing and integrating strategic direction gives him the right tools to develop and implement FLSmidth's overall digital strategic plan and speed up the company's digitalization process. FLSmidth delivers sustainable productivity to the global cement and minerals industries by combining its product, service and project management know-how with digital

Porter Group has been appointed Sandvik agent for its range of mobile crushing and screening equipment in Western Australia in a move that further cements the multi-faceted machinery supplier as a comprehensive force representing a variety of brands right across the continent.
“We've been very proud to be associated with the Sandvik brand in New Zealand since 2009,” says Darren Ralph, general manager sales and marketing at Porter Group. “Through dedication and hard work on our team's part, we've built a

Following the agreement in 2012 with CAT Rental for South America and as of 2016 for the rest of the world, Italy’s Metalgalante Carmix company has joined the largest and most important rental association in the United States. Founded in 1955, the American Rental Association includes more than 1,000 manufacturing companies and over 10,000 rental companies, and for over 60 years it has brought together manufacturers, dealers and customers from the construction industry. Metalgalante Carmix is the first

Stamford Stone Company has acquired the Clipsham Quarry Company from former owner and managing director, Sue Thomas. The acquisition makes Stamford Stone Company the sole supplier of Clipsham limestone worldwide and guarantees its reserves for generations to come. The company currently operates the Clipsham Medwells and Greetham quarries, both on the famous Lincolnshire limestone belt in county Rutland, eastern England, and the Clipsham Quarry off Bidwell Lane has now been added to that portfolio. The

Aggregate Industries, a leading player in the UK construction and infrastructure industries, headquartered in Bardon Hill, Leicestershire, England, has launched its new Maternity and Paternity Leave Policy to show its commitment to creating a more gender diverse workplace. As part of the company’s Diversity and Inclusion Programme, the new policy will offer mothers 18 weeks’ full pay during their maternity leave, as well as a six-week, return-to-work bonus, so 24 weeks in total, and fathers will now