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Koidu-based Meya Mining is employing and training local operators, helping to improve international perceptions of Sierra Leone’s diamond trade.

To say that Sierra Leone is rich in resources would be an understatement. Rutile, bauxite, gold and iron ore all number among the country’s abundant minerals. However, it’s diamonds the country is most famous for. Since diamonds first became a girl’s best friend in the early 1930s, it is estimated that Sierra Leone has produced over 500 million carats (100 tonne

At the start of the UK’s National Apprenticeship Week, Tarmac is set to offer 100 new apprenticeships as part of its 2018 programme. The pledge is part of a major corporate commitment to helping British construction develop a talented, diverse and highly-skilled workforce. The company, a leading UK supplier of construction products and solutions, will recruit apprentices from across Britain. It is offering roles ranging from HR commercial and general management through to mechanical and electrical

LafargeHolcim, one of the world’s biggest building materials groups, today launched a new five-year strategy targeting annual sales growth of 3 to 5%. Jan Jenisch, the French-Swiss giant’s new chief executive, said the strategy would revitalise the world’s biggest cement group by allowing it to grow faster than the overall market, whilst chopping costs. Other key targets in the strategy are Group recurring EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) growth of at least 5%/year,

ALLU, the Finnish global market crushing and screening bucket attachment specialist, has appointed Jeroen Hinnen as its new vice president of sales. The new role is seen as a key development in helping continue ALLU continue its impressive global growth. The last two years have seen rising sales of ALLU’s Transformer and Processor attachments, creating a healthy customer portfolio for Netherlands-born Hinnen to build on. He brings a wealth of sales and business development experience to his new role

UK construction and earthmoving equipment sales were up in the fourth quarter of 2017 and for the full calendar year, reports the CEA (Construction Equipment Association). In Q4 2017, the market grew by 7.4% compared with the same period in 2016. This took total growth for the year to 7.6% compared with 2016, reaching approximately 30,000 units for the year, according to the UK equipment statistics exchange*. Equipment sales in the UK market continued to show a distinctive seasonal pattern in 2017

The Mineral Products Association (MPA) has set out proposals for a new Aggregates Levy Community Fund (ALCF) to be introduced in England in April 2020.

Proposals for the ALCF will build on the legacy of the previous Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund (ALSF), but at a lower cost. The MPA proposal would see 8p per tonne - or 4% - of Aggregates Levy revenue being allocated to the new ALCF to fund local community projects and biodiversity and nature conservation projects. It would mean that an aggregates qu

Tarmac, a leading UK sustainable building materials and construction solutions business, has so far taken on 45 former Carillion employees, including two apprentices. All of the new employees were previously working on Carillion/Tarmac joint venture highways projects including the Finningley and Rossington Regeneration Route Scheme, A50 Growth Corridor and the Eastern Highways Alliance. These schemes are ongoing and are being delivered by Tarmac and its supply chain partners. Tarmac’s efforts to support

Metso continues to strengthen its North American aggregates distributor network with the recent addition of Kelly Tractor Co. based in Miami, Florida. Kelly Tractor Co. is now the exclusive distributor of Metso's mobile and stationary crushing and screening products in South Florida, with locations in Miami, Davie, West Palm Beach, Clewiston and Ft. Myers. Kelly Tractor Co. will rent and sell Metso equipment, and provide spares, wears and services to existing Metso customers. Since 1933, Kelly Tractor Co

South Africa’s surface mining industry association, ASPASA, has come out in full support of new Mineral Resources minister, Gwede Mantashe, and renewed its commitment to work with the department to advance mining nationally.

While the association enjoys an excellent relationship with the Department of Mineral Resources, as well as other stakeholders in the industry including the Chamber of Mines, organised labour and other industry bodies, developments under previous minister, Mozebenzi Zwane, had somewh

Rwanda-based CIMERWA is reportedly gearing up to increase its cement production to 600,000tonnes/year by mid-2019 to meet major new demand linked to showpiece infrastructure works in the East Africa region.

The multi-national Isaka-Kigali standard gauge railway and Bugesera International Airport in Rwanda’s Eastern Province are just two of the exciting multi-billion US dollar projects either underway or due to begin later in 2018.