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LafargeHolcim, the Swiss-French building materials giant, has awarded a contract to thyssenkrupp to supply a 3,500tonnes/day line for a new clinker plant in Souss Massa, Morocco. The project will include engineering, procurement and construction for the entire clinker line.

The contract’s key elements include a 1,000tonnes/hour primary crusher, a longitudinal additives storage facility, a 12,000tonne circular stockpile, a 290tonnes/hour Quadropol QMR2 roller mill and a blending silo with a 4,600tonne cap

Boart Longyear says it will be one of more than 1,000 exhibitors at the international Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) event being held in Toronto, Canada from 4-7 March.
Each year, PDAC holds this international convention, trade show and investors exchange attracting 24,000 attendees from 130 countries. Boart Longyear’s showcase includes the new TruScan core scanning technology which captures and accesses accurate, real-time geological data at the exploration site as the core is drill

Dr Michael J. Mankosa, executive vice president of global technology at Eriez, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering. Election to the NAE is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer Dr Mankosa will be formally inducted during a ceremony at the NAE's annual meeting in Washington DC on 30 September 2018. According to the NAE, Academy membership honours those who have made outstanding contributions to “engineering research, practice, or education, including, where a

Doosan Infracore has held a grand meeting of its European CE dealers in Malaga, Spain. The event involved over 140 participants, including the company's top management and executives of its European dealerships. It was the first major gathering of dealers held by Doosan Infracore since the retransfer back of its heavy business. Previously, Doosan Bobcat was in charge of the heavy business in advanced markets including Europe and North America. Through the business transfer process carried out in 2017

The Minerals Products Association (MPA), the trade body for the British aggregates, cement and concrete industries, is setting up a Materials Innovation Hub in collaboration with Highways UK. The Hub aims to provide a focal point and meeting place for suppliers, contractors, specifiers and clients involved in pavement materials aspects of highways across the national, regional, local and urban road networks. The new project will primarily focus on finding solutions to a series of real world challenges, and

KAZ Minerals in Kazakhstan has selected FLSmidth as its technology partner for a new 5,000tonnes/day line at Aktogay in an order worth US$100 million (€81.4 million). FLSmidth's scope of supply includes the key machines, installation supervision, commissioning, start-up and ramp-up support. The order will support KAZ Minerals in doubling the throughput of its Aktogay open pit copper mine from 75,000tonnes/day to 150,000tonnes/day. FLSmidth has previously delivered three complete copper concentrators to KAZ

Metso, the Finnish global quarrying and mining equipment manufacturing giant, is prioritising sustainability and profitable growth in 2018 and beyond, according to Eeva Sipilä, the company’s interim president and CEO. The company’s 2017 Annual Report, published on Friday 23 February, revealed that Metso’s annual sales rose 5% to €2.706 billion, with 2017 orders received up 9% to € 2.982 billion. However, Metso’s operating profit was down 4% to €218 million from €227 million in 2016. In a wide-ranging

Rapid International has supplied Kasco Mining and Construction with a new Rapidmix mobile continuous concrete mixing plant for production of mine backfill within a mine in the North Mara region of Tanzania. Established in 2005, Kasco Mining and Construction is a subsidiary of the larger Kasco Group (Kasco). Originally a micro equipment hire contractor, Kasco has grown to be one of the leading mining, concrete, infrastructure and earthworks contractors in the Tanzanian construction and mining sector. Kasco

Aggregate Industries, a major UK construction materials supplier and member of the LafargeHolcim Group, has acquired the Kendall Group, a leading aggregates and ready-mixed concrete manufacturer operating in the South of England. The acquisition of the Kendall Group, which posted net sales of around £25 million in 2017, will allow Aggregate Industries to expand its operations in the South of England. The region where Kendall is active is expected to benefit from above national average growth, especially in

Washington’s Institute of Transportation (ITE) has elected Marsha Anderson Bomar, John J. Kennedy and W. Hibbett Neel as honorary members. The membership is presented to individuals of notable and outstanding professional achievement. Bomar is the executive director of the Gateway85 Community Improvement District, where her focus is on mobility, infrastructure, safety, security, and economic development. She was previously founder and president of Street Smarts and Data Smarts and is an international past