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The Tunisian State and Bina Corp, the controlling shareholders of Carthage Cement, have decided to proceed, through a public tender, to the sale of majority stake (50.52%) in the company to a strategic and/or a financial investor who is capable to ensure its management and development.
Carthage Cement, a public company, specialises in the production of cement, aggregates and concrete, and its 2.2 million tonne capacity plant is located south-east of Tunis at the bottom of Djebel Rsas, a Jurassic limestone

Metso's fourth-quarter 2017 sales are estimated to total €710 million, an increase of 5% from Q4/2016. However, profitability of the Minerals segment came in weaker than expected, due to a higher than estimated share of equipment sales compared to services sales and a weak margin of the services business. Metso's adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITA) is estimated at €64 million, corresponding to a margin of 9.1% (Q4/2016: €64 million and 9.4%). Metso's fourth-quarter

Liverpool mayor Joe Anderson has officially opened CEMEX UK’s new asphalt plant in the city’s Docklands. This is the first CEMEX asphalt plant in Liverpool, North West England, and represents a total investment of around £4 million. The plant will also provide employment for six site staff and up to eight drivers, who will transport asphalt to local projects and contracts. “This is a great new venture for us. In this next month, we will be supplying material for road repair and construction to Derby Road

KKB Group has purchased four Powerscreen Chieftain 1400 screens from Blue Machinery London. The quartet will be used to further enhance KKB Group’s efficient production of recycled asphalt and aggregates. Established by Colin Basi over 20 years ago, KKB Group has evolved over the years to now offer a wide range of services including remediation, plant hire, plant sales, specialist demolition equipment hire, civil engineering projects and recycling services. The company says that what sets it apart from

Blue Group, a specialist provider of materials processing equipment for the quarrying and waste recycling industries in England, Scotland and Wales, has announced the purchase of Murray Plant, the Rammer distributor for the UK. Murray Plant has been supplying equipment to the construction, mining, demolition and quarrying industries for almost 30 years, having been set up in 1988 by Bruce Murray. The business therefore has a wealth of product knowledge and has developed strong relationships with their

The Qld Rock Breakers division of RD Williams is ALLU’s new distributor throughout Australia.
The company will supply a comprehensive range of ALLU Transformer and Processor attachments, and will also provide full after-market care, spare parts and dedicated customer service. ALLU Transformer Series are used in mining processes, quarrying and aggregates for crushing and loading of raw material, such as soft limestone, and this can be completed in one cycle. It can also be used in earthmoving and demolition

Ritchie Bros. will next month host its first-ever, one-owner auction in the UK, selling hundreds of items for leading UK equipment rental company A-Plant at the Rockingham Motor Speedway in Corby, England. The one-day auction, being held on February 8, 2018, features equipment from A-Plant’s first-class rental fleet, including excavators, dumpers, rollers, boom lifts, scissor lifts and telehandlers, as well as a great selection of smaller tools and groundcare equipment. All items will be sold without

Dr Andreas Strecker, 56, has been appointed as a member of the board of management of DEUTZ, effective 1 March 2018. He will assume responsibility for finance, purchasing, human resources and information services from 1 April 2018, and will succeed former CFO Dr Margarete Haase (64), whose contract ends on 30 April 2018. Dr Strecker previously worked in managerial positions in the bus and controlling units of the Daimler Group, most notably for many years as the president and CEO of Daimler Buses North

The largest construction materials trader in the UK has acquired one of what is said to be London’s most successful and diverse companies serving the construction, quarrying and waste sectors. S Walsh & Sons, which partners with the major infrastructure companies for the removal, haulage, handling and recycling of construction and waste materials, has been acquired by GRS Group which was among the highest climbers the Sunday Times top track 250 growth companies in 2017. The acquisition provides GRS with