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The Philippines construction industry will grow by 12.5% in real terms in 2017 and a further 11.7% in 2018 on the back of the government’s ambitious infrastructure development plans, according to a BMI Research market report released last month. For Chinese construction equipment manufacturer SDLG, this growth projection translates into an opportunity to cement its market leadership position in the Philippines, where its cost-effective wheeled loaders and motor graders are in popular demand.

Mehmet Bastas is owner of a successful Turkish road construction company, which is based in the ancient city of Mardin, south-east of Turkey, about 20km north of the border with Syria.
The ruins of Dara-Anastasiopolis, an East Roman fortress city, are still a symbol of the importance of this area in Late Antiquity. The monastery Zafaran is another historical attraction of Mardin and has its origins dating back over 4,000 years.

Hanson has appointed Paul Lacey as general manager of its packed products business.
He was previously head of sustainability and marketing for Hanson, and has also worked for Ronseal and Crown Paints and has extensive experience in commercial and business development. He will be responsible for sites across the UK, producing packed cementitious products such as Postfix as well as decorative and construction aggregates. “My knowledge of the company and product range, combined with my experience in marketin

DRAP, the coffee table designed by Paolo Ulian for Silvestri Marmi & Co, exhibited in The Italian Stone Theatre as part of the Territory & Design show at Marmomacc, has won the Icon Award.
The project will become the main theme in the new Marmomac 2018 communications campaign for the event, which will be held in Verona, Italy (26-29 September 2018).
The jury had the task of selecting the work whose aesthetic impact and symbolic value was the most representative of those highlighted in The Italian Stone Th

Pan African cement manufacturer, the Dangote Cement, says it has maintained its stronghold in the Nigeria domestic cement market accounting for 65% of the country’s market volume, while other African plants’ volumes went up by 7.5% to 7 million tonnes/year.
The company has in the past months expanded its operations across Africa with the coming onstream of the 1.5million tonnes/year integrated cement plant in Mfila, Republic of Congo.

Leading crushing and screening specialist Pilot Crushtec International, the regional distributor of Metso’s aggregate equipment in southern Africa, recently used its Open Day 2017 to showcase both its in-house and Metso’s new solutions to the regional aggregate community.

The event provided an ideal platform for the regional quarrying community to view the latest equipment available, including many products making their southern African debut. The day saw the launch of several new products from both Pilo

The European Quality Association for Recycling (EQAR) is for the third time offering the European innovation award for construction material recycling in Europe.

With more than two billion tonnes of mineral wastes the construction sector produces the biggest waste flow in Europe, according to Manfred Wierichs, president of EQAR. However, mineral construction and demolition wastes are valuable resources from which

CEMEX is supplying the building blocks for the new Chase Center in San Francisco, the future home of the 2017 NBA world champion Golden State Warriors.

The Mexican global building materials giant expects to provide over 76,000m³ of ready-mixed concrete for the new sports and entertainment complex set to open by the 2019 NBA season. CEMEX crews have already begun pouring concrete at the site near downtown San Francisco for the structure’s pillars. In addition to the pillars, CEMEX will also provide other

Aggregates supplier Tippers ‘R’ Us have recently taken delivery of a new RUBBLE MASTER RM 90GO! with integrated screenbox and recirculating conveyor, from Red Knight 6 Ltd, at their Kesgrave site near Ipswich, England.