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Earthmoving attachments from Miller UK’s extensive range are being used on major construction sites across London, England thanks to its relationship with O’Keefe, the specialist civil ground works contractor.

With nearly 40 years’ experience, O’Keefe is a market leader in the construction industry, working on projects for the retail, education, leisure, residential, industrial and commercial sectors in and around London. The company carries out enabling works, groundworks and sub-structure works and off

Hyundai Heavy Industries Europe has appointed Alain Worp as managing director.

Mr Worp has been working for Hyundai for 13-years and has held a number of positions within the sales department, which include, director of construction equipment sales. In the interim Mr Worp will fulfil both roles - Managing Director and Sales Director CE.

For 2016, Hyundai Heavy Industries Europe predict to end the year with a 5% growth compared to 2015. This result would mean that Hyundai has shown rising market share

Eriez vice president of sales and marketing, Charlie Ingram, has announced the promotion of Andrew Goldner to director-export sales.

The company says it is recognised as world authority in separation technologies for various industries, including mining and aggregates.

Goldner rejoined Eriez in 2012 as export market development manager and served most recently as senior manager-exports.

“This expanded role acknowledges Andrew’s continuing success and development of Eriez’

market-focused selling

Yorkshire Aggregates has expanded its fleet of CASE machines with the purchase of two new 921F wheeled loaders for its recycling centre at Armthorpe, near Doncaster.

The 921F models were purchased from Barnsley-based CASE dealer Warwick Ward Machinery to replace two 821E models. They join an existing CASE fleet comprising a 821F wheeled loader, a 1021F wheeled loader, a compact wheeled loader 221Fand a CX210C excavator.

Located just off the M18 near Doncaster, Yorkshire Aggregates site handles around

LafargeHolcim’s global R&D centre near Lyon, France, has developed and patented Airium, a mineral insulating foam that improves energy efficiency for buildings, from floor to ceiling.

It is said to address the energy efficiency challenges facing society today as well as the needs of construction professionals and home-owners.

Between 30-40% of global energy consumption is used for heating and cooling buildings, and LafargeHolcim targets the thermal insulation market with this new solution. This can be

Following a prolonged upturn in sales, Eriez says it is investing US$425,000 (£340,000/€400,00) in a new rotor manufacturing facility to expand the existing extensive European manufacturing headquarters in South Wales, UK, which supplies magnetic separation and metal detection equipment to customers across the UK and Europe.

Complementing Eriez’ Eddy Current manufacturing sites in North America and Asia, the expansion of the well-established Welsh facility adds a third rotor manufacturing site to the com

Hyundai Construction Equipment is immediately making available de-tiering kits that allow Hyundai dealers to adjust their machines for markets with less stringent emission regulations and high-sulphur fuel restrictions.

The company recently launched its all-new Stage IV excavator and wheeled loader line-up that comply with the latest emission regulations and are said to be up to 10% more fuel efficient.

Preceding the new HX excavators and HL wheeled loaders were the Stage III B Hyundai 9A-series. For

Members of the Cement Sustainability Initiative (CSI) have welcomed the Paris Agreement entering into force as a key milestone in establishing a stable regulatory framework to enable the business community to scale up the implementation of low-carbon solutions for climate change mitigation and adaptation.

The Paris Agreement, adopted on 12 December 2015, entered into force after the date on which at least 55 parties to the Convention (UNFCCC), accounting in total for at least an estimated 55% of the tota

Eriez says its continuous commitment to customer satisfaction has been strengthened with the

upgrade of its ISO 9001:2008 certification to the new ISO 9001:2015 standard for its business and quality management systems.

Eriez, which designs and manufacture magnetic separators, metal detectors, vibratory, fluid filtration and sampling equipment from its facility in Caerphilly, South Wales, UK, undertook an external audit by Det Norske Veritas (DNV) involving all processes and departments within the busi

Weir Minerals Poland has won the Polish Award of Innovation 2016.

It was one of the 12 companies from a pool of 300 from various industry sectors to have been short-listed for the award.

The Polish Agency for Entrepreneurship for Innovative Technology and Research nominated Weir Minerals for the R&D that has led to the development of the Warman WBH pump range.

Jaroslaw Kukawski, territory manager Poland, attended the presentation ceremony where Wojciech Pomarański, president of the Polish Agency f

LafargeHolcim subsidiary Holderind Investments has increased its shareholding in Ambuja Cement to 63.11% of total Ambuja shares; and in ACC, a subsidiary of Ambuja, to 4.48%% of total ACC shares.

India has long been one of LafargeHolcim’s major markets with “long term fundamentals and a clear potential for further improvement in business performance”, the company says.

“These share purchases further increase the group’s interest in its two strong companies which constitute a solid platform from which

Terex Trucks has appointed Volvo Malaysia as its official Malaysia dealer, part of the firm’s ongoing investments to strengthen its dealer footprint and support APAC region customers.

Volvo Malaysia is a leader in the distribution, sale, and support of construction equipment for mining and quarrying throughout East and Peninsular Malaysia. To boost its offering to customers in these segments, the company will add all four of Terex Trucks' rigid haulers – the TR45, TR60, TR70, and TR100 – to its portfolio

The parched land of central New Mexico once yielded uranium, a heavy metal that fuelled the U.S.’s nuclear power program. However, mining the material has lain dormant for decades and limestone, a more common, useful and less volatile mineral, is the new mining mineral of choice.

C&E Concrete is a leading producer of milled limestone for use in coal mines and power plants. The company is extracting a pure form of limestone from its Tinaja pit, a stone’s throw from Albuquerque. Established in 1974 by Wal

Preparations for the bauma Conexpo Africa exhibition, being held from March 13–16, 2018 at the Johannesburg Expo Centre (JEC) in Johannesburg, South Africa, have begun.

Interested companies can download the application documents from www.bcafrica.com/trade-fair/exhibitors/booking-stands/application-documents/index.html. The priority deadline for the third International Trade Fair for Construction Machinery, Building Material Machines, Mining Machines and Construction Vehicles is September 25, 2017.

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