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LafargeHolcim increased its operating earnings in Q3 2016 – despite sales of CHF 7 billion being 3.1% down on a like-for-like basis compared to the same quarter of 2015.

The building materials giant posted a 10.5% rise in adjusted operating EBITDA, said to be driven by pricing strategy, synergies and disciplined cost management. The company’s income in Q3 2016 was CHF 1.1 billion, with its operating free cash flow up CHF 826 million compared to 2015.

Eric Olsen, CEO of LafargeHolcim, said: “With the

Two careers days organised by the Geological Society and supported by the UK-based Institute of Quarrying (IQ) will provide Geoscience and Earth Science students with the opportunity to unearth the latest career options and talk to industry leaders about how to enter the sector.

The Geological Society Careers & Industry Days take place at the British Geological Survey, in Keyworth, Nottinghamshire, central England on Wednesday 9 November 2016 and at Our Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh on Wednesday 23 November.

Titan Group, the Greek building materials giant, posted its highest quarterly profit in five years in Q3 2016.

Furthermore, the Group says the first nine months of 2016 saw a significant improvement in its trading performance, reflecting the growth of the U.S. market and the improvement of results in Egypt.

Titan Group’s Q3 2016 profit, after minority interests and the provision for taxes, stood at €112.7 million – up notably from €12 million in Q3 2015. Results were said to be favourably affected by

A new report by IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, finds that Egypt’s cement producers could save money and lower greenhouse gas emissions by using waste, so-called alternative fuels, to power their production facilities.

The study, Unlocking Value: Alternative Fuels for Egypt’s Cement Industry, assessed the potential for producers to increase the use of alternative fuels and recommend sustainable market solutions. Those alternative fuels include municipal solid waste, agricultural waste, sewage, an

Volvo Construction Equipment has signed a deal for the supply of 100 machines to Chepstow Plant International for its mineral, aggregates and earthmoving fleet.

Equipment joining the fleet includes the latest in Volvo ADTs from A25G to A40G; wheeled loaders from L45H to L250H, and excavators from EC220E up to the new EC750E.

“Premium brand equipment helps us and our customers in many ways,” says John Corcoran, managing director of Chepstow Plant International,. “It rewards with safety, uptime, fuel e

Topcon Positioning Group, a world leader in positioning instruments for survey and construction, and Bentley Systems, a leading global provider of comprehensive software solutions for advancing infrastructure, today announced their joint intentions to connect cloud services for constructioneering.

During their keynote presentations at The Year in Infrastructure 2016 Conference in London, the companies’ CEOs presented new construction workflows designed to increase efficiency and productivity with enhanc

Plans are well in hand for the construction of the 3D printed excavator that will be unveiled at the at CONEXPO-CON/AG & IFPE exhibition in March 2017. Those behind the project will be participating in an Ask Me Anything (AMA) event on Reddit on Thursday Nov 10th, 2016. Two of the key team members of the project to construct the 3D-printed excavator will field questions from the Reddit community. They are, Lonnie Love, PhD and Cab design team representative and Andy Peterman, member of the student engineeri

A Freightliner class 66 diesel locomotive has been named ‘Poppy’ in memory of 15 workers from UK-based Buxton Lime Firms (now Tarmac) who served and died in the Battle of the Somme.

A naming ceremony at Tarmac’s Tunstead Quarry, near Buxton, Derbyshire was attended by more than 50 people, including Andrew Bingham, MP for High Peak, and members of The Royal British Legion, who officially unveiled the engine.

Inspiration for the locomotive name was taken from a large copper poppy sculpture produced ear

A new educational factsheet exploring the importance of effective water management in quarries is now available from the UK-based Institute of Quarrying (IQ).

The IQ Water Management Factsheet has been developed in partnership with environmental water specialists Hafren Water. It aims to raise knowledge and awareness of water safety management and related environmental issues for professionals working within the quarrying and minerals extractives industries.

Chris Leake, Senior Hydrogeologist at Hafre

Global crushing and screening heavyweight McCloskey International has launched McCloskey Washing Systems (MWS), a new business division focused on washing and classifying across multiple applications. MWS will design and manufacture a full range of mobile, modular and static material and mineral washing equipment.

Speaking ahead of the launch, Paschal McCloskey, McCloskey International’s president and CEO, said: “Our customers are always looking for more modern, flexible and cost-effective solutions. Our

Tarmac has awarded a new strategic national rail off-loading contract to specialist company Rail Freight Services for grab off-loading of materials arriving at sites around the UK.

The four-year agreement is part of the leading sustainable building materials and construction solutions company’s ongoing commitment to enhance its rail freight network to support delivery of the UK’s infrastructure ambitions.

Rail freight is a key part of Tarmac’s logistics portfolio, helping to lower the whole life carbo

Students at the JCB Academy have created a novel roll of honour for the fallen of the two world wars to launch the 2016 Staffordshire poppy appeal.

The youngsters have been researching the heroic exploits of servicemen who died in the two conflicts – many of whom were members of their own families.

Now their study has led to the names of the fallen and some who served and survived being honoured in a moving and striking display at the JCB Academy. The names have been laser cut on to red acrylic- sha

Terex Finlay, recently hosted an Americas customer open day in San Antonio, Texas.

In addition to US, South American and Canadian based visitors there was also an international flavour with customers and dealers in attendance from Ireland and Russia.

The event and product demonstration were hosted by Martin Marrietta, Medina Quarry, just outside San Antonio, and saw Terex Finlay unveil three new machines at the event.The I-140 impact crusher; C-1540 direct drive cone crusher, and 674 inclined screene