Bridgend Aggregates of King Edward, northern Scotland, has taken delivery of its first Volvo excavator in the form of a 30-tonne EC300E. The machine will be deployed loading the primary crusher at the company’s hard rock Bridgend Quarry.
Dangote Cement, Africa's biggest building materials supplier, plans to start exports from its Congo Republic plants to neighbouring states after its Nigerian exports fell 41% in 2019 when Nigeria’s government closed its borders.
Swedish quarrying and construction machine attachment manufacturer Steelwrist has appointed Peter Lam as its vice president for the Asia Pacific region.
CRH reported a 21% increase in annual profit after benefiting from strong infrastructure and commercial construction in the US and solid trading in Europe.
LafargeHolcim, the giant French-Swiss building materials group, expects to shake off a "massive slowdown" in China caused by the coronavirus with a rebound in Chinese demand later in the year and strong sales in other regions.
