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Two of Aggregate Industries’ employees have been recognised for their outstanding achievements and commitment to the minerals extractives industry at this year's Institute of Quarrying (IoQ) Fellow Lunch and Student Awards.

Dave Owen, an Asphalt Plant manager at Aggregate Industries, and Katie Sexton, a Graduate Management Trainee, were both awarded for excelling academically in the University of Derby's Centre for Mineral Products educational programmes.

Owen, who manages a team of 15 across Aggrega

With the economy and the construction sector set to grow at a steady speed in Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg over the next few years, Terex Trucks is expanding its Benelux operations and bringing its TA300 and TA400 articulated haulers to even more customers throughout the region.

The construction sector in the Netherlands is predicted to grow around 5.5% in 2019 – representing the segment with the largest expansion within the Dutch economy. The Belgian construction industry is also expected t

A combination of Keestrack’s fully-electric and track-mounted R6e impact crusher and three-deck C6e classifier is set to save Paekivitoodete Tehas (PT) nearly €100,000 a year in operating cost at the company’s two rock quarries near Estonia’s capital city, Tallinn.

Continental, a manufacturer of premium tyres for off- and on-highway machines, and Pyrolyx have entered into a five-year recovered carbon black (rCB) supply agreement for Continental tyre manufacturing facilities worldwide.

The supply agreement is the result of the two companies cooperation in the rCB technology field over recent years. It lays the foundation for using rCB in various Continental tyre segments during tyre production, representing a major step forward in addressing the global challenge of

Dangote Group, the Nigerian industrial conglomerate, has signed deals to build a cement factory and make phosphate into fertiliser in Togo, the small West African country’s government has announced.

Dangote signed a deal to build a cement factory at a cost of around $60 million. Construction of the factory is set to start in Q1 2020 and it will begin producing by the end of next year, the government statement reported by Reuters news agency said.

The cement would serve the Togolese market as well as

LafargeHolcim has taken note of a French appeal court decision to drop the charge of complicity in crimes against humanity brought against Lafarge SA over its operations in Syria, the French-Swiss cement maker said in a statement.

"LafargeHolcim deeply regrets the unacceptable errors committed in Syria", the company said in a statement reported by Reuters news agency, adding it "continues to cooperate fully with the French judicial authorities".

The French company is still facing charges of financing

SDLG has been displaying its LG946L wheeled loader at Philconstruct 2019. The cost-efficient utility machine on show at the well-attended exhibition hosted by the World Trade Centre in Manila, Philippines, is said to be ideal for loading and unloading loose materials, such as gravel and sand in quarries. The model is designed to adapt to a wide range of working conditions while delivering fast performance and reliability.

“We are seeing good progression in the Philippines and expecting to see continued

Tarmac is celebrating the graduation of the first cohort of apprentices on its industry-leading education programme.

As part of its commitment to upskilling the next generation, the UK-based company has enrolled a further 45 apprentices on to its fully accredited vocational qualification in mobile and static operations through the Professional Operator Development Programme (PODP).

Apprentices enrolled on the programme will cover topics designed to enhance their professional understanding of the in

‘Uniquely placed for Net Zero & Net Gain’, MPA calls for the Mineral Products industry’s contribution to be recognised

The Mineral Products industry has and will continue to play a vital role in delivering Net Zero carbon efficiency and biodiversity Net Gain. In his introductory address at Quarries & Nature 2019 held at The Royal Society in London, England, on 23rd October, Mineral Products Association (MPA) chief executive Nigel Jackson set out the industry’s action and showcased its achievements, whils

Volvo Penta is scaling up its commitment to the WWF Climate Savers programme by including its latest medium duty engine range. Boasting up to 5% in fuel consumption reduction with its Stage V engine range for off-road, Volvo Penta has taken yet another step in reducing its impact on the environment.

DEUTZ, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of innovative drive systems, recorded further growth in revenue and earnings in the first nine months of 2019.

Two Liebherr R 956 crawler excavators are said to be proving key machines for Petitjean, a granite excavation company based in eastern France's Vosges mountain range. Since March 2019, the R 956 models have been used in the company’s two-hectare La Bresse and 10-hectare Senones quarries to position heavy weights before mining, to load trucks and for drillers and miners to move large rocks.

Petitjean’s 5000m³ annual production of ‘Gris bleu des Vosges’, ‘Feuille morte de Senones’ and ‘Rouge corail’ end an