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In the summer of 2018, parts of a fossilised Pliosaur skeleton were found buried in land operated by building materials supplier CEMEX. The remains of this savage predator, a prehistoric sea monster that lived over 155 million years ago, are now on display at North Lincolnshire Museum in Scunthorpe, central east England.

Continuing to demonstrate its pioneering credentials, Aggregate Industries’ new SuperCurve asphalt solution has proved phenomenal at withstanding high-levels of HGV traffic during the recent resurfacing of carriageways at the Port of Liverpool in Northwest England.

As a vital dock system for the transportation of goods entering the port, high volumes of heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) going in and out of the port every day had in recent years taken a toll on the existing carriageway’s hot-rolled asphalt (HR

South California-based Quinn Company has become a US distributor for quarrying and mining equipment provider Metso.

Quinn will now be providing contractors, recyclers, and aggregates producers with Finland-based Metso's complete range of mobile and stationary crushing and screening equipment. Customers will also receive the support of Metso's OEM parts and services.

Quinn is celebrating 100 years of business, having started in agriculture. The company now sells and leases machines for agriculture, con

In response to the overwhelming frustration felt by its members due to the ugly and unproductive manoeuvrings in the UK parliament, the Mineral Products Association (MPA) is calling for all MPs, whether ‘leavers or remainers’, to wake up to the need for the national interest to trump party politics over the coming weeks.

MPA chief executive Nigel Jackson said: “The MPA has adopted a neutral position since the referendum due to the diverse range of views within its membership on a complex issue where opin

Terex Trucks has just signed Mining Eurasia as its new official distributor in the Russian Federation.

As the single largest country in the world (17.1 million km²/6.6 million mi²), it’s no great surprise that Russia has an abundance of coal, metal and minerals. In fact, it is home to 17% of all mineral deposits, 18% of all coal reserves, and produces more chromium, nickel and palladium than any other nation.

This is one of the reasons why Mining Eurasia – the Russian mining equipment provider – has

HeidelbergCement has reduced its stake in Moroccan company Ciments du Maroc as part of its action plan to optimise its portfolio and improve cash generation.

The sale by the German global building materials giant of around 1.1 million shares representing 7.8% of Ciments du Maroc’s share capital generated around €140 million. The shares were sold to certain Moroccan institutional investors through an off-market block trade. Following this transaction, HeidelbergCement will retain a controlling stake of 5

The Mineral Products Association has welcomed the publication of the latest UK Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) report.

The MPA says it has worked together with the UK minerals industry, government and civil representatives to implement the EITI initiative in the UK as a further step to help improve public information and dialogue on the contribution and role of extractive industries in the UK.

The EITI was launched by then Prime Minister David Cameron in 2013. A key objective of

Mercedes-Benz Trucks has continued its product offensive in southern Africa with the launch of its eagerly-anticipated new Arocs model. The new specialist vehicle for construction is following on the heels of the new Actros launched last year.

Four new model lines, two for construction and two for distribution, are initially available as part of the first phase of the Arocs product rollout. Maretha Gerber, head of Mercedes-Benz Trucks South Africa, says the second phase of the launch will see more new mo

Wet processing equipment provider CDE has officially opened its new global headquarters in Cookstown, County Tyrone.

Having grown its team by 65% over the last 2 years, the Northern Irish company says it plans to create an additional 150 new jobs by 2020. CDE adds that the new facility can accommodate over 400 people and claims it houses the world’s largest engineering team dedicated to wet processing technologies.

CDE managing director Brendan McGurgan said: “The new base brings everything together u

The Terex Materials Processing segment of Terex Corporation delivered strong performance across its portfolio of businesses in Q4 2018 with sales of US$340 million (€300mn) - 20% higher than last year.

Full year 2018 sales of $1.3 billion (€1.14bn) for the segment – which includes Powerscreen, Terex Finlay, Terex Washing Systems, Terex Minerals Processing Systems, EvoQuip and Ecotec brands – represented an increase of 17% on 2017. Growth was driven by global demand for crushing and screening products, ma