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Pattison Sand is a family owned sand and aggregates company based in Iowa, the United States. Producing a diverse range of products, they service several industries including infrastructure and construction.

After successfully using a number of Weir Minerals products at their site, Pattison Sand wanted a custom designed plant capable of producing more than seven materials: concrete stone, road rock and base material, asphalt stone, asphalt chips, railroad ballast and manufactured sand. This was a challen

Lafarge Cement, part of leading UK construction materials supplier Aggregate Industries, has achieved BS EN ISO50001:2018 in Energy Management Systems after demonstrating its ongoing commitment to energy efficiency.

As the latest version of the standard for Energy Management Systems, BS EN ISO50001:2018 requires companies to show continuous improvement in reducing the energy intensity of their operations.

The certification is formal recognition of Lafarge Cement’s high standard of energy governance

LafargeHolcim has acquired Transit Mix Concrete Co., a leading supplier of building materials in Colorado and subsidiary of Continental Materials Corporation. The acquisition will strengthen the French-Swiss global building materials giant’s position in a dynamic and growing building materials market of the United States. As part of the transaction, LafargeHolcim takes ownership of Transit’s seven ready-mixed concrete plants and a sand quarry. Transit Mix has more than 180 employees.

In January 2019, Laf

The UK Quality Ash Association (UKQAA), the trade federation for the UK producers, marketers and users of fly ash and bottom ash arising from pulverised coal fired power stations has become an Affiliate Member of the Mineral Products Association (MPA), which represents the aggregates, asphalt, cement, concrete, dimension stone, lime, mortar and silica sand industries.

The agreement incorporates a range of planned collective activities leveraging the combined resources of the UKQAA and MPA to ensure tha

A consortium comprising UK building materials heavyweight Aggregate Industries, Innovatium and the University of Birmingham has successfully secured Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) funding for an industry-first application of liquid air energy storage (LAES) energy efficiency technology under the government’s Industrial Energy Efficiency Accelerator (IEEA) programme.

The IEEA programme, administered by the Carbon Trust on behalf of BEIS, will provide more than £350,000 of g

LafargeHolcim, the French-Swiss global building materials giant, has closed the sale of Holcim Indonesia with the disposal of its entire shareholding of 80.6 per cent in Holcim Indonesia to Semen Indonesia for US$ 1.75 billion.

The sale of Holcim Indonesia is part of LafargeHolcim’s ongoing portfolio review. The assets sold to Semen Indonesia include the entirety of LafargeHolcim’s operations in Indonesia, which consists of four cement plants, 33 ready-mix plants and two aggregate quarries.

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Surging mortar sales suggest that housebuilding in Great Britain remained buoyant in 2018.

That is one of the indications of the latest data from the Mineral Products Association (MPA), which records mortar volumes at their highest level since records began in 2004.

Year-on-year volumes increased by 14.3%, despite tailing off in Q4 with a 1% decline. The majority of mortar sales take place within six months of housebuilding projects starting, with increased volumes indicating that new starts were posi

CEMEX is contributing to the renovation and recovery of Manuel Ávila Camacho Boulevard in Veracruz, Mexico.

The boulevard is one of the city's main tourist attractions and has been renovated to include new recreational spaces for the local population and visitors.

Building materials company CEMEX collaborated with the local government to design the work and placement of special products to renovate more than 13,000m2 of sidewalks and 8,000m3 of fittings, with approximately 10,900m3 of concrete suppli

HeidelbergCement says it has been ranked the leading company in the cement sector for sustainability for the second year in a row.

The building materials manufacturer received the ranking from international non-profit organisation CDP (formerly Carbon Disclosure Project), which has published the results of its company sustainability ratings for 2018. As in 2017, HeidelbergCement received scores of A- in the categories of “climate change” and “water”.

CDP rates the commitment and transparency of compan

Volvo Construction Equipment (CE) posted a 27% sales increase in 2018, driven by a strong finish to the year.

The company says the fourth quarter saw sales up 21% and deliveries increase by 24%, ending what it terms as its "strongest year ever buoyed by good demand from all major regions and all industrial segments".

Volvo CE adds that its performance also helped parent company the Volvo Group achieve record results. Growth in both machine and service businesses, and increased demand from constructio

Terex Washing Systems (TWS) says it is making a further investment in its North American sales and operational teams.

The company adds that the move will enable customers to engage directly with TWS experts to discuss their requirements and collaborate in the development of innovative customer-specific solutions.

Northern Ireland-based TWS provides advanced washing solutions for material and mineral washing needs in aggregates, recycling, mining and industrial sands.

The TWS operation in North Amer

Drawing on its comprehensive local logistics network, Aggregate Industries is currently supplying top-grade aggregates for the extraordinary development of the Thurrock Thameside Nature Park in Essex, south-east England.

Located on the north bank of the Thames Estuary, the nature reserve - first opened in 2013 - is a one of a kind project to convert London’s largest waste site, the former Mucking Marshes Landfill, into a variety of nature habitats including locally important grasslands, woodland and spec

The British Marine Aggregate Producers Association (BMAPA) and The Crown Estate have published a 20-year review of their ‘Area Involved’ initiative which reports on changes in the area of seabed licensed and dredged. Over the past 20 years the two organisations have been working in partnership, sharing data to help promote and ensure sustainable use of the sea bed.

The original 1999 ‘Area Involved’ initiative committed the marine aggregate industry and The Crown Estate to review all dredging licences ove