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With traffic levels on Britain’s roads reaching record levels and heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) traffic identified as the second fastest growing traffic type in recent years, Aggregate Industries is calling for more to be done to drive road safety forward in construction.

Official statistics estimate that 327 billion vehicle miles were travelled on UK roads during the period of July 2017 to June 2018 – a 2% increase over the last two years – with HGV traffic making up 17.2 billion vehicle miles. This has

The Mineral Products Association (MPA) has welcomed the National Infrastructure Commission’s (NIC) Interim Report, the ‘Future of Freight’, notably the highlighting of the how the operation of the UK planning system can restrict the operation of key aggregates facilities such as wharves and rail depots.

MPA evidence to the NIC had indicated that the significant use of rail and water transport by the aggregates industry could be constrained by inappropriate development adjacent to wharves and depots, for

LafargeHolcim has been awarded an important contract for the renovation of the Afsluitdijk, one of the Netherlands’ key sea defence infrastructure projects, with a new specially developed solution protecting dykes against strong waves and rising sea water levels. The new Holcim Basalton Quattroblock will cover around 700,000m² of the 32 kilometre-long dam. In addition, LafargeHolcim developed a sustainable and efficient logistics solution where materials are delivered by sea to avoid additional traffic on t

During a recent visit to the site, local MP Hannah Bardell praised Aggregate Industries’ Levenseat quarry in West Lothian, Scotland, for the ‘highly-valuable contribution’ it is making in helping to construct the region’s infrastructure.

Ms Bardell, who has been the Member of Parliament for Livingston since 2015, visited the sands quarry in Fauldhouse, Bathgate, to meet the production team and take an exclusive tour of the site. During the visit, Ms Bardell, who recently helped to create parliament’s fir

During a recent visit to the site, local MP Hannah Bardell praised Aggregate Industries’ Levenseat quarry in West Lothian, Scotland, for the ‘highly-valuable contribution’ it is making in helping to construct the region’s infrastructure.

Ms Bardell, who has been the Member of Parliament for Livingston since 2015, visited the sands quarry in Fauldhouse, Bathgate, to meet the production team and take an exclusive tour of the site. During the visit, Ms Bardell, who recently helped to create parliament’s fir

Lafarge Cement has introduced the new packed product Rapid Set Cement to its range.

Rapid Set Cement is a Portland cement containing calcium aluminate for rapid hardening. The fast-setting, low shrinkage cement is designed for use in screeds and renders to prepare wall and floor surfaces prior to installing most tile types.

Lafarge Cement says it is suitable for dry and wet installations, including swimming pools, and can be pumped for fast application. Setting in just one hour, Lafarge Cement adds t

Canadian aggregates production and marketing company Athabasca Minerals has appointed Dana Archibald as chief operating officer.

He will support CEO Robert Beekhuizen in managing the performance of existing operations, and realising the corporation's growth in its project development programme, joint-ventures, and acquisition initiatives in both the conventional aggregates and silica sand sectors of its portfolio.

Archibald was previously senior business & project development manager for Dechant Const

Aggregate Industries is supplying its Lytacrete secondary aggregate solution for the £5m Nene Bridge structural refurbishment project.

Constructed over the River Nene in the 1970s, Nene Bridge in Peterborough, UK is iconic for its ‘v’ shaped pier. It is a major traffic route and provides access to vehicles travelling from the A1 to A47, as well as pedestrians and cyclists going between the north and south of the city. The bridge is currently undergoing extensive renovations, including reinforcing the bri

Industrial group BUA has signed a contract with Chinese cement manufacturing company CBMI for the construction of a new plant in Nigeria.

The Kalambaina Cement Line 2 plant will be located in Sokoto State in the north West of the country and is planned to manufacture 3million metric tonnes of cement per annum.

The announcement comes a few weeks after Nigerian authorities approved the merger between Kalambaina Cement and the Cement Company of Northern Nigeria (CCNN). BUA owns a 90% stake in CCNN.

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Dassault Systèmes mining software brand Geovia, which is also used for surface mining and aggregates production, is currently the most popular mine planning and management software in the world.

That is one of the findings in a new report from data and analytics company GlobalData which states that Geovia is used by a third of the 281 mines surveyed, ahead of Datamine (15.3%) and Maptek (10.3%).

The ‘Global Mine-Site Technology Adoption Survey, 2018’ adds that Geovia is well positioned to take advanta

CEMEX UK, a leading building materials supplier, is working in partnership with energy, services and regeneration group ENGIE, is using 100% renewable electricity at all the company’s supplied sites.

ENGIE has been providing electricity to over 150 CEMEX UK sites for over 10 years, also supplying gas to 33 of these sites. The current contract is to be extended for a further 12 months.

Going forward all of the electricity supplied to the sites will be from 100% renewable energy sources including wind e

Górażdże Cement president Ernest Jelito has been elected as the new chairman of the Polish Association of Cement Producers (SPC).

His election was confirmed during a meeting of the SPC board in Krakow last month.

He replaces Andrzej Ptak, president of the Ożarów SA Group, who retired from the role with effect from January 1, 2019.

Jelito was born in 1958 and is a graduate of the AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków.

He started his career in 1982, and from 2001 to 2005 he was the