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FLSmidth has signed a contract for a state-of-the-art cement plant in Africa valued at more than €100 million. The contract includes engineering, equipment supply, construction supervision, commissioning, and training.
Located in the North Africa region, the plant will mainly supply cement to its local market. Once completed, the cement plant will have a capacity of 12,000tonnes/day. “We are extremely proud to have been chosen as the preferred supplier of this cement plant. It marks the culmination of a c

Sandvik has opened a global rock drill competence and development center at its site in Tampere, Finland. The new center will drive the development of rock drills used in underground and surface drilling applications. “The rock drill innovation program will ensure Sandvik’s technology leadership in the rock drilling business for generations to come,” said Björn Rosengren, Sandvik president and CEO. The innovation center will bundle the rock drill technology development capabilities from across the company a

Robit, the Finnish manufacturer of high quality button bits for quarry and mine rock drilling and casing systems for ground drilling, has appointed Mika Virtanen as Group CEO and member of Robit Global Management Team. Virtanen has made a career of over 20 years in several management positions in metal and automation industry. He has worked since 2002 for Cargotec Corporation in international operations, where his positions have been among others president (Bromma), senior vice president Spreader Division (

Hanson UK has launched the fourth round of its biennial biodiversity research competition, the Quarry Life Award. The competition is run by Hanson’s parent company HeidelbergCement in 23 countries across the globe. It offers academics and students from universities and further education institutions the chance to win up to £27,000 (€31,800) by finding new ideas for the conservation and promotion of biodiversity in quarries. The fourth edition includes for the first time a category for community projects tha

Seminars, conferences and round tables: This year the participants of CTT can look forward to a diverse program of supporting events. The 18th edition of the show will take place from May 30 to June 3, 2017, at the Crocus Expo IEC in Moscow. The Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation (MINPROMTORG RUSSIA) has worked on developing and introducing tools to stimulate the development of production in Russia effectively. The results of these measures and plans for improving the investment attrac

Today, quarry management is a heavily regulated industry that includes strict guidelines especially around such aspects as the restoration process. The Cullimore Group, a leading Gloucestershire, West England-based provider of haulage and aggregates, says it not only understands this, but consistently goes above and beyond the stated requirements by restoring every piece of land to an even better state than it was previously in. Over the years, The Group has become renowned for its environmental conscience,

To meet the increased number of construction projects in Southern California, CEMEX USA is expanding its network in the region with plans for a state-of-the-art rail-served distribution terminal in Los Angeles and a new aggregate loading system at its quarry in Victorville. This terminal is expected to bring high-quality aggregates to metro Los Angeles area and surrounding communities. “The Los Angeles metro area continues to grow, and CEMEX USA continues to be a major part of that growth,” said Eric Wittma

The construction materials industry’s claimed first small scale liquid lime delivery vehicle has been unveiled by Tarmac, and has already started making deliveries of Tarmac’s Kalic and Kalic HS milk of lime to sites across the UK in a route affectionately dubbed the ‘milk round’. The truck enables milk of lime products to be delivered more easily to smaller or hard to reach locations in a single journey. It adds more choice for customers requiring smaller quantities of liquid lime, and supplements Tarmac’s

The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) has elected Grant Godbersen, vice president, manufacturing at GOMACO, to the AEM Board of Directors. In two other appointments, Susanne Cobey, president and CEO of Eagle Crusher Company, and Mary Erholtz, vice president, marketing of Superior Industries, have been elected to the AEM CE Sector Board, to fill unexpired terms. AEM is the North American-based international trade group representing off-road equipment manufacturers and suppliers. AEM officers and d

A new home for swifts, a swift tower, has been erected at CEMEX’s busy asphalt plant in Hope Street, Manchester, North West England, to encourage the charismatic bird to come and nest. Over the coming weeks, swifts will be returning to UK towns and cities and are a quintessential sign of the British summer. Swifts are the perfect house guest. They are only in the UK for three months of the year, make no mess when nesting and help get rid of flying insects and mosquitoes. Sadly, their numbers have been rapid

The Mineral Products Association (MPA) has published its 2016 Sustainable Development (SD) Performance Summary which demonstrates the Mineral Products industry’s commitment to action on sustainability and evidence based reporting. The report affirms the sectors commitment to action and increased transparency. The key highlights include: Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate - MPA members’ Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate deteriorated slightly from 3.25 to 3.79. This was coupled with five fatalities of four employe

Doosan Portable Power has been awarded a new £3 million (€3.55mn) order for portable air compressors from A-Plant, the leading UK plant, tools and equipment hire company. The new A-Plant compressor order comprises over 300 Doosan models, including around 60 of the innovative ‘Dual Mode’ 7/73-10/53 and 7/124-10/104 models from Doosan. The balance of the A-Plant order is made up of 7/20, 7/26EG, 7/41 and 7/41G single- and two-tool models, as well as the new 10/174 model, the largest single axle portable compr