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Mexican cement giant Cemex has posted a tenfold year-on-year increase in its net income for 2016. The company’s net income reached US$750 million in 2016, compared to $75 million in 2015. It represents Cemex’s highest annual net income generation since 2007.

Meanwhile, Cemex’s operating EBITDA increased on a like-to-like basis by 15% during the full year versus 2015, while EBITDA margin increased 1.7% in the same period. The firm’s EBITDA and EBITDA margin were the highest achieved since 2008 and 2007, r

Marangoni Retreading Systems has expanded its market presence in Scandinavia via a new partnership with Däcknor, one of Sweden’s leading quality retreaders.

The roots of Däcknor extend back to the year 1944 when their first tyre dealing and retreading activities started at Strömsund, Sweden. Since then Däcknor has successfully grown to become a very important player in the Swedish and partially the Norwegian market, with a strong focus on retreading.

Recently, Däcknor has decided to face its future ch

Every three years, the construction and quarrying equipment industry descends upon Las Vegas for CONEXPO-CON/AGG, one of the largest trade shows in the world. With so many industry participants in one place, it's the perfect time for an equipment auction—attracting more bidders and driving great results for consignors. On March 9 – 10, 2017, right in the middle of the show, Ritchie Bros. will sell thousands of items for hundreds of companies at its Las Vegas site, offering interested bidders the convenience

The Mineral Products Association (MPA) says higher mineral products demand in Great Britain through 2016, and particularly in the last quarter, indicates momentum in construction activity at the start of 2017. Mineral products are by far the largest element of the construction supply chain and the MPA’s latest sector results provide a contrasting view to the more subdued official construction statistics.

Sales volumes of ready-mixed concrete (RMC) in Great Britain improved by 4% compared to 2015, matche

Registration is now open for free trade entry passes for Friday 21 April at CQMS’17 - Ireland’s Construction & Quarrying Machinery Show (see www.machinerymovers.ie/cqms for the registration offer). Being held 21-22 April, the CQMS’17 event in Tullamore, Co Offaly is already almost sold out. Over €70 million worth of equipment will be showcased by 200 exhibiters to 8,000 visitors. CQMS’17 is also facilitating factory visits to equipment manufacturers North & South.

In a move to encourage enterprise and su

JCB is launching a brand new safety system for its wheeled loaders, which reduces the risk of on-site collisions between man and machine.

The JCB Proximity Braking System (PBS), developed in collaboration with FCC Environment (UK), automatically sounds an alarm in the cab and applies the vehicle’s brakes if a person enters a pre-set exclusion zone around the machine.

In addition, the system automatically puts the vehicle into neutral and applies the parking brake.

In harmony with this, at-risk pede

JCB says it is creating a new sector in the ground engineering market with the development of a piling solution.

With an operating weight of less than 12tonnes, the company says its Pilingmaster, unveiled in concept form two years ago, “establishes a new market between pedestrian mini-piling rigs and full-size crawler machines.”

It has been developed in cooperation with ground engineering contractors across the UK, and benefits from a front loader, with joystick control, that can be used to remove unw

Generator manufacturer JCB Power Products has launched a new generator range from 650kVA and above.

The company says it is making Perkins and Cummins engines available, alongside the existing MTU and Mitsubishi power offerings, to provide more flexibility to better suit specific customer requirements across the world.

The JCB generators, designed, engineered and built in Britain, also feature 50Hz and 60Hz options to suit global demand.

The company says that by working in partnership with its glob

As part of its 10th Anniversary celebrations and 2017 Spring Events schedule, Nature After Minerals (NAM) will be visiting an ambitious project between the RSPB and Hanson to create Britain’s biggest reedbed at Needingworth Quarry/RSPB Ouse Fen reserve.

Not only has the project near Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, east England, helped provide valuable habitat for bittern when numbers were dangerously low, it is also helping protect and re-establish populations of bearded tit, water vole, marsh harrier, otter