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Cemexis contributing to the Grand Paris, the largest infrastructure project currently under development in France.

Cemex is supplying a wide range of building materials, as well as technical and logistical expertise for several stages of this large-scale project.

To date, one of Cemex’s main contributions to the Grand Paris was for the foundations and civil engineering of a section of the Grand Paris Express. The company supplied over 55,000m³ of specially formulated concrete to build the cast walls,

General groundworks and surfacing contractors JM Phillips & Sons of Stourport on Severn, England, has added a new Volvo ECR145E reduced swing 16tonne excavator complete with a Steelwrist tiltrotator to its fleet.

Equipped with a two-piece boom, the ECR145E supplied to JM Phillips and Sons includes the optional heavy-duty dozer blade and the factory-fitted Steelwrist X18 tiltrotator.

Dean Phillips, the company’s managing director, has further enhanced his new machine by adding street pads bolted to the

Turkish-based Toraman Makina has signed up to become a new member of the Materials Handling Engineers’ Association (MHEA).

The company, founded in Ankara in 1944, designs and manufactures conveying systems, bucket elevators, rotary valves, feeders, crash hammers, sieves and machines for the bulk solids handling industry.

It is a well-known name in the sector, with a reputation for high quality products, dedicated staff and first-class customer service, focusing in particular on mining, construction, f

Topcon Positioning Group has confirmed continuation of its agreement with MAVinci, an Intel company, to supply customers with the Sirius Pro fixed-wing unmanned aerial system, following the purchase of MAVinci by Intel.

“Topcon will continue to provide excellent sales and support for our fixed-wing UAS offering,” says Charles Rihner, vice president of the Topcon GeoPositioning Solutions Group.

“This partnership is a great extension of our work with Intel on the rotary-wing Intel Falcon 8+ System and w

JCB shop floor employees in the UK have voted to accept a 2.2% pay rise for 2017 as part of a newly-agreed three-year wage deal.

The agreement on pay will see around 3,200 shop floor employees receive the increase from 1 January, 2017.

The rise is linked to November’s Retail Price Index (RPI), and increases in 2018 and 2019 will also be linked to those years’ respective November RPI figures.

The new deal affects employees at JCB’s plants in in Rocester, Uttoxeter, Cheadle, Rugeley and Foston, all

Superior Industries, a U.S. based manufacturer and global supplier of bulk material processing and handling systems, has unveiled the Liberty Jaw Crusher for primary crushing applications. The unit compresses material in stone, concrete, asphalt, and ore processing.

Superior acquired the original design in their 2015 acquisition of Canadian-based Clemro Western. After collecting customer feedback, Superior engineers redesigned the unit and added a number of new features.

According to the manufacture

Cemex says it has concluded the around US$35 million sale of its equity minority interest in the Ventika wind farm project in Mexico. CE

IEnova acquired 100% of the equity in Ventika from Blackstone Energy Partners, Fisterra Energy, and other minority shareholders, including Cemex.

Cemex Energia will remain as the manager of the Ventika windfarm facilities. Cemex says the proceeds obtained from the transaction will be used mainly for debt reduction and for general corporate purposes.

CNH Industrial Construction Equipment brand CASE received the ‘Best Construction Equipment Company of the Year’ Award in the Best Sector Innovation category for its contribution to India’s Construction Equipment and Material Handling Industry.

The sought after prize was conferred at the Construction Times Award ceremony, held during the bauma CONEXPO 2016 exhibition in Gurgaon, India. The jury of high-level industry experts based their decision on CASE India’s contribution to society, its financial perf

Ahead of its centenary year, The Institute of Quarrying (IQ) has appointed a new chief executive officer who will take up post in January 2017.

James Thorne, currently executive director of membership with IOSH (Institution of Occupational Safety & Health), joins the UK-based IQ as chief executive officer, filling the post vacated by former IQ CEO Phil James at the end of August 2016.

Commenting on his appointment, Thorne says: “I am extremely proud to be joining IQ, in what promises to be a yea

The materials processing division of DUO (Europe) has recently achieved a landmark in processing on the Aberdeen by-pass in North East Scotland. Operating in six locations along the 58 kilometres of the by-pass, a fleet of Powerscreen crushing & screening equipment has processed 4 million tonnes of granite since the operation commenced in June 2015.

Luke Talbot – managing director of DUO, said: “Working as one with our client AWPR we specifically built in flexibility within the extensive programme which

Cemex Latam Holdings (CLH), the Cemex subsidiary, has discussed its role as one of the main concrete suppliers for some of the tallest skyscrapers in Panama. Delivering more than 3 million m³ of concrete over the past five years, CLH is an active contributor to the development of one of the fastest growing cities in Latin America. The company’s building materials are present in emblematic buildings across the Panamanian landscape, including Vitri Tower, Ocean Two, Yoo & Arts Tower, Pearl at the Sea, and Sta

Hardy native breeds of cattle have been helping Cemex to improve the ecology and biodiversity of land on two of their English quarries - and now it’s time for the cattle to go back to their farms to be housed for the winter. The cattle, which belong to local farmers, have been enjoying the rough vegetation at Cemex’s Berkswell quarry near Coventry and Dove Holes quarry near Buxton.

Over Autumn, around 30 cross breed cattle have been gentling munching their way through weeds, rushes, herbs and general