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Cemex has announced the pricing of €400 million of 4.625% Senior Secured Notes due 2024 denominated in Euros (the Notes) of its indirect wholly-owned subsidiary, Cemex Finance.

The Notes will bear interest at an annual rate of 4.625% and mature on 15June, 2024, and will be

issued at a price of 100% of face value and will be callable commencing on 15 June, 2020.

The closing of the offering is expected to occur on 14 June, 2016, subject to satisfaction of customary closing conditions.

Cemex intend

Terex Minerals Processing Systems will globally launch its new modular recycling jaw, the MJ400R and also show the TSV6203 screen, at Hillhead 2016.

Promoting the new products, Geoff Beattie, sales director for Terex MPS, says: “Hillhead has always been a great show for us. We not only have UK customers visiting the booth but many international visitors as well. We are always pleased to return to Hillhead to show the breadth of our product portfolio. In addition, we have a good story to tell regarding

Powerscreen says that with its Pulse remote monitoring fleet management system it is continuing the technology revolution by developing new digital tools to help improve crushing and screening operations.

The company says that Powerscreen Pulse, which can be seen in operation at Hillhead 2016, will transform the way operators work with their Powerscreen machines.

Northern Ireland has its largest representation ever at the Hillhead exhibition this year with 19 companies exhibiting on the stand organised by Invest Northern Ireland (Invest NI) and a further 23 companies exhibiting independently.

It is claimed that the strong presence will reinforce Northern Ireland’s position as a global centre of excellence for the design and manufacture of materials handling equipment.

The region has one of the world's most successful clusters of engineering companies developi

The GDC Group, part of global heating products manufacturer Glendimplex, has bought a CASE 521F XT waste configuration wheeled loader.

Supplied by CASE dealer Warwick Ward from the company’s Redditch branch in central England, the CASE 521 FXT will be used in GDC Group’s recycling process at its brickworks manufacturing plant in nearby Brierley Hill, West Midlands.

The only plant of its type in the UK, it produces 2 million bricks/year for use in the Glendimplex range of electric storage heaters. Duri

CDE Global returns to Hillhead where it will launch the latest developments to its modular M-Series washing plant range.

Launched at bauma 2010, the M2500 is said to offer a compact footprint; efficient transfer of materials from one processing phase to another, and the use of clean, electric power. The range has since been expanded and currently the M2500 has been installed in plants in the quarrying, mining and C&D waste recycling sectors worldwide.

The model on display, the M2500 E5X, has been dev

A colourful and informative Equipment Safety Infographic is available for free download from the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) in recognition and support of America’s June National Safety Month.

The eye-catching poster is illustrated with easy-to-understand industry pictorials and can be displayed in breakrooms, on the shop floor, in the classroom, or anywhere important safety information needs to be shared.

The AEM equipment safety poster stresses the importance of understanding signal

Hyundai will stage the global premiere of its new HX480 L crawler excavator at Hillhead 2016 in Buxton, county Derbyshire, England. The new 49.5tonne machine from the South Korean manufacturer comes packed with what are said to be high-end features that come as standard.

One important innovation on the new HX range is the new and larger 8 inch touchscreen monitor – the cluster monitor can display information that mirrors what you would see on your smart phone and is 30% larger than previous models. It’s

Comer Industries India, a subsidiary of Comer Industries, the Italian construction equipment axle and power transmission solutions manufacturer, has opened its new manufacturing facility in Bommasandra, Bangalore.

The investment in the Bangalore plant confirms the company’s strong commitment to serve the important and growing Indian market and contribute towards India’s pursuit of comprehensive ‘Make In India’ manufacturing. Comer Industries’ strategy focuses on a close partnership with customers, prov

Global building materials giant Cemex says that as part of its commemoration of World Environment Day 2016 on Sunday 5 June, its El Carmen Conservation Program is celebrating 15 years of continued scientific research, habitat preservation, and species restoration.

With over 140,000 hectares, the cross-border El Carmen private conservation region between Mexico and the United States is said to be one of the most biodiversity rich areas in North America, and one of the five great wilderness ecosystems in

Ballygawley, Northern Ireland-based Sandvik Construction Mobile Crushers and Screens has been awarded the Aer Lingus Viscount 2016 exporter of the year. The awards, held in conjunction with Ulster Business, are said to celebrate the very best in Northern Ireland’s private business sector. The award is said to be recognition of the excellent work by Sandvik Construction in increasing export sales, thereby contributing to the economy of Northern Ireland.

Judged by a panel of esteemed business figures, the

Hill Engineering has secured a significant deal with Birmingham, England-based civil engineering company MV Kelly to act as sole supplier of Hill TEFRA couplers and bespoke buckets for the company’s fleet of Hitachi excavators.

MV Kelly celebrated 20-years in business in 2015. The firm carries out groundworks, road, sewers and associated infrastructure for blue chip housebuilders and has completed over 500 projects since it began in 1995.

Holding an all-Hitachi excavator fleet comprising in the region

Materials washing specialist CDE Global will be unveiling further developments in its modular M-Series washing plant range during Hillhead 2016.

Since its launch at the bauma exhibition in Munich in 2010, the M2500 has achieved global recognition thanks to its compact footprint, efficient transfer of materials from one processing phase to another and the use of clean, electric power. The range has since been expanded and visitors to Hillhead 2016 will see how the M-Series models now have an increased ran

Links between the Institute of Quarrying (IQ) in the UK and the quarrying industry in the USA are continuing to grow stronger following the latest meeting between them which saw agreement reached on new training and development courses launching in October 2016.

A senior delegation from the IQ, led by Chief Executive (CEO) Phil James, flew out to the US to meet industry leaders at the NSSGA annual convention in Nashville, Tennessee.

Hot topics of discussion included education; shared information