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XCMG’s first XE210WLL extension armed wheel type hydraulic excavator has recently rolled off the production line. The model has been developed and manufactured to resemble a 21tonne wheeled excavator.

The XE210WLL’s movable arm is 7.15m long, its bucket rod 4.5m long, and the maximum excavation radius is 12.6m, which enables the machine to work in a large range. The excavator has large diameter rotary support and its landing leg is welded on to the lower frame, which brings better stability performance.

Two new speakers have been confirmed for the first Agg-intel Europe conference taking place in Manchester pre-Hillhead on 27 June.

Simon Purchon, Babcock International’s Business Development Director for Critical and Support Services, will present the latest thinking on effective equipment fleet management.

Babcock manages international fleets of specialist equipment and vehicles for clients with complex supply chains and critical operational availability requirements.

Cement group Lafarge is having a new-generation concrete production plant built in Nice, France, by the ABC Architectures agency.

It will be operational in September 2016 and have a 70,000m³/year production capacity at first, before a possible second production line is added.

The buildings of the plant are set to comply with High Environmental Quality standards.

The aggregates building will comprise 12 x 50m³ hoppers, while the building set to include an analysis laboratory has not yet been built

As part of efforts to increase investment in Vietnam, Indonesian businesses especially state-owned companies are encouraged by the Indonesian government to set up operations in Vietnam. Cement producer Semen Indonesia is one such company that has already expanded in Vietnam. The company had bought a cement factory in Vietnam and has been producing cement in the country since 2013. Currently, it produces almost 2 million tons of cement for export annually. Overall, there are about 20 to 30 Indonesian compani

According to data from the All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA), the volume of cement exported from Pakistan during the six months ending 15 January 2016 fell on-year by 24.98% from 4.5 million tonnes to 3.4 million tonnes.

Of the total, exports of mills based in the south of the country declined 29.17% from 1.76 million tonnes to 1.24 million tonnes and those of mills in the north dropping 22.35% from 2.78 million tonnes to 2.16 million tonnes.

The results are attributed to a lack of

On a quarterly basis, the cement realisations of prominent cement producers in India for the three months to December 2015 declined by 1.8%-2%.

This is attributed to the significant focus of cement manufacturers that can afford to face reduction in cement prices due to low cost of cement output and also due to weak cement demand.

The aggregate cement volumes increased by 4.7% on a yearly basis as cement producers focused on volumes due to the decline of cement prices.

Despite the lower demand, ceme

The Egyptian Company for Solid Waste Recycling (ECARU) has signed a five-year contract to collect, transport and process local biomass for fuel to be used by Messebo Cement in Ethiopia, and supply the needed technology.

The solid biofuel will replace coal used at Messebo's plant in Mekelle.

The contract can be renewed for another five years.

ECARU is a subsidiary of Tawazon, a Qalaa Holdings subsidiary in the solid waste management.

As part of the takeover by German Group HeidelbergCement of Italcementi, Ciments du Maroc, a Moroccan subsidiary of Italcementi will come under the control of HeidelbergCement, it is reported.

HeidelbergCement is awaiting the green light from the authorities in the US and Europe.

The takeover of 45% of Italcementi by HeidelbergCement will see the creation of the second largest cement group in the world, with combined turnover of €17.80 billion (US$19.81 billion), and reported synergies of at least €1

Turkish Sabanci Holding has appointed Mehmet Hacikamiloglu as the head of its cement group.

Additionally, Umut Zenar has been appointed as Akcansa general manager

Hacikalmiloglu has been working at the holding since 1993 and Zenar has been working at Akcansa since 2004.

In 2015, Vassiliko Cement Works registered an after-tax profit of €12.80 million, compared with €5.2 million in 2014.

The significant growth was mainly achieved by the increased volume and prices of its exports, as well as the measures the company took to reduce its expenses.

Meanwhile, its total revenues rose by 7%, to €90 million, and its operating profits almost doubled to €17.8 million.

Vassiliko Cement Works is owned by Cyprus Cement, which is part of the Galatariotis Group, the Church of Cypr

Lucky Cement of Pakistan registered 15% growth in consolidated profit to PKR 7.65 billion (€65.64 million/US$73.07 million) in six months to 31 December 2015 compared to PKR 6.66 billion during the same period in 2014.

The company's domestic sales of cement went up by 28% year-on-year (year-on-year) to 1.3 million tonnes in the fourth-quarter of 2015 but cement exports dropped by 31% y-o-y to 0.4 million tonnes after South Africa imposed anti-dumping duty.

Lucky Cement's consolidated profit rose by 14

Compagnia Generale Trattori (CGT) is Sandvik Construction’s new distributor for mobile crushers and screens as well as surface drilling throughout Italy.

CGT will supply a comprehensive range of Sandvik equipment and provide full aftermarket care, spare parts and dedicated customer service related to the two product lines.

Sandvik says the appointment further reinforces commitment to enhanced locally-focused customer support, while enabling customers to benefit from dealing with a global company.

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