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Eriez has appointed Glenn Kiernan to the position of engineering manager at its European headquarters near Caerphilly in South Wales, UK.
He joins Eriez Europe with extensive design, R&D and manufacturing experience, gained in the mining, plastic and engineering industries.
In past roles, he has been involved in many aspects of business from designing and machining, research and procurement, to project management and operations, providing the solid, well-rounded skills required for the engineering manager

Metso has strengthened its work with Siemens on a significant number of materials handling projects in China.

These include three recent projects for Metso USA with an overall value of more than US$5 million 9(€7 million).

One project is in Tanghai County, and two are at the Caofeidian and Jinzhou port terminals.

The advent of volumetric concrete trucks, which are in effect self-contained mobile batching plants, has transformed the ready-mixed industry. They can match deliveries to the amount required and avoid returned material penalties. They can also perform multiple deliveries and keep construction teams working effectively with concrete on demand. In addition, they provide a valuable service to the DIY market, especially at weekends when the large suppliers are often closed.

Because volumetrics are classed

Volvo Construction Equipment Q2 2015 revenues rose by 5% and profitability by 80% compared to the same period of 2014, despite significant declines in major markets.

Favourable currency developments and product mix, combined with ongoing efficiency measures have helped bolster the manufacturing giant’s second quarter 2015 financial results, with the company posting a 5% improvement in sales and its best profit margin for three years. This was despite continued strong economic headwinds in many of its pri

As part of the preliminary steps to implement the disposals required by the European Commission for its approval of the merger to create LafargeHolcim and as previously announced, the Group today completed the acquisition of the 50 percent share in Lafarge Tarmac held by Anglo American for €1.419 billion (£992 million).

The transaction is required to allow for the full divestment of Lafarge Tarmac, with the exception of the Cauldon and Cookstown plants and certain non-operational properties, to CRH as p

The UL Mineral Products Association (MPA) welcomes the government’s initiative to improve UK productivity, which is a key to sustained long term growth.

Issues such as the encouragement of private and public investment, the development of skills, effective and proportionate taxation and regulation and competitive energy supply are of prime importance to the UK minerals products industry, which underpins much of our national production and economic activity.

Government will launch a specific review int

Taiheiyo Cement Corporation of Japan is reported to have a new cementitious material with compressive strength of 464N/mm2, a world record, using normal pour and form techniques.
The material properties and manufacturing method associated with the newly-developed cementitious material are distinguished by two technological characteristics.
The material is designed so that multiple types of particles can be packed as closely together as possible based on the principles of micromeritics, the science and tec

LafargeHolcim has officially launched the new group around the world and announces key elements of its ambitions for the future.

Following the successful completion of the merger between Lafarge and Holcim and the listing of the new LafargeHolcim shares in Zurich and Paris, the new group will now work towards creating the highest performing company in the building materials industry.

LafargeHolcim CEO Eric Olsen says: “Now as LafargeHolcim, we will step into the next phase of our transformation to bec

In June 2015, sales of cement in Morocco fell 6.27% year-on-year to 1.16 million tonnes, reports the Ministry for Housing and Town Policy.

Sales in the quarter were down 1.32%.

Holcim Maroc and Ciment d'Atlas (Cimat) should be negatively impacted by a drop in sales in the regions in which they are most active, while Ciments du Maroc (Cimar) should benefit from the situation, says reports.

Saudi Cement reported a SAR 254 million (€61.51 million/US$67.71 million) net profit in the second quarter of 2015, an 11.8% year-on-year decrease which it attributed to lower local sales.

JCB is celebrating a major order from one of Europe’s leading plant hire companies which is investing in a brand new machine fleet worth more than £11 million (€15.5 million).

Netherlands-based Boels Rental has signed a deal for 250 JCB machines including telescopic handlers, wheeled loading shovels and wheeled excavators.

It is the fourth major order in four years that Boels Rental has awarded to JCB and means the company now has more than 1,300 JCB machines operating across Europe.

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The Trade Promotion Organization of Iran (TPO) gives national cement production at 15.77million tonnes between 21 March and 21 June 2015, along with 19.26million tonnes of clinker.

Exports during the 93-day period totalled 4.34million tonnes, while domestic sales stood at 12.67million tonnes.

For the month of 22 May - 21 June, Iran produced 5.88million tonnes of cement and 6.4million tonnes of clinker.