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The Estonian Road Administration has commissioned the feasibility study of concrete surface roads.

Arvo Tinn, a renowned road engineer from Australia, will supply the expert opinion on concrete roads.

He has said that roads passing through cities should be best under the direct control of the Road Administration as this would ease control over road repairs.

Arvo Tinn claims the building of concrete roads could be cheaper to build than asphalt surfaced roads and repairs of concrete roads would be 20

Danish-headquartered company FLSmidth has formed a partnership with Vietnam Cement Industry Corporation (VICEM), a state-owned cement manufacturer, and with DANIDA, the Danish Foreign Ministry’s development cooperation.

The partnership aims to optimise cement plant operation and maintenance in order to lower the cement sector’s impact on the environment. FLSmidth will train operation and maintenance staff on best practices for enhancing energy efficiency.

Atlas Copco has been named one of the winners of the International Design Excellence Award (IDEA) 2013 competition for the interface design of the new Rig Control System, RCS 5.

The IDEA competition is issued by the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA). It was established in 1980 and ranks among the most pre-eminent international design competitions. Atlas Copco’s new Rig Control System, RCS 5, received a bronze in the Digital Design category.

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The Mineral Products Association (MPA) has launched a landmark document for the UK cement industry: Cementing the Future – Sustaining an Essential British Industry.

The new publication sets out to explain the importance of cement and concrete to the UK economy and society and draws attention to the vulnerability of the industry to overseas competition unless the government acts to create a level playing field in terms of the cost of regulation and unilateral ‘green taxes’ that overseas competitors do no

Kolberg-Pioneer (KPI-JCI and Astec Mobile Screens) has promoted Jeff May to company president to focus on leading and managing the activities and functions of Kolberg-Pioneer, while helping to direct its strategies in providing growth and profitability for the company and its parent corporation, Astec Industries.

May, who began working as controller for Kolberg-Pioneer. in 1996 is a 1985 graduate of the University of Iowa, where he also earned his Master of Business Administration degree in 1995. Before

Canadian mining company Polycor is reported to be holding talks with Turkish marble company Temmer Mermer for a possible acquisition.

Temmer Mermer is the world's third leading company in the field, operating five quarries and a plant over 42,000m2. It aims to reach ten quarries by 2015. Polycor will initially partner up with Temmer Mermer's US-based agency.

Aggregate Industries, one of the UK’s leading aggregates, construction and building materials groups, has announced a major re-brand which will consolidate 25 of its businesses under the Aggregate Industries name.

The changes, which will come into effect from the end of September, are part of a drive by the company to make it easier for customers to source products and services from across the group. The move also supports the company’s construction solutions strategy which has seen it supply multiple p

Italcementi has disclosed that it has supplied 18,000tonnes of cement as part of the operation to right the stricken Costa Concordia cruise ship. The supplied cement consisted of the firm's Ultracem, Termocem and Plastocem products, chosen especially for their individual properties following extensive tests in Italcementi laboratories. The cement has been used to create an underwater support for the ship during the recovery process. It will be removed once the wreck has been salvaged.

Quarrying and construction materials business Hanson UK has launched the second round of its biennial biodiversity research competition the Quarry Life Award.

The competition, which is run by Hanson’s parent company HeidelbergCement in 21 countries, offers university academics and students the chance to win up to £35,000 (€41,400) by finding new ideas for the conservation and promotion of species diversity in quarries.

Universities are being invited to submit potential projects based around five topic