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Trimble has introduced its TirePulse tyre monitoring system to assist fleet managers in reducing maintenance costs, increasing overall fleet productivity and promoting site safety. Part of the Trimble Connected Site portfolio, the advanced machine monitoring solution wirelessly reports tyre temperature and pressure data from the jobsite to the VisionLink fleet, asset and site productivity management solution from Trimble. Automatic, real-time tyre pressure and high-temperature alerts help fleet managers and

Metso has completed the acquisition of the steel foundry in Quzhou City, Zheijang Province some 400km south-west of Shanghai, which was announced in February 2013. The acquired assets of Quzhou Juxin Machinery and Quzhou Chixin Machinery and approximately 220 employees are now transferred to Metso as of today. The value of the acquisition will not be disclosed. The target of the acquisition is to improve Metso's capabilities to supply wear parts to its mining and construction industry customers in China and

Finning has delivered the first Cat 336EL hybrid excavator in the UK to Dumbarton, Scotland-based quarrying specialists William Thompson & Son, who supply quarry products, haulage, landfill for inert materials and plant hire services to all sectors of the construction and building industry across the west of Scotland. The new Cat 336EL Hybrid Excavator will be put to work in its main quarry, where it is “expected to save the company approximately £70,000 (€81,000) on fuel costs alone across five years of ma

Family-run business Sutton Services, with more than 20 years of industry experience specialising in demolition, site clearance, plant hire, recycling and steel fabrication, has recently bought and installed its first Powerscreen Warrior 1400X. Launched in 2012 at the Hillhead show in England, the machine is processing C&D waste from a recycling site in Ipswich, eastern England. Sutton Services is a customer of Powerscreen distributor, Powerscreen Midlands.

Between March and October 2012, some 218 new quarries were opened in Morocco. In total, 80% were created on privately owned land or in the public water domain. Some 70% were created by corporate entities, suggesting that the sector is in the process of a restructuring. Of the 1,885 quarries in operation, 307 are temporary sites which are set to be closed after completion of a project, while 1,578 are permanent sites. In total, 105 quarries were abandoned during this period.

Italian cement and construction material manufacturer Buzzi Unicem has posted a €26.6 million net loss for the first half of 2013, compared to a profit of €18.5 million in the first six months of 2012. The group's turnover dropped by 5.7% to €1.2 billion, while its EBITDA fell from €200.5 million to €150.7 million. The company’s has stated that it expects its results to improve significantly in the second half of the year, although it has downwardly revised its EBITDA margin forecast for 2013 to between 5%

IronPlanet, a leading online marketplace for used heavy equipment, says it has improved its patented and guaranteed equipment inspection reports with the release of a new iPad app for its field inspectors. The app improves the quality of these reports by allowing inspectors to complete reports in the field by using an iPad app that provides step-by-step instructions for gathering key data, based on the type of equipment being inspected. “Since our online buyers don’t have physical contact with the equipment

Cemex has announced today the pricing of US$1 billion of senior secured notes denominated in US dollars. The Notes will bear interest at an annual rate of 6.5% and mature on December 10, 2019, and will be issued at par and will be callable commencing on December 10, 2017. The closing of the offering is expected to occur on 12 August, 2013, subject to satisfaction of customary closing conditions

Metso has signed a fourth agreement with Altay Polimetally open pit copper mine in Almaty, Kazakhstan for the delivery of two Vertimill grinding mills, basic engineering, supervision, commissioning and transportation. This order follows previous contracts for the installation and delivery of crushing and screening plants. The value of the order will not be disclosed. Metso's proposal for an integrated solution complied with Altay's requirements for excellent operating efficiency and total cost solutions opt

After more than a year at the helm of Volvo Penta, Björn Ingemanson says the Volvo group’s diesel engine company has what it takes to become a bigger player in the off-road business. “Volvo diesel power gives a competitive edge to the group’s construction equipment and trucks. Our job is to bring the same competitive edge to OEM customers in the external engine business,” says Björn Ingemanson, president of Volvo Penta. “With a world-class offering, both in terms of products and aftermarket support, we are

Dyckerhoff, the Wiesbaden, Germany-based construction material group, which is part of Buzzi Unicem, generated sales revenues of €711 million in the first half of 2013, down 6%. Cement sales volumes were down in almost all regions expect in Russia and the US. Dyckerhoff also recorded decreasing sales volumes of ready-mixed concrete and additives. In the full year 2013, Dyckerhoff is expecting both sales revenues and EBITDA to lag behind the figures of the previous year. Since the group will not suffer extra

In the first half of 2013, Titan Cement of Greece registered a 4.4% rise in its revenues to €571.9 million, a 17.8% drop in its EBITDA to €92.2 million and a loss of €21.8 million in comparison with €8.3 million profits in the corresponding period in 2012.

Cemex’s recent strengthening of capital has led to it its ratings being increased by leading ratings agency Fitch. The agency raised the Mexican cement giant’s local and foreign currency IDR rating from B to B+, and unsecured share emissions were increased from B+/RR3 to BB-/RR3. The company's long term rating was also increased from BB-(MEX) to BBB-(MEX), and the outlook for the ratings is stable. In the second quarter of 2013, Cemex saw its operational cash flow increase 4% due to an increase in sales in