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Atlas Copco Construction Tools has introduced a range of  ve C-Series hydraulic breakers, speci cially for the Chinese construction market. The basic breakers are designed to work with carrier machines in the 4-50tonne class, and have a slim box design with vibration dampening technology. As with other Atlas Copco breaker models the C-Series use energy recovery to optimise percussive performance, by increasing blow frequency. “China is the only construction market in the world which is dominated by the bas

Lafarge Surma Cement has signed an agreement with Madina Cement Industries and under the terms of the deal, Lafarge Surma will supply its high quality clinker to Madina Cement from its integrated plant at Chhatak, Bangladesh, to produce Powercrete. This will be subject to strict quality controls by employees of Lafarge Surma to ensure world-class quality that Lafarge Surma promises to deliver to its customers. The production process will follow the highest safety standards.

Philippe Richart, who was responsible for the readymix concrete business in Holcim Vietnam, has been appointed CEO of Holcim Lanka, Sri Lanka, as “part of a generational change in the company’s leadership.” He joined Holcim Group Support in 2004 as a commercial project manager for the Aggregates and Constructions Materials function, working on aggregates market development and performance improvement in various regions of the Group. In 2007, he was appointed readymix director for Holcim Vietnam and successf

The capital goods trade fair Future Mongolia will again be held in the Mongolian capital Ulan Bator from 19-22 June. Organisers are expecting around 120 exhibitors, with last year’s event including stands from Caterpillar, Hyundai, Liebherr and Wirtgen. Mongolia is one of the fastest growing economies in the world with double-digit annual growth rates for GDP, thanks to a wealth of natural resources including coal, copper, gold and rare earths. Leading economic research institutes are forecasting an increas

What is said to be the world’s largest cement grinding system has started operation in Artux in the Xinjiang autonomous region of China. The 6,000tonnes/day cement clinker production line was jointly developed by Hefei Cement Research & Design Institute and Sinoma PowerTechnical Equipment Company.

Lafarge India’s Learning & Development has won the prestigious Annual CLO (Chief Learning Officers) Award, receiving the silver trophy in the Best Risk, Safety and Policy Compliance Training Programme category for initiatives taken to ensure increased safety compliance.

Nikolai Skripal and his wife, Svetlana, owners of Gazprom dorstroy Construction Company in Orenburg, Russia, visited the Kolberg-Pioneer,(KPI-JCI) factory in Yankton,South Dakota, USA, to approvethe shipment of its new KPIJCI52S Pugmill system andconveyor, the first of its kind shipped from KPI to Russia. The system will be used to build farm-to-market roads in the interior of Russia.

British Precast, the trade body for the UK concrete products industry, has welcomed a decision by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Lausanne, Switzerland, to allow precast suppliers to the London 2012 Games to promote their involvement under the Supplier Recognition Scheme SRS). Until the decision the involvement of Dow as a major Games sponsor had precluded concrete and its constituent materials from receiving licences under the scheme. “I am very grateful to the staff of the British Olympic As