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CEMEX has continued its solid top-line growth, with third-quarter net sales growing 13% to US$3.956bn.

A consortium of respected quarrying and mineral products industry organisations and employers has taken a key role in leading a major project to raise the sector's profile and inspire young people and adults to become the next generation of quarrying and mineral products professionals.

As part of the continued expansion of its broad portfolio of CCUS technologies, Heidelberg Materials has signed an indefinite global licence agreement with the technology company Leilac, a Calix subsidiary.

Building materials giant Holcim has posted new record Q3 sales of CHF 8.045bn (+16.3% like-for-like [LFL] -€8.115bn). The Switzerland-headquartered group also achieved its biggest-ever Q3 recurring EBIT of CHF 1.551m (+7.7% LFL - €1.564bn).

Based on the record-breaking third-quarter performance, Holcim's 2022 outlook has been upgraded to full-year net sales growth of at least 12% (LFL), with recurring EBIT forecast at mid-single digit growth (LFL).

CEMEX has supplied 37,000 tonnes of cement for constructing the Pelješac Bridge, one of Croatia's most significant infrastructure projects in the past three decades. Nearly all the cement used in the project belonged to CEMEX's Vertua family of lower-carbon products.

The Pelješac Bridge spans a total of 2.4 kilometres and is an integral part of Croatia's transport system, connecting the southern region of Croatia with the rest of the country. For decades, crossing Croatia's territories by land required crossing its border with Bosnia and Herzegovina.  

Epiroc, the Swedish global market manufacturer of drill rigs and hydraulic breakers for the quarrying and mining industries, is celebrating record quarterly revenues and profit.

Q3 orders received, excluding Russia, increased to SEK 13,324mn (SEK 11,493mn), an organic increase of 5%. Revenues increased 28% to SEK 12,802mn (SEK 9 966mn), an increase of 12% organically. Meanwhile, adjusted quarterly profit increased 31% to SEK 3,064mn (SEK 2,331mn).

R. Sakthi, CEO of Lintec & Linnhoff Concrete, knows more than most about the concrete industry, having dedicated decades of his career to it. He says spotting the potential for high-quality manufacturing in Asia and harnessing the benefits of automation have helped establish the Eurotec brand in the global market.

Building on the success of over 4,000 WebGen 100 blasts worldwide, Orica’s WebGen 200 technology continues its successful entry into the high-volume surface mining market.

WebGen technology provides for groups of in-hole primers to be wirelessly initiated by a firing command that communicates through hundreds of metres of rock, water, and air. This completely removes constraints often imposed by the requirement of a physical connection to each primer in a blast and, importantly, allows us to remove people from harm’s way.

Tarmac's rising star Shahid Zaman has been shortlisted in the top 10 Future Leaders category at the prestigious 2022 Ethnicity Awards.