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CEMEX Ventures, Mexican building materials giant CEMEX’s corporate venture capital unit, says it is preparing to enter the Chinese market with the support of Glodon, a digital platform service provider in construction industry headquartered in Beijing, and Interdream Ventures, a venture capital firm that focuses on the digitalisation of construction and decoration industry.

A collaboration agreement has been signed to develop synergies between the parties to innovate within the construction industry.

Industries supported by industrial lime are as diverse as construction, iron and steel, water treatment, emissions control, agriculture, food production, paper products, glass making, plastics and pharmaceuticals. Against this background, the British Lime Association (BLA) has published its 2019 Sustainable Development Report, highlighting that the sector maintained its impressive sustainability performance, as UK production continued to grow to over 1.19 million tonnes.

Following the launch of the Miner

Work has begun on detailed ground investigation and survey works at Rectory Farm, preparing for the making of a new public park for the West London borough of Hounslow, whilst extracting minerals to create sunken warehousing space which will attract thousands of new jobs.

The grassed 110 acres alongside The Parkway and Bath Road has been mown and the whole site will be comprehensively surveyed with around 40 boreholes drilled. Authority to commence the work was delayed due to a legal challenge, but despi

EvoQuip, the compact mobile crushing and screening plant maker, used its recent ‘Experience Days’ event in Ireland to exclusively reveal plans for a new innovation—the Colt 1600 scalping screen.

Titan Cement International is buying back the minority stakes held by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) in Titan businesses in Southeast Europe and Egypt.

Breedon Southern, part of building materials provider Breedon Group, is forming a joint venture in London with Robert Brett & Sons, and the senior management of Capital Concrete.

Pat Ward, group chief executive of Breedon, said the company has had a longstanding ambition to expand its footprint in the UK’s largest construction materials market.

"This joint venture enables us to secure immediate critical mass in Greater London, in collaboration with an experienced local partner, with the potential to

India is closing the gap on China as the world's biggest cement producer.

Sweden-based Thomas Concrete Group has appointed Sherry Khanzadeh as its new chief financial officer.

The South & Wales regional shortlist has been unveiled for the Institute of Quarrying (IQ) Excellence Awards.

Individuals, teams and projects from across the mineral products industry in the South of England and Wales will be present at the regional awards ceremony on Saturday 30 November 2019 at Cardiff Marriott Hotel, Mill Lane, Cardiff.

Recognising the commitment to continuing professional development, the inaugural IQ Awards categories are aligned to the different quadrants of the IQ Skills Wheel.

LafargeHolcim has completed the delivery of 10,000 tonnes of cement for the 'heavy wharf' expansion project at the French port of Brest.

The €220m project in the Brittany region is designed to modernise existing infrastructure and increase capacity at the port. It includes the construction of a new wharf for handling heavy loads.

LafargeHolcim also supplied nearly 0.165m tonnes of draining sand for the project, which is scheduled for completion in 2020.

The French building materials company says

LafargeHolcim has completed the delivery of 10,000 tonnes of cement for the 'heavy wharf' expansion project at the French port of Brest.

The €220m project in the Brittany region is designed to modernise existing infrastructure and increase capacity at the port. It includes the construction of a new wharf for handling heavy loads.

LafargeHolcim also supplied nearly 0.165m tonnes of draining sand for the project, which is scheduled for completion in 2020.

The French building materials company says

For the past eight years, wet processing equipment manufacturer CDE has partnered with local colleges in Northern Ireland to nurture and upskill the next generation of engineering talent and innovative thinkers in the industry.

Today, almost one-third (30%) of its Global Design Team is made up of graduates from its successful CDE Apprenticeship Programme which is responsible for the design of almost 2,000 wet processing plants across the globe.

Since the programme was first launched, CDE has recruite

Furthering commitment to both its client base and workforce, commercial explosives and drilling & blasting specialist, EPC-UK has upgraded its Constructionline membership to Gold; a demonstration of the company’s continued assurance to maintaining the health, safety and wellbeing of its employees.

By joining forces with Constructionline through a Gold Membership, the company is equipping itself with the attributes many clients within the sector require.

Already a member of the Institute of Explosives