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US researchers say they have developed a type of 'self-healing' cement that would enable an 87% reduction in cracks during drilling applications.

The government-run Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) claims that its self-healing cement can outperform conventional concrete, offering a potentially pollution-preventing technology for the growing geothermal industry.

The new cement variant uses a flexible polymer ingredient to repair fractured surfaces and fill cracks, which the Richland, Washin

CEMEX is strengthening its commitment to the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by prioritising five goals that are directly connected with the company’s business and represent a better opportunity to contribute to the UN 2030 Agenda. The five goals are focused on the promotion of decent employment and economic growth (SDG 8); innovation and infrastructure development (SDG 9); climate change mitigation (SDG 13); environmental and ecosystem conservation (SDG 15); and the advancement of

Stone from Hanson’s Ingleton quarry in North Yorkshire, England, has been airlifted by helicopter to repair a key footpath on Whernside – the highest of Yorkshire’s three peaks.

Rangers from the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority, who organised the operation, selected and bagged up 130 tonnes of Greywacke gritstone for the three-day airlift to the Bruntscar path.

The 130 bags of donated stone will be used to replace a 200-metre section of eroded stone-pitched steps and supports the authority’s ‘

Stone from Hanson’s Ingleton quarry in North Yorkshire, England, has been airlifted by helicopter to repair a key footpath on Whernside – the highest of Yorkshire’s three peaks.

Rangers from the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority, who organised the operation, selected and bagged up 130 tonnes of Greywacke gritstone for the three-day airlift to the Bruntscar path.

The 130 bags of donated stone will be used to replace a 200-metre section of eroded stone-pitched steps and supports the authority’s ‘

Hanson has given the green light to Damen Shipyards Gorinchem to build a new marine aggregate dredger to join its UK fleet.

The investment is part of the company’s overall strategy to replace its existing marine aggregates fleet. On delivery, expected in the first quarter of 2021, the new dredger will operate as part of Hanson Aggregates Marine, Europe’s largest producer of marine-dredged sand and gravel.

“Marine aggregates are critical to Hanson’s UK business as they are used in around half of o

Greece-based Titan Cement Group saw first quarter 2019 sales worth €363 million - a 12% increase compared to the same period of 2018. The sales rise is said to be largely due to the robust U.S. market and growth in south-eastern Europe. Titan Cement Group’s improvement in Earnings Before Interest, Tax, Depreciation and Amortization (EBITDA) was limited to 2%, reaching €44 million, as challenging conditions in both Egypt and Turkey impacted operational profitability. The group’s net result after minority int

Euro Auctions' recent Leeds, England, sale set new records. Indicating a strong market and increased global demand for industrial plant, quarrying, construction and agricultural machinery, 5,133 lots went under the hammer at the 15-17 May 2019 auction.

For the first project, the Mexican-headquartered global building materials market giant supplied ready-mixed concrete for new foundations of an infrastructure project along the railway line in Berlin’s Alt-Hohenschoenhausen district. For the final kilometres to the construction site, CEMEX concrete trucks travelled piggyback on a low-floor wagon.

For Deutsche Bahn AG, construction company Heicon Service GmbH & Co. KG built new foundations for overhead line masts in Alt-Hohenschoenhausen. For 12 of these

Chinese construction and quarrying machinery giant LiuGong has completed its share purchase of Portsmouth, England-based Construction Plant & Machinery Sales (southeast) Limited (CPMS). In doing so, it establishes Liuzhou, China-based LiuGong’s first international retail operation.

LiuGong’s European headquarters in Warsaw, Poland, will assume responsibility for the UK based direct sales operation.
The former shareholders of CPMS will remain as directors of the business, ensuring customers a seamless b

Engcon, a leading global market supplier of tiltrotators, welcomed excavator operators from across the UK to its first Big Dig Day of 2019.
The event, which took place at Northamptonshire’s Wicksteed Park on the 26th and 27th of April, attracted nearly 100 visitors and their families, gave owner operators the chance to get hands-on experience with Engcon’s market-leading range of tiltrotators and hydraulic attachments.

The full-suite of Engcon’s products were available to test throughout the day, fitte

Family-owned business Feiring Bruk, which operates primarily in eastern Norway where it has 10 sites extracting and producing crushed stone, gravel and asphalt, has claimed an 88 per cent reduction in fines as a result of its wet processing plant commissioned with CDE.

Doosan is introducing new ready kits for its 14-30 tonne range of wheeled and crawler excavators to meet what it says is the increasing demand for machine guidance systems from its excavator customers.

The kits can be ordered direct from the company’s factory through Doosan Smart Solutions for use with Leica, Trimble and Xsite 2D and 3D machine guidance systems. Doosan says its ready kits can differ according to the model and the region concerned.

The company adds that its collaboration with the thre

Terex Trucks says it is expanding its operations in Russia in response to the construction boom in the country.

The Motherwell, Scotland-based manufacturer of articulated off-highway dump trucks – together with its exclusive dealer, Mining Eurasia – says that it wants to bring its quarrying and mining vehicles to more customers in new locations.

In 2018, the Russian economy grew faster than it had done for more than five years – largely due to the uptick in construction. The Siberian natural gas pipel