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Cemex UK Materials has recently withdrawn a planning application to allow it to extract approximately 430,000tonnes of sand and gravel on land at Upper Strensham, county Worcestershire, England.

A record number of equipment manufacturing industry companies were recognised for their outstanding commitment to advocacy efforts on behalf of the industry at the Association of Equipment Manufacturers’ (AEM) recent annual conference.
Thirty companies received AEM’s highest honour for their participation in I Make America, the association’s national grassroots campaign that advances the equipment manufacturing industry’s policy priorities.

In its interim report for 1 January-30 September 2017, FLSmidth says it has seen positive cash flow generation and higher EBITA margin despite lower revenue.
The group says that improved sentiment led to higher order intake in the minerals business by reduced activity in the cement business caused a decline in service orders.

HeidelbergCement has sold 50% of the voting rights in its Georgian business to Cement Invest, an investment company jointly managed and owned by the Georgian Co-Investment Fund (GCF) and Hunnewell Partners.

HeidelbergCement and Cement Invest will jointly control the resulting joint venture.

The transaction will contribute in total about € 115 million to the future reduction of net debt of HeidelbergCement.

Smiley Monroe, the global selling conveyor belts and customised belt parts manufacturer, is experiencing the highest period of growth since the Northern Ireland-based business was formed over 38 years ago. With a sales increase of 20% from last year (rising from £16m in 2016 to £19m in 2017) and the creation of 12 new jobs, together with projected sales to remain at 20% increase per annum, the company is becoming one of the fastest growing family-owned businesses in its local authority area.

Nearly 800 Doosan and Bobcat dealers and customers from around 30 countries across the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region, travelled to the Czech Republic to be part of the group’s Demo Days. The two-week event was an opportunity for dealers to invite their customers and prospects to try out the full range of both Doosan and Bobcat machines in working conditions.The venue for Demo Days was the Doosan Bobcat Campus at Dobříš, close to the capital city of Prague, which combines a manufacturing plan

The British Marine Aggregate Producers Association (BMAPA), the representative body for the marine aggregate sector, and The Crown Estate have jointly published a new good practice guidance for marine aggregate extraction operations in English waters. Good Practice Guidance: Extraction by Dredging of Aggregates from England’s Seabed (2017) replaces Extraction by dredging from the English seabed: minerals planning guidance 1 (MMG1) originally published by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Independent family-run business North Lincs Aggregates, which owns and operates three quarries, has invested in more Terex equipment.
Located in Northern England, the company’s Finningley operation has been established for around 12 months and already runs a Terex Washing Systems’ M1700 wash plant.

Comexposium says it plans to expand its portfolio in Asia following its acquisition of Concrete Asia from Globe International Events Consultancy.
Concrete Asia is a fast-growing international trade exhibition and conference that serves the concrete and construction industry in the Asian region,
In June 2017, Comexposium successfully co-organised the first edition of Intermat ASEAN (its inaugural extension of construction and infrastructure exhibition Intermat Paris) in Bangkok, Thailand, to cater to the e

A packed house of 270 delegates, representing 60 organisations, gathered at this year’s Mineral Products Association’s (MPA) Health and Safety Conference and Awards, which was sponsored by Industrial Diagnostics Company and hosted by BBC presenter Sybil Ruscoe. With the theme of Mind the Gap Admitting the truth...Addressing the realities, the morning’s conference reflected on and sought to address one of the most challenging years on record, in terms of fatalities and incidents. MPA chairman, Martin Riley,

A major rebrand of ALLU is said to have helped deliver “impressive results” for the Finnish-based engineering company.
The development of the ALLU Transformer brand and strategy was undertaken by UK industrial marketing agency Armstrong “to accurately portray the true attributes of the ALLU equipment.”

The major Pacific Highway upgrade in New South Wales is one of the largest road infrastructure projects ever undertaken in Australia. Connecting Sydney and Brisbane, the Pacific Highway is being upgraded to provide a four-lane divided road from Hexham to Queensland and is a major contributor to Australia’s economic activity. Work started in 1996 and is scheduled for completion in 2020, with approximately 75%, some 493km, of the work having already been completed. The importance of selecting correctly-sized

Heidelberg Cement says in its results for the third-quarter of 2017 show revenue up by 4% to €4.6 billion, while the result from current operations before depreciation and amortisation rose by 7% to €1,058 million on a comparable basis (adjusted for currency and consolidation effects). The group’s free cash flow of the past 12 months significantly improved to €1.2 billion. Its outlook for 2017 remains unchanged with a positive outlook for global economy; accelerated growth in Europe; moderate increase in

Julio and Julio Group has chosen Metso's Haul Truck Solution to reduce the operating costs and improve the performance of its truck fleet in the São Domingos quarry in Sorocaba, Brazil.
This investment is estimated to reduce operating costs by 30% over the long term.
The São Domingos quarry has a capacity of about 1.2million tonnes of crushed stone/year and is located in a 1.5 million m² area in Sorocaba, São Paulo state, Brazil.