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Trimble is collaborating with Propeller Aero to distribute its Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) analytics platform. Propeller, based in Sydney and Denver, is a leader in the advanced collection, visualisation and analysis of data from UAS. Propeller's simple automated ground control targets, cloud-based visualisation and rapid analysis platform will also be integrated with Trimble Connected Site solutions to bring an end-to-end cloud-based UAS solution to quarry operators and construction and civil engineerin

Cemex, the Mexican global building materials giant, has signed $4.05 billion in new credit lines with 20 different institutions. Some of the funds will be used to refinance $3.678bn in previous credit lines, while the remaining amount will be used for corporate purposes that may include paying debt, the company said in a statement filed with the Mexican stock exchange. “We are very pleased with this refinancing, which is allowing us to extend our debt maturity profile and reduce our cost of debt, while prov

Aggregate Industries, a leading UK construction materials supplier, has appointed Tom Wise as the new general manager for the organisation’s specialist sands division – Garside Sands. Wise has worked at Aggregate Industries for more than 15 years and he brings a wealth of experience from his previous business improvement and management roles across a number of different divisions, including; Aggregates, Readymix, and Asphalt, and outside of the Company in Recycling and Waste Management.

Tillicoultry Quarries, longstanding users of Volvo Construction Equipment products, has purchased its largest Volvo loading shovel to date in the guise of the 35tonne L250H, which takes up residence at the company’s Northfield Quarry on the outskirts of Denny, near Falkirk, Central Scotland. “We looked very closely at the market for our new prime mover here at Northfield and considered several makes and models,” comments area production manager Andy Shakeshaft. “Apart from the obvious requirements in terms

The Cullimore Group, Gloucestershire, West England’s leading provider of haulage and aggregates, is marking its 90th year in business by holding a summer jubilee event later this year. The family-owned venture has been supplying businesses and local communities in Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Oxfordshire since the late 1920s.
Moreton Cullimore, managing director at The Cullimore Group, says: “We are delighted to have reached this milestone. We pride ourselves on supplying quality materials to local peop

With it recently reported that construction is the UK’s second most dangerous industry, Aggregate Industries is reminding the sector that collaboration is key to raising safety standards for everyone.

Hanson UK’s 2017 sustainability report charts a year of progress – capital investment is up 40% with a significant amount spent on projects to save energy, reduce emissions and improve its sites. The annual report, which covers the 2016 calendar year, details progress against the company’s 2020 sustainability targets including people, communities, carbon, waste and water. Its highlights include: *Reaching 2020 target for use of recycled planings in new asphalt ahead of schedule. *Waste to landfill halved si

Breedon Group (Breedon), the UK’s largest independent construction materials group, saw its pre-tax profits rise 50% and its revenue by 100% in H1 2017, compared to the same six months of last year. Breedon’s unaudited interim results for the first six months of this year show pre-tax profit of £31.2mn, compared to £20.9mn in H1 2016; and revenue of £326.3mn (£163mn in H1 2016). The strong profit improvement was said by Breedon to be due to the good performance of the former Breedon Aggregates business and

Gower Plant Hire says it is boosting business with the introduction of two new Terex Finlay C-1540 cone crushers.
Supplied by Finlay Plant SW, the high-performance plants are powering through aggregate at the company’s Garn Bica Quarry in Porthyrhyd, Carmarthen, Wales. Gower Plant Hire was established in 1996, and offers site clearance services to South Wales in addition to crushing and screening, plant hire, demolition and topsoil as well as recycled aggregates and concrete.

ALLU will be exhibiting and demonstrating its new ALLU Transformers Series bucket range at steinexpo 2017. The ALLU Transformer Series comprises of an excavator/ loader/ tractor mounted processing bucket which screens, pulverises, aerates, blends, mixes, separates, even crushes, feeds and loads materials. This results in the feed material being effectively transformed into highly valuable products, making your business more efficient, and more profitable. Catering for applications of all sizes, and capable

Hanson UK says its 2017 sustainability report charts a year of progress with capital investment up 40% and a significant amount spent on projects to save energy, reduce emissions and improve its sites.
The annual report, which covers the 2016 calendar year, details progress against the company’s 2020 sustainability targets including people, communities, carbon, waste and water. Its highlights include reaching 2020 target for use of recycled planings in new asphalt ahead of schedule; waste to landfill halve

Dr Nigel Cooke will replace Dr Robert Carroll as he UK Quality Ash Association’s (UKQAA) Director from the end of July. The UKQAA is the country’s leading authority on the use of quality ash in construction and engineering applications and represents a range of members from across the construction supply chain. Dr Carroll has led the UKQAA since 2012 and has helped to shape the association’s strategy, overseeing the expansion of membership to include overseas ash producers and suppliers. During his director

Volvo Construction Equipment recently celebrated the production of its 75,000th hauler. The 75,000th machine – one of the new generation A45G full suspension models – rolled off the production line in late June at the factory where Volvo’s first hauler – the DDR631 or ‘Gravel Charlie’ – was made, in Braås, Sweden. And although Volvo articulated haulers can be found all over the world, the 75,000th machine is staying relatively local, going to Norwegian customer Leonhard Nilsen & Sønner AS.

A year after the launch of their 14Trees joint venture, LafargeHolcim and CDC, a UK development finance institution, have inaugurated a dedicated manufacturing plant in Malawi, Southeast Africa, for DURABRIC - LafargeHolcim’s affordable building solution whose novel blend of earth, sand and cement removes the need for firing, helping fight deforestation.