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Tarmac has secured a framework contract worth £10 million/year (€11.6mn) with M25 operator and maintenance company, Connect Plus. The up-to-twelve-year agreement began in April 2017 and will see the company deliver pavement resurfacing across 440km of motorway and arterial link roads around London, England. Tarmac will also be working closely with Connect Plus and other M25 community members to own and embed a whole life approach; establishing, promoting and maintaining an innovative culture through all sta

Atlas Copco recently celebrated the grand opening of its new production facility in Rock Hill, South Carolina, USA with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Atlas Copco built the US$25 million facility to enhance its support for the North American construction market. The 197,000-square-foot, LEED-certified plant serves as the production and assembly facility for Atlas Copco’s North American Construction Technique division. Generators and portable compressors and other equipment are produced at the plant, which offic

The Magna Tyres Group has appointed Nora Zhou as general manager at the new Magna Tyres Singapore office. Zhou has almost 30 years of experience within the tyre industry as the general manager of a renowned Chinese Tyre company. With her profound knowledge of international business, general management and specialisation in OTR (mining) tyres, she is said by Magna Tyres to be the perfect person to lead the firm’s expansion in the South East Asian tyre market. Speaking of her appointment, Zhou said: "I am pro

The Mineral Products Association (MPA) has set out long term aggregate demand and supply scenarios for Great Britain (GB) until 2030. Launched at the joint Royal Town Planning Institute/Mineral Products Association Mineral Planning Conference held on 24th May at the NEC in Birmingham, the study aims to provide industry and industry stakeholders with indications of the potential volumes of aggregates that may be needed to satisfy future demand, reflecting the UK’s needs for construction, including housebuild

Insee Aggregates has selected Metso to supply a full-scope, state-of-the-art quarry processing plant for Suphanburi quarry in Thailand. The delivery covers all the advanced crushing and screening equipment, full electrical plant design, automation software and hardware, as well as related services and sustainable optimisation. Well stocked with a large proven resource, Suphanburi quarry is owned and operated by Insee Aggregates, a part of Siam City Cement Company, Thailand's second-largest cement producer.

Jan Jenisch will become the new CEO of LafargeHolcim from 16 October 2017. Replacing outgoing CEO Eric Olsen, Jenisch joins from Swiss company Sika AG, which has a leading global position in the development and production of systems and products for the building materials and automotive sectors. Fifty-year-old Jenisch has been the CEO of Sika AG since January 2012. Under his leadership, Sika has developed its business in new markets and set new standards of performance in sales and profitability. As a resu

Terex Trucks has welcomed LEC (Leal Equipements Compagnie LTEE) into its dealer network to support and distribute its rigid haulers in the Western Indian Ocean Region, including Madagascar. LEC will supply clients with all of Terex Trucks’ rigid haulers, including the TR100. In anticipation of growth in East Africa’s economy, Terex Trucks has partnered with Leal Equipements Compagnie LTEE (LEC). The leading heavy equipment supplier will take charge of the delivery and offer support to the Scottish manufactu

Aggregate Industries has supplied more than 15,000 tonnes of aggregates and specialist sand and 1,100m² of commercial hard landscaping to Oriam, Scotland’s National Sports Performance Centre in Edinburgh. Constructed in the parkland setting of Heriot-Watt University’s extensive campus in the west of the city, the £33m multi-sport Centre includes a full-sized indoor pitch with seating for 500, top-level grass and synthetic outdoor pitches, a high performance strength and conditioning centre, a high performan

MB Crusher was given a Distinction award for its BF80.3 crusher bucket during the Autostrada-Polska Tradeshow, the international expo for the road construction industry, in Kielce, Poland (9-11 May). Representatives of North East Italy-based MB Crusher, together with the management of its German branch, MB Deustchland (founded in 2010), collected the prize during a gala awards evening on the 9 May. Designed and created to work with diggers from 18.5tonnes upwards, the BF80.3 is said by MB Crusher to be part

FLSmidth has won a five-year contract from OCP (formerly known as Office Chérifien des Phosphates) to operate port equipment for handling phosphate, fertilisers, and sulphur. The port is located in Jorf Lasfar, El Jadida, 100km south of Casablanca, Morocco. The contract marks FLSmidth's first operation & maintenance contract in Morocco.
FLSmidth was awarded the contract as part of OCP's 'ecosystem' initiative to benefit the local economy by bringing external know-how and hiring local workforce. FLSmidth wa

A quarry which had been dormant for six years has brought back into productivity with support from high performance washing plant supplied by Aggregate Processing Solutions (APS). Aggregate Industries, which supplies a wide range of building materials to the construction industry, has invested in a purpose-built CDE system from APS for its Little Paxton Quarry in county Cambridgeshire, England, to wash sand and gravel for concrete aggregates. The CDE system has been configured to a bespoke layout, bringing

Hanson Cement is planning a £20 million upgrade project at its Padeswood cement works in Flintshire, North East Wales which will guarantee the long-term future of the plant and its 96 employees. At the heart of the project will be the installation of a new vertical roller mill for cement grinding which will improve efficiency, reduce energy consumption, and increase output. Hanson is also planning to invest in new rail loading facilities to allow cement to be delivered by train, reducing lorry movements. A

Cemex actively participated in the expansion of one of the most advanced marine terminals in Latvia, the Riga Bulk Terminal. Located in Kundzinsala, in Riga’s Northern District, this terminal is controlled by the Freeport of Riga, a key part of a global and regional cargo supply chain and passenger traffic network in the Baltic Sea region.
Cemex in Latvia supplied over 3,500m³ of concrete for the construction of the base plate, walls, and coverings for the new loading point of the terminal. The project pre

John Deere Power Systems has a new partnership with Power Equipment Pty. Ltd. headquartered in Melbourne, Australia. A company with branches also in New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia and New Zealand, Power Equipment will be the official distributor of John Deere Power Systems engines for all markets, including industrial, agricultural, marine, mining, power generation and engine spare parts. The new partnership means that John Deere customers will not only be serviced by Power Equipment in Aust