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Metso has delivered two new NP20 impact crushers to Demix Agrégats' plant in Laval, Canada.

Metso and Hewitt Equipment, the exclusive distributor for Metso crushing and screening equipment in Quebec and Western Labrador, began the first discussions and studies concerning Demix's new plant project in 2014.

In 2016, this close collaboration led to an order for several Metso machines and to the birth of the NP20 model. The order was booked in Metso's first-quarter 2016 orders received.

“The NP20 is t

CASE Construction Equipment has launched its seven-model G-Series range of wheeled loaders, said to deliver new levels of operator comfort, with proven CASE productivity and fuel efficiency.

All seven G-Series wheeled loaders, unveiled last night to trade media at the CASE Customer Centre in Paris, France, are said by the Italian construction and quarrying equipment giant to offer superior visibility with best-in-class windscreen size; improved operator comfort with premium control interface; seat-mount

Aggregate Industries, through its Bennett’s Barges business, has secured the contract to move spoil away, by river, on the western section of the £4.2 billion (€4.81bn) Thames Tideway Tunnel project.

The Thames Tideway Tunnel, financed and delivered by Tideway, is a 25km tunnel that will tackle sewage discharges into the River Thames in Southeast England. Running from Acton in west London to Beckton in the east, the project has been divided into three construction sections (west, central and east), each

HeidelbergCement’s revenue rose by 13% to €15.16 billion in the 2016 financial year – with its acquisition of Italcementi the key driver of growth.

The German building materials giant says its integration of Italy-based Italcementi is ahead of schedule, with synergies from the acquisition increased to €470 million.

HeidelbergCement’s consolidated financial statement for 2016 also revealed that cash flow from operations also rose by 29% to €1.9 billion in 2016. The company is proposing a dividend to sh

Construction materials supplier Hanson is planning to invest £12 million (€13.7 million) at its Victoria Deep Water Terminal on the River Thames at Greenwich, South East London to upgrade and improve the site. A planning application has been submitted to the Royal Borough of Greenwich along with a full environmental impact assessment.

The Victoria Deep Water Terminal on the north-west side of the Greenwich peninsular off Tunnel Avenue is an important strategic site which is safeguarded as an industrial

BHS-Sonthofen and MSW Mineralstoffwerke Südwest have received the German Resources Efficiency Award 2016.

The prestigious prize was awarded by the German Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy to the two companies to commend the development and successful implementation of the Combimix process. This process turns a previously worthless mining by-product accumulated in quarries into a valuable building resource.

BHS developed the Combimix process based on its twin-shaft batch mixers and imple

Keyway Group has invested in its first Hitachi wheeled loader, which is also the first of its kind to be sold in the UK.

The ZW310-6 was supplied by Hitachi Construction Machinery (UK)/(HCMUK) for use in its busy recycling facilities in Durnford, Avonmouth and Gloucester, south-east England.

Late last year the new machine worked on a project at the beach in Weston-Super-Mare. The machine helped to construct the 15km-long track for the biggest event in the UK’s off-road motorcycle racing calendar, the

Smiley Monroe, manufacturers of customised conveyor belts and rubber parts for the crushing, screening, recycling, road construction and environmental industries, is due to open a second distribution hub next month, supporting the highly successful initial €950,000 (US$1 million) hub opened in 2014.

Speaking at CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2017 in Las Vegas, U.S. (7-11 March), Tim Monroe, the Northern Ireland-based firm’s marketing director, said Smiley Monroe was forecasting growth of 5-10% in 2017, off the back of

Cemex has been involved in the 4km hydraulic concrete paving of the Periferico Paseo de la Republica (Paseo de la Republica beltway), one of the main avenues in Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico.

This project is part of the first phase of the city modernisation, carried out by the state Secretariat of Communications and Public Works.

One of the primary objectives of this plan is to convert the highway in a beltway, with the goal of improving traffic for the more than 70,000 vehicles that circulate daily on t

Volvo Construction Equipment has been presented with the Marketing Agility award for the launch of the company’s new websites, by Sitecore in the company’s annual Experience Awards.

The award recognises brands that have made significant and measurable gains in productivity and marketing ROI.

“Volvo CE successfully built and launched more than 120 new websites in over 30 languages in record time, with each and every milestone of the project delivered on time,” says Eva Bärnheim, digital UX project ma