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The Chinese construction industry continues to find the going tough.

Against this backdrop, what technical equipment will be especially in demand in China in the years ahead?

The eighth edition of bauma China will be taking place in the Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SNIEC) from 22-25 November, 2016.

The 51st edition of Marmomacc, the world's most important exhibition for marble and granite processing technologies, design and training, held in Verona, Italy, has set records.

Organisers, Veronafiere, say that more international than ever (+5%) attended the event (28 September-1October), while exhibitors and square metres sold also expanded with Germany, the United States and Spain confirming their status as key markets.

There was a major expansion for Chinese operators and a significant increase in

Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology’s latest Quarry Academy will be held between the 15-17 November in San Antonio, Texas, USA, the 11th such event to be held in the country.

The three-day programme will look at how to improve quarrying operations, with industry experts and partners from Sandvik, Dyno Nobel, Volvo CE, South West Research Institute and Friedman Leak, joining Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology for what is already a “sell-out” event.

As well as addressing critical processes within the qu

Telestack has designed and produced the Titan T1600-8, what it says is the largest mobile bulk reception feeder in the international market.

The aim of the project was to design and build a bulk reception unit that could handle throughput rates of up to 2,000tonnes/hour and have the ability to receive a payload from a Cat 777 off-highway rigid haul truck for the end user, a significant producer of construction aggregates in North America (primarily crushed stone, sand and gravel).

Telestack used the l

A Waste management company in Mid-Wales, UK, says it has ramped up the quality and speed of its recycled products after investing in a new Terex Finlay 883+.

MD Recycling of Ceredigion placed an order for the new plant at Hillhead earlier this year with long-term supply partner Finlay Plant SW.

“The Terex Finlay 883+ has replaced an 883 screener and not only have we noticed a real difference since it arrived, our clients have commented on it too,” says Marc Davies, director of MD Recycling.

“The ho

Komatsu Europe International and BIA, its exclusive distributor for the Netherlands, are planning to present their market priorities for development and growth, and promote the latest Komatsu products.

Both companies are planning a formal evening event on 4 November, 2016, for key people in the construction, recycling, production, rental and public works industries of the Netherlands.

They say that the Netherlands has know-how and an international drive in many constructional applications for infrast

Several of Cemex’s facilities in Mexico and USA have earned Wildlife Habitat Council (WHC) Conservation Certification for their conservation programmes and wildlife education and environmental protection efforts.

The WHC certified 15 programmes at Cemex’s facilities in the USA and, for the first time, certified three programmes in Mexico.

The certified facilities include the company’s Center Hill Mine; Clinchfield Cement Plant, and Victorville Cement Plant in the USA, and and Cemex’s Atotonilco Cement

Besir Kemal Ustaoğlu, president of the AGUB (Aggregates Producers Association of Turkey) has resigned his presidency, a post he took up in March, 2015.

The organisation says that at its last board meeting, Sevket Koruc was elected as president, and it thanked Ustaoglu for his contributions.

Sevket Koruc graduated from Sivas University Mining Faculty in 1998, and has worked as site manager at Dogantas Mining Company, a sub-contractor of Yibitas Lafarge until 2001.

During the same period he gained a

Hanson Cement’s bulk products division has made further senior promotions as part of the company’s commitment to customer service.

John Doolan has been promoted to key account manager, while Neil Jackson becomes field sales manager.

They will work to strengthen new and existing customer relationships and report to Mark Hickingbottom, recently appointed national commercial director, bulk cement.

John Doolan, who has worked for Hanson Cement for a number of years in different commercial roles, will w

The 10th Best Communicator Award saw the recent Marmomacc, the leading global event for the natural stone industry, again reward research efforts and originality applied to exhibits by companies attending the Veronafiere event in Verona, Italy.

Stands at the event became full-scale works of art and design to narrate the materials and technologies involved in the world of natural stone.

The award jury comprised Marco Romanelli (architect and president of the jury); Laura Andreini (deputy director of a

Keith Miller, chairman of earthmoving attachments manufacturer Miller UK, has completed an epic Italian cycling challenge, covering hundreds of kilometres and raising close to £20,000 (€23,000) for charity.

The gruelling 746km five-day challenge, which was the second stage of this year’s Virgin Strive Challenge, saw Keith ride alongside Richard Branson and hundreds of other riders all pushing themselves to the limit.

The challenging route, which started in the Italian Alps and finished in Magliano in

Delays seem likely for the project to build a tunnel link between Turany and Hubova in Slovakia. The 5.7km tunnel will form part of the D1 highway when complete but the construction schedule is being held back as the planned route runs through an aquifer area that provides water sources to three communities in the vicinity. A new route will have to be found so as to minimise the environmental impact. With the original timeline, construction of the tunnel could have commenced in 2017. But given the need to f

Martin Knötgen, president of Doosan Bobcat in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), has engaged in a Q&A session to comment on the company’s many recent developments across the three key global sales regions.

Please could you explain the background to some of the decisions you have made in the last three years, beginning with the closure of the Doosan Heavy manufacturing plant at Frameries in Belgium?

I joined Doosan Bobcat EMEA from the automotive industry in 2010 as Vice President Operations EMEA,

In 1991, Cemex carried out its first edition of the Cemex Building Award in the Mexican state of Nuevo Leon. Twenty-five years later, having expanded both nationally and internationally, the Cemex Building Award has become one of the largest recognitions in the construction industry.

On 10 November 10,2016, some 62 finalists will compete for the international edition of the 2016 Cemex Building Award.

An independent jury, made up of international professionals within the industry, will select the winne