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Miller UK has revealed it will be showcasing its latest earthmoving attachment product innovations at a number of global exhibitions throughout 2016.

After a successful visit to EXCON, South Asia's largest construction equipment and technology trade fair, held in Bangalore at the end of last year, Miller is now embarking on a global tour to showcase its latest product innovations, including the PowerLatch Tilt coupler.

The tour begins on 11 April when members of the Miller team will be at the bauma e

Exports of US-made construction equipment were down 19% in 2015 compared to the previous year for a total $13.9 billion shipped worldwide. All world regions experienced declines, led by Africa and South America, according to the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM), citing US Department of Commerce data it uses in global market reports for members.

The AEM, the North American-based international business group representing the off-road equipment manufacturing industry, said the new figures reveal

Major Wire Industries, a wholly owned subsidiary of Haver & Boecker, has appointed Alain Durand as the company’s new CEO.

The Montreal, Quebec-headquartered screening media giant’s former vice-president of international sales, Durand takes over from president and CEO Jean Leblond, who retired on January 31 2016 after 26 years of service as owner of the Major Wire.

“Major has grown significantly and succeeded under Jean’s leadership,” said Durand. “I am grateful that the succession process allowed me t

Sara Selegran has been appointed new head of Swedish construction company NCC's recycling division, NCC Recycling.

She will replace Jukka Viitanen, who will continue to work for NCC, but in another role.

Selegran comes from a position as region manager production stonematerials Sweden at NCC Industry.

According to the Vietnam Cement Association, only four cement producers managed to install waste heat gas generation (WHGG) systems at their plants by end of 2015 as instructed by the government.

These four companies are Cong Thanh, Ha Tien, Chinfon and Holcim, while those said to have failed to comply with the instruction include Nghi Son Cement, Luks Cement Vietnam and Phuc Son Cement.

Under the instruction, cement producers are required to install WHGG systems at their factories in order to reduce

Taiyuan Lionhead Group plans to sell 52.77 million shares or a 22.94% shareholding in Taiyuan Lionhead Cement.

Lionhead Group will cease to hold any shares in Lionhead Cement upon completion of the disposal.

The announcement was made by Lionhead Cement, a China-based maker of aluminate cement, portland cement and clinker and concrete.

Moroccan cement company Cimaf has inaugurated its second grinding line on its Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, site.

The new unit, which required a MAD 270 million (€25.04 million US$27.37 million) investment, should enable Cimaf to double production to 1 million tonnes/year, with the aim of covering all Ivorian needs.

The 2016 installed capacity is 4.2 million tonnes, while provisional demand stands at 3.4 million tonnes.

Capacity is expected to exceed 6.2 million tonnes in 2017.

In 2016, PHP 2 billion (€38.51 million/US$42.1 million) has been committed by Holcim Philippines to raise its cement capacity in the country.

In 2015, 205 million bags of cement were offloaded by the company, an increase of 11% from 185 million bags offloaded a year ago.

According to Eduardo A Sahagun, country CEO and president of the company, the PHP 2 billion will be used to increase annual cement capacity from 8 million tonnes to 10 million tonnes by the end of 2016.

Kirovogradgranit has become the first of the Ukrainian companies to received a licence to import its products to Russia. The first batch of 902tonnes of crushed stone from Novopavlovsk Granite Quarry has been sent to the Belgorod-based company Polikom-Stroyservis (Central Federal District). The Ministry of Construction has received applications from another five Ukrainian manufacturers of non-metallic materials.

Irish building materials giant CRH saw its pre-tax profits rise a healthy 36% to €1.03 billion last year.

The company said its US sales had benefitted from a weaker euro, and they expect the favourable exchange rates that helped boost its 2015 profits to continue this year.

CRH’s American businesses, which are mainly focused on the US, contributed €917 million to its €1.27 billion operating profits in 2015.

Last year’s global CRH sales were worth €23.6 billion - 25% up on the €18.9 billion achieved

CRH has co-opted to its board William J. Teuber Jr as a non-executive director. The 64-year-old US citizen is the vice chairman at EMC Corporation, a global leader in enabling businesses and service providers to transform their operations and deliver IT as a service.

In previous roles, Teuber was responsible for EMC’s global sales and distribution organisation (2006 – 2012) and served as chief financial officer leading the company’s worldwide finance operation (1996 - 2006). Prior to joining EMC he was

The Mineral Products Association (MPA) says it is committed to supporting the new UK Drowning Prevention Strategy which was launched on 29 February by Robert Goodwill MP, Minister of State for Transport.

About 400 people accidently drown each year, with almost two thirds of these fatalities occurring in inland waters such as canals and rivers, lakes, quarries and reservoirs. The new Strategy, published by the National Water Safety Forum, aims to achieve a 50% reduction in drowning by 2026.

MPA is

Impressed with the service and product performance they have been receiving from CDE Global following an initial purchase of a CDE M2500 sand washing plant for their site in 2013, Kuwait-based Associated Construction Company (ASCO) has now added a second, more powerful sand washing installation.

With the construction industry widely considered to be leading economic growth in Kuwait, the future of sand washing looks bright and demand for quality washed sand is growing at a healthy rate.

In line with

In 2015, the net profit of state-run cement manufacturer Semen Indonesia fell by 18.7% to IDR 4.52 trillion (€301.62 million/US$335.76 million) from IDR 5.56 trillion in 2014.

In the period between July 2015 and September 2015, its net income dipped by 21.6%.

Also, in 2015, its overall revenue fell slightly from IDR 26.99 trillion in 2014 to IDR 26.95 trillion due to slow demand.

Meanwhile, the production at two new cement production facilities in Central Java and West Sumatra are slated to start b

The search for building material deposits will be launched on Sakhalin Island (Far East) in 2016.

Geologists have specified about 12 prospective sites with the predicted resources of at least 16 million m³ of building stone and 2 million m³of sand and rock.