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Lafarge Ready Mix Nigeria has formalised its partnership with Construction Kaiser at a signing ceremony at The Moor House Hotel, in Lagos, Nigeria.

The agreement records a mutual understanding of partnership, in which Lafarge Ready Mix Nigerian (LRMN) will supply all of Construction Kaiser’s (CK) ready-mixed concrete needs across the west African country.

A market leader in quality concrete solutions, LRMN began operations in September 2011. Leveraging on LafargeHolcim’s experience, the ready-mixed ar

China-based cement maker Conch International Holdings (HK) Ltd (Conch) plans to increase its shareholdings in fellow Chinese cement maker West China Cement Ltd (West Cement) through a US$592.21 million (HKD 4.59 billion) investment.

Once the deal is completed, Conch will need to conduct a mandatory takeover offer for the shares in West Cement it does not already own, as the stake it owns will rise to 51.57%. Currently, it owns a 21.17% equity holding in West Cement.

Italian retread tyre manufacturer Marangoni and GRP Ltd, India’s largest and world’s leading rubber recycling company, have established a joint venture for commercial vehicle tyre retreading in India.

The JV is said to leverage the strengths of the two partners – Marangoni as a retreading systems company and GRP in rubber recycling and understanding of the Indian market – to bring a world class retreading solution to the Indian commercial vehicle fleets that will help them extend the life of their tyres

Leading building materials supplier Cemex UK has handed over Lade Pits, formerly Denge quarry - a unique site equipped with three so-called Sound Mirrors - to the Royal Society for the protection of birds (RSPB). The site in county Kent, England, and its listening devices, which are located next to the existing RSPB Dungeness nature reserve near Lydd, have for many years been an iconic feature on the Kent coast and will now be one of nature’s homes in the region.

Lade Pits is a restored sand and gravel

SaMoTer and Transpotec Logitec will co-host their exhibitions at the Verona exhibition centre from 22-25 February 2017 after an agreement was struck by the two event owners, Veronafiere (SaMoTer) and Fiera Milano.

A triennial international earthmoving and building machinery exhibition, SaMoTer’s last edition in 2014 was held in conjunction with Asphaltica, the event organised in collaboration with Siteb (Italian Bitumen, Asphalt & Roads Association) dedicated to machinery and technologies for road pavi

Italy's antitrust authority has opened an investigation into four cement makers for alleged price fixing and, with the tax police, has searched the offices of the companies, it said in a statement on Thursday.

The companies under investigation are Buzzi Unicem, Cementir Italia, Industria Cementi Giovanni Rossi and Holcim Italia, the watchdog said.

"The case concerns the possibility of an agreement ... to coordinate cement sales price increases," the antitrust authority added.

Holcim Italia, part of

LafargeHolcim plans to raise to raise €3.29 billion (3.5bn Swiss francs) next year selling cement assets around the world as the recently merged Franco-Swiss building-materials group adjusts to tough conditions in important markets like China and India, reports the Wall Street Journal.

The company announced the “portfolio review “ after missing third-quarter sales and earnings expectations as the stronger Swiss franc and lower prices weighed on its first results since its creation through the merger of F

Kohler Engines has specifically developed a new Power Unit line of KDI diesel engines for the power generation market, which has been expanded by adding a new 3.4litre model to the line.

The KDI Power Unit, a plug and play solution, is said to represent “an effective answer for generator manufacturers looking for a complete high-performance drive system which can be easily implemented in their product range, thanks to the availability of a package of standard components and accessories.”

Kohler Engine

Liebherr showcased a variety of its new machines for the quarrying sector to more than 1,000 international customers at the firm’s recent Quarry Days event in Saint-Nabor, France.

Customers got the chance to put event featured models to the test, and also visit Liebherr’s production sites for crawler excavators in Colmar.

Among the 20 machines on show at Liebherr Quarry Days was the German manufacturer’s new R 956 crawler excavator, the new PR 726 crawler tractor and the new Liebherr large wheeled loa

Slantsev Cement Plant Cesla in the Leningrad region of Russia, and part of the HeidelbergCement group, plans to upgrade production and continue development of its quarry.

The investments in the project will amount to some RUB 1 billion (€14.45 millionUS$15.38 million).

The plant's range of products includes five kinds of concrete.

Also in the Leningrad region a reinforced concrete products plant has been launched to produce wall slabs, intermediate concrete slabs, beam columns and piles.

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Infravation, a European call for projects, has selected the Biorepavation road recycling project being developed by French company Eiffage as part of an international consortium including Ifsttar; the University of Iowa; the Western Research Institute; Nottingham Transport Engineering Centre, and the Dutch subsidiary of Arizona Chemicals.

The project aims to increase the recycling rate of roads, currently around 40%, to above 50% and even to reach 100%.

Eiffage is thus developing a plant-based asphalt

Shareholdings in France-based road and rail-focused civil engineering company Colas Group's subsidiaries Vietnamese Colas and Indonesian Colas have been acquired by Thai asphalt manufacturer Tipco Asphalt (TASCO) for THB 2.2 billion (€ 57.88 million/US$61.62 million) in its effort to become a leading asphalt provider in Asia Pacific.

Within the next five years, TASCO hopes its sales volume to increase to 6 million tonnes/year comprising of some 4 million tonnes of asphalt and 2 million tonnes of diesel