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Terex Materials Processing, a business segment of Terex Corporation, has acquired the assets related to the Environmental Technology product lines of Austrian company Neuson Ecotec.

The company says the acquisition marks further expansion of the Terex Environmental Equipment (TEE) business unit, closely following the purchase of the assets of Continental Biomass Industries (CBI) in April.

TEE, part of the Terex Materials Processing segment, has been serving the wood, biomass, and recycling industries

CDE Global says it has been ranked one of the fastest growing companies in the UK by the Investec MidMarket 100 for the second time.
This bi-annual ranking report is made up of the fastest-growing private companies in the UK with a minimum turnover of £10 million (€14 million).
The global supplier of washing equipment for quarries and mines is one of six companies from Northern Ireland on the list.
Brendan McGurgan, managing director at CDE Global, says: “We are delighted to have made the Investec Mid-

The Spanish marble producer Marmoles Bempe, which is made up of several marble producing companies, has filed for administration at the Mercantile Court of Alicante (Spain). It is reported that the court has given the go-ahead to the creditors' note plan put in place by not only this company but also Grupo Industrial Bempe, Canteras Alicantinas and Sociedad de Bienes Hermanos Torregrosa.

HeidelbergCement says it will return more cash to shareholders and be "disciplined" about acquisitions, having chosen to stay out of a merger between rivals Holcim and Lafarge that is creating the biggest single cement producer in the industry, Reuters news agency reports. Germany-based HeidelbergCement, which has met significant debt reduction and other financial targets it set in 2009, said on Wednesday it would focus on raising its dividend, expanding the company, cutting debt further and possibly buying

The Mineral Products Association Restoration Guarantee Fund (MPARGF) was relaunched at the MPA’s 6th Members’ General Assembly yesterday. This Fund is a valuable UK aggregates, cement and concrete industry pledge which ensures that restoration of a UK quarry site can still be paid for and completed, if an operator becomes financially insolvent. The MPARGF is endorsed by the British government through the National Planning Policy Framework.

The 2nd Plantworx Construction Machinery Show, which ran for three days, at the show’s new Bruntingthorpe Proving Ground home in County Leicestershire, England, has reported a record footfall of more than 14,000 visitors, up 18% on the inaugural 2013 event.
The show, which spanned 135,000m³ and was home to 344 exhibitors, was deemed a huge success.
Rob Oliver chief executive of the Construction Equipment Association (CEA), which promotes the event, said: “The aerial photos of the event are stunning, and u

The Polish Association of Ready-Mixed Concrete Producers (SPBT) estimates that Poland's production of ready-mixed concrete will reach 20 million m³ in 2015; in 2016 it will grow to 21.4 million m³, and in 2017 it will increase to 23.3 million m³, similar to the record-breaking year of 2011.

In 2014, the production of ready-mixed concrete rose by 7%, when compared to the year before, and amounted to almost 19.2 million m³.

Nigeria-based cement maker Lafarge Africa has been named the Best Complying Company of the Year 2014.

The company won the award for its undivided commitment towards complying with the requirements of the Companies and Allied Matters Act and its ability to operate with the highest levels of ethics.

Lafarge Africa received the award from Nigeria's Corporate Affairs Commission.

In 2015, Lafarge Cement Zimbabwe (Lafarge Cement) will spend another US$5 million (€4.43 million) on plant upgrades.

The proposal has been approved by its parent company, France-based Lafarge Group.

The plant upgrades will increase the cement maker's volume from 390,000 tonnes of cement/year at present, to 500,000 tonnes.

In 2014, the company had announced its plans to spend up to US$15 million on upgrading its milling plant.

According to 2014 exploration results, the Primorsky region (Far East) of Russia had 31.61 million m³ of common minerals (such as sand, gravel), up from 15.5 million m³ in 2013. It is reported to have produced 4,064m³ in 2014 (-846,000m³ year-on-year).

Market players attribute the decline to the decrease in the demand for building materials and the absence of major projects.

As of 1 January 2015, the region had 253 mining licenses for areas of common minerals against 206 in 2013, and the total number

Building materials producer Cemex has opened a new 6,200m² production site in Carros in the French department of Alpes-Maritime.

With six hoppers, it has a unitary capacity of 80tonnes, with a storage capacity of 480tonnes of granulates as well as an additive storage facility in line with environmental regulations.

All water used is recycled for the production of concrete or to wash material, and returned concrete is recycled after hardening and crushing.

The factory has been painted black and gree