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The Cement Manufacturers Association of the Philippines (CeMAP) will continue its Proficiency Testing programme as part of efforts to maintain the quality of cement used by the local construction industry.

Under the programme, supported by the Bureau of Product Standards, operations of private cement testing laboratories are to be audited by the association to ensure that testing methods and equipment meet requirements set by the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM).

Nitin Gadkari, the Transport Miinister of India is reported to have expressed that cement will be used for new road projects as it is cheaper to maintain than bitumen in the long run although the material is more expensive.

The report says he claimed that building roads using concrete will not be 20% more expensive that using bitumen.

Martin Friedl has been appointed Sandvik Construction’s vice president sales area Central Europe, succeeding Hans Schuller who left Sandvik in June for new challenges outside the company.
Friedl will take on this new role in addition to his current one as sales area manager for Russia.
Sandvik Construction saiys its sales area Central Europe represents a large opportunity for the company due in no small part to the upturn of the German market, and the potential of the Eastern European markets.
Friedl br

The facility, at Newcastle House, Oliver Close, Grays, which stands on a 0.4 hectare site, will service a large portion of the Miller customer base in London and south-east England, and will be a service centre for the company’s new breaker line, which was launched at the recent Hillhead show.

The new facility will become a “centre of excellence” and will be home to Miller’s existing product lines of couplers and buckets.

It will help oversee the introduction of the newly-added range of breakers, whic

More than 1,500 companies from 58 countries (+77 exhibitors over 2013), the entire exhibition centre occupied (all 12 halls), 45 official trade delegations, buyers and operators expected from over 140 countries.

These are the facts and figures for the 49th Marmomacc at the VeronaFiere, Verona, Italy, which runs from today (24 September) to 27 September.

Claimed to be the most important global event dedicated to the stone industry (from machinery to finished products) it is being held for the first ti

According to the most recent analysis of the cement sector by Bourse Msin, 2014 will probably be a third consecutive year of a decline in sales.

In the year to the end of August 2014, sales fell 4.98% in volume terms to 9.3 million tonnes. The drop in sales is due to a drop in demand for housing and construction, which consumes 80% of production.

The drop in demand for property is due to rising prices, banks who do not want to lend, and increased prices for construction materials.

Budgetary cuts i

According to Oficemen figures, cement consumption in Spain fell 2% to 7.1 million tonnes in the first eight months of 2014. In August alone, consumption fell 3% to 819,249 tonnes.

The Iraq's Trade Ministry has agreed on new regulations that increase the volume of Iran's cement exports to Iraq.

For the period between 21 March 2014 and 21 August 2014, more than 8 million tonnes of cement were exported by Iran to Iraq.

Under the new rules, each Iranian cement company is now allowed to export 15,000tonnes/year cement into Iraq from the Mehran, Chazzabeh and Shalamcheh border terminals.

The Norwegian Public Roads Administration (Statens Vegvesen) is in process of developing a new type of asphalt with more fine stone that better endures heavy transport.

It is said that the size of the stone used can be reduced to 8mm, compared 16mm which is the maximum size in many asphalts used today. This can also help reduce the particle levels that are released into the atmosphere.

The administration has presented a new report that helps road developers choose the right asphalt mix for different s

Spain's main construction materials manufacturers experienced a 2.9% reduction in revenue volume during 2013, according to the latest Annual Construction Report from Alimarket.

Although it is at a slower rate, the reduction represents another year of decrease for the Spanish materials industry.

It is hoped that 2014 will finally mark a turning point.

Together, the 700 companies included in the report had sales of €57.27 billion (US$74.21 billion).

To consolidate its services offer for the Paris region, French prefabricated concrete solution specialist Bonna Sabla has inaugurated its new 9,500m² storage and distribution platform at Bonneuil-sur-Marne port.

The platform will be used as a sales and logistics base for urban planning products under the Sitinao brand.

According to the Company Secretary of Wijaya Beton (Wika Beton), Puji Haryadi, the construction company has paid US$23.5 million (€18.14 million) to take over 90% of shares in Citra Lautan Teduh (CLT).

CLT produces pre-tensioned spun concrete pile sold under the Tekcon brand and has an output capacity of 100,000tonnes/year.

The acquisition of the company in Batam will help Wika Beton to expand its business and increase its output capacity as well as marketing area.

Chettinad Cement Corporation will invest a total of more than INR 37.50 billion (€478.62 million/US$614.98 million) for project plans in Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.

The projects will be funded via a combination of debt and internal accruals.

The company will be investing INR 11 billion for a 3.5 million tonne integrated cement plant in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh.

In Indonesia's East Java, a new cement factory will be built by Indocement Tunggal Prakasa in 2015.

The company expects the new factory to be operational by 2018.

The factory will be able to produce as much as 2.5 million tonnes a year from 2015 to 2016.