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German diesel engine manufacturer Deutz is to vacate its exchange Xchange production site in Übersee on Lake Chiemsee, Bavaria. The company gave notice three months ago that it was investigating a possible relocation of the Deutz Xchange plant to its Ulm site. Following a thorough and comprehensive process of analysis, the Deutz Board of Management has decided to approve the Xchange production transfer to Ulm.

Deutz says that concentrating production on one site will enable productivity to be increased a

Workers are put at risk every year due to exposure to harmful workplace dust, according to a new study from the University of Stirling, Scotland.

According to Profs Rory O'Neill and Andrew Watterson of the University of Stirling's Occupational and Environmental Health and Safety Research Group, crystalline silica is second only to asbestos as a cause of occupational cancer deaths.

Currently, a workplace exposure limit of 0.1 milligrams per m³ is set in the US and the UK under health and safety law.

Komatsu posted a 1.1% gain in first-quarter profit as sales in Europe, Africa and parts of Asia helped overcome a slump in China.
The world’s second-biggest maker of construction equipment reported a net income rose to 37.7 billion yen (US$370 million) in the three months ended 30 June from 37.3 billion yen a year ago, the Tokyo, Japan-based company said today in a statement reported by Bloomberg. Revenue also rose 1.1% to 460.2 billion yen.
Sales of construction, mining and utility equipment, Komatsu’s b

The Mineral Products Association (MPA) has published its Government & Industry Action Plan which sets out key actions for both the next government and the mineral products and quarrying industry, to help ensure that policy objectives supporting sustained economic recovery can be delivered.

The five key actions MPA is calling for from government are:

To focus on encouraging UK growth, indigenous production and investment including the delivery of the national infrastructure programme and meeting housin

The Italian marble sector is showing continued success with exports of processed and unhewn products worth €574.5 million during the first four months of 2014, up 5.3% in value compared to the same period in 2013.

Over the first six months of 2014, sales of construction equipment in the Italian market have been 3,134, an increase of 16% compared to the previous year.
By analysing sales results, the figure consists of 3,095 earthmoving machines (+16%) and 39 road machines (-7%).
Paolo Venturi, president of Unacea (the Italian Construction Equipment Association), said: “After six years of crisis, which have progressively reduced the Italian market of construction equipment up to 80% less, this increase is not surpri

Terex Corporation reported second-quarter income from continuing operations of US$87.8 million compared to $20.4 million in the same period last year.

Excluding the impact of certain items totalling $54.4 million income from continuing operations as adjusted in the second quarter of prior year was $74.8 million.

Net sales were $2.06 billion, 10.4% higher than $1.86 billion in the second quarter of 2013. Analysts expected revenue of $1.96 billion for the quarter.

“Our results for the second quarter

Caterpillar has reported earnings of US$999 million for the second quarter, up from $960 million in the same period a year ago.

Sales totalled $14.15 billion, down from $14.62 billion a year ago, and below the FactSet consensus of $14.45 billion.

We’re pleased with our second-quarter results, particularly the improvement in profit. We increased the bottom line despite a weak quarter for our Resource Industries segment, which is principally mining,” said Doug Oberhelman, Caterpillar Chairman and CEO.

Lafarge has posted another drop in quarterly sales and profit, saying this is mainly due to adverse exchange rates and its shrinking scale as it divests assets to trim its debt.
Lafarge's earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) fell 2% to €812 million in the second quarter as sales fell 5% to €3.37 billion.
The Paris, France-based global group, which is preparing to merge with Swiss company Holcim, is said to have stuck to its full-year targets while seeing the first si

Kenya-based National Cement Company (NCC) is set to receive KES 5.9 billion (US$67.1/€49.85 million) from the International Finance Corporation (IFC), as part of a KES 6.4 billion deal agreed in March 2014.

Under the deal, IFC will infuse US$5 million in NCC, followed by a further $15 million infused by NCC along with IFC African, Latin American and Caribbean Fund in exchange for a seat on the company's board of directors.

According to a statement, NCC will use the proceeds to promote infrastructure d

Some 14 years after the project was initially considered, Holcim Granulats is expected to put its limestone quarry in Champ-Carré in Bayel into service at the end of 2014 or start of 2015. Some 15 jobs are expected to be created at the site. The project was initially hit by delays concerning land ownership, followed by works to made the site viable in terms of access. Most recently, train loading and sidings facilities have been connected to the Paris-Basel railway line. Eventually, the installation is set

According to the Cameroon port authority, Autorité portuaire nationale (Apn), cement was the most imported product in 2013, accounting for 16% of imports. Cameroon imported just over 1.26 million tonnes of cement.

National cement production stands at 1.7 million tonnes while demand varies between 4 million and 8 million tonnes.