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Russian company Mordovcement produced 3.18 million tonnes of clinker and 3.84 million tonnes of cement in January-September 2013, the figures up 1.9% and 4.4% year-on-year respectively.

Some 3.91 million tonnes of cement was delivered to the company's clients (up 5.6%), with bagged cement shipments up 2.3% to 864,500 tonnes.

In Estonia, the road building company TREF and the Finnish SL Asfaltti have applied the hot remixing road renovation technology in the resurfacing of the Ussisoo road link of the Tallinn-Tartu highway.

The hot remixing is an environmentally friendly and economical road rehabilitation technology to repair top layers of the asphalt structure, first introduced in Estonia by Lemminkäinen in the resurfacing of the Pärnamäe Road in Tallinn in 2010.

French firms Roger Martin and Eiffage Travaux Publics, which respectively control a 51% and 39% stake in Valse, have invested €3 million in a new coating plant at the Champdôtre site close to Auxonne, Côte-d'Or. The new plant, which replaces the previous outdated equipment, will have a capacity of 300 tonnes per hour.

The Association of British Mining Equipment Companies (ABMEC) is holding its annual Mining Conference at the Warmsworth Hall Hotel, Doncaster, England, on Thursday, 14 November, and with a line-up of ten speakers, is set to address key issues affecting the global mining and minerals market.

The keynote speaker will be Keith Brown, who will draw on his 20 years industrial experience, including a story of survival in a South African gold mine, and the way it can change lives forever.

Terex Construction has signed with leading infrastructure solutions provider, RMA Group, to distribute Terex trucks to customers operating in Laos. RMA now provides full sales, service and parts support for both the Terex articulated and rigid truck ranges, which are manufactured in Motherwell, Scotland, UK.

RMA specialises in providing essential products and services to economies in transition, working alongside the development community in emerging and post-conflict markets to build or rebuild local i

According to the Moroccan housing ministry, cement consumption grew close to 8% in September 2013.

However, cement sales were down 8.2% to 11.3 million tonnes over the ten months to the end of September.

Professionals are concerned about the Eid al-Adha religious holiday in October, which will see many projects halted. Traditionally, builders stop work for between 10-15 days.

Through its French subsidiary Ciments Calcia, Italcementi (€4.50 billion in turnover for 2012) is launching a new brand strategy to highlight the place of innovation in its offer.

The strategy is also expected to improve coherence and provide better visibility for the group's offer as a whole.

Cemex has supplied more than 10,000m³ of special concrete to construct the foundations and architectonic structure of the new Hotel Steigenberger, which is located in Europacity (Berlin).

The Hotel will have seven floors and 339 rooms in total.

Holcim Hungaria is to start decommissioning works of its cement production plant in Labatlan soon. The two-year process affects over 100 buildings, structures and machinery of the plant, with the decommissioning works to be carried out by Alcufer.

Organisers of Marmomacc (the International Trade Fair for Stone Design, Technology, Earthmoving and Building Machinery) held recently in Verona, Italy, are hoping to repeat its success at similar event in Cairo, Egypt.

The recent record-breaking Marmomacc event was chosen for the first mission abroad by the Egyptian Minister for Industry and Trade, Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour, and its organiser Veronafiere will become the first international organisation present in Cairo with MS Africa & Middle East, which

Hexagon Geosystems will strengthen its position and technology in the mining industry by complementing its well established Leica Geosystems Mining business with the acquisition of Devex.

Devex, based in Belo Horizonte, Brazil has a leading market position in the South American market, serving the mining industry with automation solutions for mining operators.