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Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers’ CEO Peter Blake will step down in May 2014, and during the interim period he will remain as CEO, continuing to lead the company and the board will initiate a search for his replacement.

He joined Ritchie Bros. in 1991 and has served as CEO of Ritchie Bros since 2004. Under his leadership the company has grown to become a global leader in the industrial equipment exchange business, expanding into new markets with a track record as a leading innovator in the industry.

KPI-JCI and Astec Mobile Screens hosted more than 60 authorised North American dealers at its annual National Dealer Conference held in Eugene, Oregon.

Each year, KPI-JCI and Astec Mobile Screens launches new products and sales tools for its dealers during the National Dealer Conference, and this year KPI-JCI and Astec Mobile Screens launched seven new pieces of equipment, including the new generation SuperStacker, the GT125 Jaw Crusher, the GT145S Screen Plant, the GT165DF Screen Plant, the Kodiak Plus

The British Concrete Pumping Interest Group (BCPIG), part of The Construction Plant-hire Association (CPA), since 1993, has been working closely with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to produce The Good Practice Guide for the Safe Use of Concrete Pumps.

Concrete pumps and concrete placing booms make a significant contribution to the efficient delivery of the construction process. The development of concrete pumps has allowed concrete to be pumped under pressure through pipelines across great distanc

Shareholders Messe München (MMG) and the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) have appointed Igor Palka as the new CEO at bC Expo India taking over from Thomas Löffler, who in November 2013 begins his new role as an additional deputy CEO at MMI Shanghai, a subsidiary of the Messe München Group.

“Following two events held in Mumbai, bC India has now established itself on the market,” says Palka. "With the new venue in Greater Noida near Delhi and the shift in dates to December 2014, bC India will

Construction Equipment Association (CEA) memebr company, Machinery Movers, is set to re-launch its construction machinery show Demonstration Days with a machinery demonstration weekend planned in County Cork, Ireland on 26 and 27 October at Mitchelstown Business Park.

Organiser Brian Coogan said: “Machinery demonstrations are considered a key tool for selling equipment, and the success of Plantworx 2013 was testament to that. With a spark of confidence making a welcome return to the industry in Ireland,

Having initially launched the remanufactured parts programme in 2009, Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe) NV (HCME) has now unveiled a new €1million Remanufacturing Centre. After two years of detailed planning, intricate development and the installation of the latest high-tech engineering and testing equipment, the impressive facility has officially opened its doors for business.

There is already a wide range of remanufactured parts available for Hitachi customers throughout the European dealer netwo

Sandvik has appointed MSP as its new distributor for quarrying and construction products in Myanmar.

The agreement between the two companies has been signed and it will provide Sandvik customers in Myanmar with Sandvik crushing, screening, drilling and other associated equipment, but also aftermarket support in partnership with MSP’s extensive network and industry expertise.

Lafarge has signed a partnership agreement with the US start-up Solidia Technologies to industrialise an innovative technology that could reduce the environmental footprint of pre-cast concrete.

The technology allows lower CO2 emissions in the cement production process, and involves the capture of CO2 in precast concrete manufacturing.

Overall, CO2 emissions could be reduced by up to 70%.

The Swiss cement industry saw deliveries in Switzerland increase by 3.4% year-on-year in the third quarter of 2013.

This increase was due to the growing needs of building sites, and in the first nine months of 2013 there was a 2.7% increase in cement deliveries. Cemsuisse expects 2013 to surpass 2012 in terms of cement deliveries.

Atlas Copco Construction Tools, Essen, Germany, has been celebrating the 50th anniversary of the introduction of the hydraulic breaker, a concept for which German firm Krupp Berco Bautechnik, acquired by Atlas Copco in 2002, was a pioneer. The German firm developed a rig-mounted hydraulic breaker and took out a patent in 1963. It says its first machine, the HM 400, attracted huge interest at the Hannover fair in 1967 and more than 2,000 units were sold.

The aim was to save time and labour in demolition

World-renowned Argentine artist Adrián Villar Rojas sculpted a life-size elephant using 1.5tonnes of CEMEX Portland cement for the centerpiece of a new exhibition at the inaugural opening of the Serpentine Sackler Gallery in Kensington Gardens, London.

Virtually filling the entrance to the gallery, the impressive creation is over 370cm high, 225cm wide, extends 520cm from trunk to tail, and carries a beam measuring 1,450cm in length.

French industrial minerals specialist Imerys has successfully divested its Imerys Structure activity to cooperative brick manufacturer Bouyer Leroux in France.

The activity concerns chimney blocks, wall and partition blocks. Retroactive as of 1 May, 2013, the value of the transaction stood at €75 million.