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The South African crushing and screening company previously known as Pilot Crushtec (SA) (Pty) Ltd has announced that CEO Sandro Scherf has bought out his partners and has increased his indirect stake in the company now called Pilot Crushtec International (Pty) Ltd. The transaction saw his indirect stake increase to 100% equity of the business, which supplies equipment and solutions for the mobile, semi-mobile, crushing, screening, recycling, sand washing and material handling sectors to customers in Asia,

UK-based Caithness Stone Industries has entered administration, with RSM Tenon's Iain Fraser reportedly saying that heavy investment had saddled the Spittal, northern Scotland-based quarrying business with unsustainable and acute cash flow problems. Turnover exceeded €3.52 million in 2012.

Eurovia (Vinci) quarries have won awards in the sustainable development competition organised by the national union of aggregates producers (UNPG) in France. Les sablières de la Meurthe won the award in the 'partnership with local authorities' category for its quarry in Rosières-aux-Salines, while the SNEH Matériaux quarry in Lower-Normandy came out top in the 'best environmental practices' category. In the category of 'best practices in innovation or recycling of marine or artificial granulates', the Granu

Polish producer of cement, concrete and aggregates, Grupa Gorazdze, expects its turnover will drop by 10-15% in 2013, year on year. In 2012, the Group's revenue shrank by over €70.33 million (PLN 300mn) to €287.89 million (PLN 1.23bn). Due to implementing restructuring in the past, Grupa Gorazdze does not plan any jobs cuts, but is going to freeze salaries in 2013. Currently, Grupa Gorazdze is completing the consolidation of its three branches: Gorazdze Cement, Gorazdze Beton and Gorazdze Kruszywa. It is pl

Doosan Construction Equipment has announced a new £2 million(€2.34 million) order from Lynch Plant Hire. Secured by County Berkshire,England-based Promac Solutions, the authorised Doosan dealer for south-east England, a major part of order comprises the new Doosan DX300LC-3, DX340LC-3 and DX380LC-3 Stage IIIB compliant large crawler excavators from 30 to 38 tonne, as well as smaller crawler and wheeled excavators including the new DX140LC-3 and DX160LC-3 Stage IIIB compliant crawler excavators recently lau

The 4th Mineral Products Association’s Members’ general assembly and annual meeting at Church House in Westminster, London, was followed by a reception in the House of Commons. Both events attracted audiences from over 60 organisations, and the theme of the general assembly was Accelerating Delivery, with a keynote speech from Lord Deighton, Commercial Secretary to the Treasury.

In 2012, Lafarge Beton, Greece's second-largest ready-mixed concrete producer, registered a 39.2% drop in its revenues, to €30.37 million in comparison with 2011. The company also posted an EBITDA loss of €20.08 million as well as a net loss of €23.81 million from €20.09 million losses. Lafarge Beton is owned by Greece's cement producer AGET Iraklis, which is controlled by the French group Lafarge. At the end of 2012, Lafarge Beton employed 167 staff, fewer than its 207 workers in the previous year.

SLR Consulting’s work on the regeneration strategy for East Pit/Lakes of Rhosamman, adjacent to the Brecon Beacon’s National Park in South Wales, has been shortlisted in this year’s Royal Town Planning Institute’s (RTPI) awards for Planning Excellence. The project, for a consortium consisting of The Land Trust, Oak Regeneration and Celtic Energy, covers the transformational rural redevelopment of a former surface coal mine into an international tourism and leisure destination. It is one of four shortlisted

The Mitteldeutsche Hartstein-Industrie (MHI) is again making suitable areas in Europe’s largest basalt quarry in Homberg/Nieder-Ofleiden, Germany, available for Steinexpo 2014. Along with the signing of the contract, the Steinexpo organiser Geoplan has been finalising preparations for the 9th Steinexpo (3-6 September 2014) event since the start of the year. “Together we have wrestled with the right strategy for success,” says Steinexpo trade fair manager Dr Friedhelm Rese.

Austrian company SBM Mineral Processing has launched a new website (www.sbm-mp.at) following a number of developments including the expansion of the concrete mixing plants product portfolio and the integration of the brand MFL-Mineral Processing into the SBM company. “Clear and straight design, simple operation and focussing on the essentials were the preconditions for conception and implementation,” says SBM. Graphic conversion and programming were carried out by the Austrian creative company Friedrich Sch

KPI-JCI and Astec Mobile Screens, a worldwide manufacturer of heavy equipment for the aggregate and recycle markets, has promoted Michelle Cwach’s promotion to media relations manager while Melinda Schweitzer will take on the role of marketing manager. Cwach, who has worked as a Marketing Associate at KPI-JCI and Astec Mobile Screens for the past two years, will expand her role to manage the public relations, advertising and social media for the company.

The Chevrières site of French building materials group Lafarge extracts some 750,000tonnes of gravel and sand each year, making it the group's largest production unit in Picardy. The group is now attempting to break into a new market around the Parisian Basin, which involves the recovery of material generated by earthworks.