Quarry Products

Breedon Group, the UK’s largest independent construction materials group, posted a solid set of trading figures in the 10 months to 31 October 2018, with increased revenues, improved underlying EBIT and continuing strong cash generation, despite the challenges of a flat construction market in Great Britain and rising input costs.

Breedon sales of aggregates increased by 21% and asphalt by 45% compared with the prior year. In common with the rest of the market, the Group’s concrete sales declined, by 5%.

Tarmac, a leading UK construction solutions business, has launched a first-of-its-kind educational course with SkillForce to help students prepare for the world of work, becoming the first company to partner with the pioneering national educational charity.

The jointly designed, bespoke one-year programme will support students from Rawlins Academy in Leicestershire, east central England – located just ten minutes from Tarmac’s Mountsorrel quarry – to develop the key skills, confidence and capabilities n

CRH, the Irish global building materials group, saw its nine-month sales to the end of September reach €19.9 billion, an increase of 6% compared with the corresponding period in 2017.

Group earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) for the nine months stood at €2.5 billion, 8% ahead of 2017. Earnings were helped by continued underlying growth in the Americas, positive sales momentum in Europe, and improved demand in Asia.

CRH’s aggregates sales over the analysed nine-mont

Member of Parliament (MP) Rachel Maclean has praised Aggregate Industries’ learning and development programme for staff during a recent visit to the firm’s Express Asphalt plant in Redditch, Worcestershire, central west England.

The successful visit involved an engaging discussion between the Redditch MP and Aggregate Industries’ area manager, Ian Dallas, on the company’s investment in staff training through its world-class management and leadership programmes. For instance, to support Dallas in his care

UK aggregates, asphalt and ready-mixed concrete output is down by around 1% in 2018 compared to the previous year, according to BDS Marketing Research’s annual reviews of outputs in the major heavy building materials markets.

Changes in company and site ownership following disposals and acquisitions have, says BDS Marketing Research, affected UK building materials market shares, particularly in regional markets. Tarmac has emerged as the leading supplier in the key markets, replacing Hanson as the leadin

LafargeHolcim has signed an agreement with Semen Indonesia for the disposal of its entire shareholding of 80.6% in Holcim Indonesia for an enterprise value of US$1.75 billion, on a 100% basis. Semen Indonesia is a major building materials company and the market leader in Indonesia.

The Franco-Swiss global building materials giant has decided to divest Holcim Indonesia as part of the ongoing portfolio review. The assets to be sold to Semen Indonesia include the entirety of LafargeHolcim’s operations in In

Titan Group, the Greece headquartered global building materials market supplier, has posted improved third quarter performance figures compared to the same three months of 2017. Group turnover in the third quarter increased by 5%, reaching €389.4 million. Earnings before Interest, Depreciation and Amortisation (EBITDA) increased by 3.2% to €74.7 million. Net profit after minority interests and the provision for taxes increased by 32.5% to €25.4 million, compared to €19.2 million in the third quarter of 2017

Quarry firm Tillicoultry Quarries has bought fellow Scottish company Hugh King & Co, an independent producer of dried mortar and render products and a leading UK supplier of sports sand.

Hugh King & Co operates one silica sand quarry and two brown sand quarries around Ayrshire, with reserves totalling 5 million tonnes. The company claims to have the largest sand drying plant in Scotland, a specialised high capacity dried mortar and render plant and automated mortar, render, sand and aggregate bagging ope

Sales volumes of construction-related mineral products weakened in the third quarter of 2018 across all British markets monitored.

The Minerals Products Association says that, following a comparatively strong catch-up during the spring after poor weather in Q1, demand failed to pick up in Q3 in sectors including aggregates, asphalt, ready-mixed concrete and mortar.

Seasonally adjusted sales volumes for asphalt saw the sharpest decline, down 4.6% in Q3 compared to the previous quarter, followed by mort