Quarry Products

Increased demand and sales price increases fuelled French Swiss global building materials giant Lafarge Holcim’s 5.8% rise in like-for-like year-on-year sales to CHF 7.362 billion (€6.469bn) in the third quarter of 2018. The Group’s four business segments – cement, aggregates, ready-mix concrete and solutions & products – are all said to have contributed to the sales increase. LafargeHolcim’s recurring earnings before income, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) grew by 8.1% in Q3 cmpared to the

The use of retread tyres is an interesting market in quarrying that can offer potentially significant cost savings for quarry operators. Liam McLoughlin reports. The retread market for tyres has been established for around 60 years, but demand increased around a decade ago when there was a global shortfall in the supply of new OTR (off the road) tyres for quarrying vehicles. The shortage was caused by the construction and mining “bubble” and a consequent high demand for OTR tyres that new tyre producers we

Raymond Brown has appointed Don Coates as the group's new chief executive officer. The Hampshire, UK-based company says the appointment is a key part of its future growth strategy, which will see Coates steering the business through its growth and expansion plans. Raymond Brown is a quarry operator and supplier of primary aggregates. The group also operates in the waste solutions and distribution sectors, while its Fortis IBA business focuses on the recycling and production of IBA (incinerator bottom ash)

LKAB Minerals is to acquire UK industrial minerals group Francis Flower for an undisclosed sum.
Sweden-based industrial minerals group LKAB says the cash acqusition, which is subject to merger clearance, will see it take full ownership of Francis Flower and create a strong UK industrial minerals supplier that will strengthen supply of construction materials. Francis Flower's products include ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBS), which is produced by quenching molten iron slag (a by-product of iron

The Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) has named Paul Adeleke as communications and policy director. The recently-formed GCCA says the appointment means the composition of its executive team is now complete. Chief executive Benjamin Sporton commenced with the organisation on October 8, and he will be joined by Claude Loréa as cement director and Andrew Minson as concrete and sustainable construction director in the coming months. Adeleke will work on developing the GCCA’s outreach and

The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) and the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) have given their formal support to the UK Minerals Strategy. Launched at Living with Minerals 6 ‘Securing Minerals for the Next Generation and the UK Minerals Strategy’ conference on 10 July 2018, the Strategy, prepared on behalf of the mineral products industry by the CBI Minerals Group and MPA, highlights that UK demand for minerals and mineral products over the next 25 years will be at least 5 billion tonnes

Contractors and building specifiers should look “beyond black” and make better use of innovative asphalt materials amid a growing appetite for coloured asphalt across the UK. The call comes from UK-based construction materials supplier Aggregates Industries. The company says that the government has pledged over £1.2bn to expand the nation’s cycling facilities under its cycling and walking investment strategy (CWIS), and that asphalt materials that can offer colour demarcation have become increasingly

Tarmac, a leading UK construction solutions company, is rolling out a revolutionary new digital system for tracking and recording deliveries to boost efficiency and enhance its customer service. Between now and December this year, Tarmac is rolling out a new Electronic Proof of Delivery process – known as ePOD – across its 1,800-strong UK vehicle fleet, providing instant access to electronic proof of delivery tickets and real-time tracking for customers across the country. The innovative electronic ticket