Quarry Products

CRH, the global building materials group, said its Q3 2017 trading benefited from continued growth in the Americas. The sector giant reported cumulative sales of €20.7 billion for the first nine months of 2017 – up 2% over the same period of last year. In an interim statement, the company said that while underlying growth in the Americas boosted its trading levels, some operations were impacted by adverse weather and hurricane activity. Momentum remained positive in Europe, it reported, while in Asia,

Cemex says that it expects to supply approximately 9,800m³ of ready-mix concrete for the reconstruction of Mezaparks Grand Open-Air Stage, an iconic venue in Riga, the Latvian capital, that hosts a wide variety of cultural and sporting events each year. The reconstruction is the work of Latvian architectural firms J.Pogas birojs and Mailītis., which together envisioned the expansion of this emblematic building, first opened to the public in 1955.
Expected to be fully completed by 2021, this venue’s

Olli-Pekka Oksanen, currently Senior Vice President, Strategy and Business Development, and a member of Metso's executive team, has been appointed Vice President, Minerals West Europe market area as of 1 December 2017. Strategy and Business Development will move to the CFO's office, and become the responsibility of CFO, Eeva Sipilä.

Cemex UK Materials has recently withdrawn a planning application to allow it to extract approximately 430,000tonnes of sand and gravel on land at Upper Strensham, county Worcestershire, England.

In its interim report for 1 January-30 September 2017, FLSmidth says it has seen positive cash flow generation and higher EBITA margin despite lower revenue.
The group says that improved sentiment led to higher order intake in the minerals business by reduced activity in the cement business caused a decline in service orders.

HeidelbergCement has sold 50% of the voting rights in its Georgian business to Cement Invest, an investment company jointly managed and owned by the Georgian Co-Investment Fund (GCF) and Hunnewell Partners.

HeidelbergCement and Cement Invest will jointly control the resulting joint venture.

The transaction will contribute in total about € 115 million to the future reduction of net debt of HeidelbergCement.

Reduced access to dwindling natural sand sites, coupled with higher quality sand products produced by crushing rock with premium crushing and screening equipment, has led to a flourishing manufactured sand sector within the quarrying and construction industries
– a trend set to continue in the coming years. Below, building materials equipment solution experts from Metso analyse the pros and cons of manufactured sand, and how best to maximise its immense potential. The demand for economical and efficient

The British Marine Aggregate Producers Association (BMAPA), the representative body for the marine aggregate sector, and The Crown Estate have jointly published a new good practice guidance for marine aggregate extraction operations in English waters. Good Practice Guidance: Extraction by Dredging of Aggregates from England’s Seabed (2017) replaces Extraction by dredging from the English seabed: minerals planning guidance 1 (MMG1) originally published by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Heidelberg Cement says in its results for the third-quarter of 2017 show revenue up by 4% to €4.6 billion, while the result from current operations before depreciation and amortisation rose by 7% to €1,058 million on a comparable basis (adjusted for currency and consolidation effects). The group’s free cash flow of the past 12 months significantly improved to €1.2 billion. Its outlook for 2017 remains unchanged with a positive outlook for global economy; accelerated growth in Europe; moderate increase in