Quarry Products

After widening its membership base to include Southern Africa surface mining, quarrying and related operations, representative industry association Aspasa, wants to begin collecting statistics relating to health and safety on its member operations’ sites.
While all serious incidents are required to be reported by law, the association wants to glean further information for its own records in order to identify trends and address recurring problems for a safer working environment.

Margret Suckale has been appointed a shareholder representative on the Supervisory Board of HeidelbergCement. Suckale succeeds Alan Murray, who had resigned from his position with the German building materials giant. Her appointment term will expire at the next Annual General Meeting of HeidelbergCement on 9 May 2018.

Martin Riley, Tarmac senior vice president, has been appointed chairman of the UK’s Mineral Products Association (MPA) for the next two years, succeeding Simon Vivian of the Breedon Group.

Nigel Jackson, MPA chief executive, paid tribute to Simon’s contribution to the Association over the last two years saying: “Simon is one of the industry’s most experienced leaders and has invested a huge amount of time and passion into maintaining the unity of the association for the good of all members.

Cemex is supplying concrete for the Cameron Bridge, part of a reconstruction of the Arizona section of Route 89 in the southwestern US. Spanning approximately 200m, the new bridge includes four lanes for highway traffic, a pedestrian underpass, and other concrete flatwork that is expected to improve traffic flow and road safety. To best meet the project’s construction demands, Cemex installed a remote batch plant at a nearby quarry, which enabled the company to supply more than 15,000m³ of concrete. During

Hanson UK has extended its involvement with EDF Energy’s Hinkley Point C project in county Somerset, south-west England, securing a roads construction contract for the Kier Bam Joint Venture through its contracting division.
The contract includes supplying 40,000tonnes of cement bound granular material (CBGM) and 100,000tonnes of asphalt over the next two years. The materials will be used to build access roads on site. Hanson Contracting has also secured contracts with Laing O’Rourke, to support new accomm

CRH, the international building materials group has announced two significant transactions as part of its continuing focus on growth and value creation through effective portfolio management and capital reallocation.
In the Americas, CRH reached agreement to sell its Americas Distribution business to Beacon Roofing Supply, for a total consideration of $2.63 billion in cash (c.€2.2 billion).
Americas Distribution, which has been part of the CRH Group for over 20 years, has historically executed a growth st

Cemex is to supply approximately 900,000m³ of concrete for Mexico City’s new international airport, one of the main infrastructure projects in Latin America.
“We are very proud to participate in one of the most important infrastructure projects in Latin America,” says Juan Romero Torres, President of Cemex Mexico.
“Mexico City’s new international airport will improve the quality of life for millions of people and strengthen the city’s position as a hemispheric hub connecting the Americas.”
The airport w

The global construction stone market is expected to grow with 9% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) during the period 2016-2023 says a report from Market Research Future. The report, The Global Construction Stone Market Information by Type (Construction Aggregates and Natural Stones), By Application (Public Infrastructure, Commercial Infrastructure and Residential Infrastructure) and By Region – Forecast To 2023, comprises extensive primary research along with the detailed analysis of qualitative as well as

Aggregate Industries, a leading UK construction materials supplier, has proven its credentials once again by supplying thousands of tonnes of high quality aggregates for major runway resurfacing work at East Midlands Airport, near Castle Donington, Leicestershire, Central England. Last November (2016), East Midlands Airport was closed for five consecutive weekends in order to allow for the huge runway resurfacing operation to take place. The project marked the first time that a UK commercial airport has imp