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The Mineral Products Association (MPA) has set out long term aggregate demand and supply scenarios for Great Britain (GB) until 2030. Launched at the joint Royal Town Planning Institute/Mineral Products Association Mineral Planning Conference held on 24th May at the NEC in Birmingham, the study aims to provide industry and industry stakeholders with indications of the potential volumes of aggregates that may be needed to satisfy future demand, reflecting the UK’s needs for construction, including housebuild

Jan Jenisch will become the new CEO of LafargeHolcim from 16 October 2017. Replacing outgoing CEO Eric Olsen, Jenisch joins from Swiss company Sika AG, which has a leading global position in the development and production of systems and products for the building materials and automotive sectors. Fifty-year-old Jenisch has been the CEO of Sika AG since January 2012. Under his leadership, Sika has developed its business in new markets and set new standards of performance in sales and profitability. As a resu

Aggregate Industries has supplied more than 15,000 tonnes of aggregates and specialist sand and 1,100m² of commercial hard landscaping to Oriam, Scotland’s National Sports Performance Centre in Edinburgh. Constructed in the parkland setting of Heriot-Watt University’s extensive campus in the west of the city, the £33m multi-sport Centre includes a full-sized indoor pitch with seating for 500, top-level grass and synthetic outdoor pitches, a high performance strength and conditioning centre, a high performan

FLSmidth has won a five-year contract from OCP (formerly known as Office Chérifien des Phosphates) to operate port equipment for handling phosphate, fertilisers, and sulphur. The port is located in Jorf Lasfar, El Jadida, 100km south of Casablanca, Morocco. The contract marks FLSmidth's first operation & maintenance contract in Morocco.
FLSmidth was awarded the contract as part of OCP's 'ecosystem' initiative to benefit the local economy by bringing external know-how and hiring local workforce. FLSmidth wa

Hanson Cement is planning a £20 million upgrade project at its Padeswood cement works in Flintshire, North East Wales which will guarantee the long-term future of the plant and its 96 employees. At the heart of the project will be the installation of a new vertical roller mill for cement grinding which will improve efficiency, reduce energy consumption, and increase output. Hanson is also planning to invest in new rail loading facilities to allow cement to be delivered by train, reducing lorry movements. A

Tarmac, a leading UK building materials and construction solutions business, has announced the acquisition of civil engineering and highways maintenance contractor, JB Riney. Tarmac will work with the JB Riney management team to maintain continuity for existing Riney customers. The company will continue to operate under the Riney name, and will form part of the Highways Services division within Tarmac’s Contracting business. Combining the expertise of both businesses in the London market strengthens Tarmac’

FLSmidth has signed a contract for a state-of-the-art cement plant in Africa valued at more than €100 million. The contract includes engineering, equipment supply, construction supervision, commissioning, and training.
Located in the North Africa region, the plant will mainly supply cement to its local market. Once completed, the cement plant will have a capacity of 12,000tonnes/day. “We are extremely proud to have been chosen as the preferred supplier of this cement plant. It marks the culmination of a c

BAM installed two test sections in collaboration with the Dutch provinces of Noord-Brabant and Gelderland with an asphalt road surface consisting of up to 93% recycled material, more than three times the level in current practice.
The innovative mixture is produced at a temperature of around 105˚C. In addition to the high reuse value, this results in an energy and CO2-reduction of approximately 30%. To help accomplish this, BAM used SYLVAROAD RP1000 Performance Additive, a product by Arizona Chemical, a Su