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India’s competition regulator in India, Compat, has stopped the sale of Lafarge’s India assets, reports Indian Express.

The Competition Appellate Tribunal (Compat) interim order puts on ice the sale of the assets, which a slew of private equity firms and cement manufacturers have put bids in for or expressed strong interest in doing so. Among very interested parties are cement manufacturers and private equity firms including CRH group, Heidelberg Cement, Blackstone, and Aion Capital.

Compat stayed the

Liebherr recently won a major contract in the German gravel extraction industry.

Kiesabbau Wiedemann (KW) based in southern Germany opted for three HS 8070 HD and one HS 895 HD Liebherr duty cycle crawler cranes. All four machines are configured for dragline operation.

The HS 895 HD is a powerful machine in the 200tonne class. Thanks to its solid steel construction and its strong 12-cylinder 670kW diesel engine, the duty cycle crawler crane with dragline bucket is ideal for material handling tasks. It

A new Sennebogen 655 duty cycle crawler crane has recently started digging tonnes of sand and gravel in the Île-de-France region of France. In June 2015, the French sales and service partner Sygmat delivered the 55tonne material handler to A2C matériaux.

A family-owned enterprise, A2C has been working in the field of sand and gravel extraction and further processing for over 50 years. Around 1.2 million tonnes are extracted from gravel pits in the region of Île-de-France and supplied to concrete and pref

HeidelbergCement’s Norwegian subsidiary Norcem and the Spanish-Italian contractor consortium Acciona Ghella JV (AGJV) have signed an agreement for the cement supplies to the Follo Line Project in Oslo. The supply of 280,000 tonnes of cement over a three-year period is Norcem’s largest contract ever.

“This is a milestone for HeidelbergCement in Norway and will put great demands on both production and logistics,” said Dr Bernd Scheifele, chairman of the HeidelbergCement managing board. “Our subsidiary Norc

Based in Lyon, Béton Direct is said to be the first online service of tailored delivery of ready mixed concrete and mortar.

The start-up comprises nine people and is said to offer a simple and rapid alternative to traditional circuits.

Delivery is in 48 hours and starts at just 500litres.

In the Philippines, Cemex is to increase the price of its cement. The wholesale price for a bag of 50kg will increase from PHP 217 (€4.13/US$4.71) to PHP 227. Also, it is reported that Holcim Cement is looking to sell cement at PHP 212 a bag. Meanwhile, Rizal cement brand is being sold at PHP 217/bag.

Demand for ready mixed concrete has recovered more than half the decline experienced by producers after the 2007 recession.

The industry now produces over 23 million m³ of concrete. Yet there is some way to go, as demand has averaged 26 million m³/year since the 1970s.

These are some of the conclusions of a report published by BDS Marketing Research entitled The ready mixed concrete industry in Great Britain – its structure, markets and prospects.

The consultancy which specialises in the heavy buil