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As the debate around the skills gap in the UK construction industry continues to dominate the headlines, earthmover attachment and breaker manufacturer Miller has been continuing to invest in new apprentices. Three members of staff who all started out as apprentice fabricator welders on Miller’s shop floor at the firm’s Cramlington, county Northumberland, England HQ are said to have never looked back.

Command Alkon, a global leader in integrated software solutions for the construction materials industries, has appointed Karl Watson Jr. to its board of directors. Watson Jr. has over 25 years of experience in the construction materials industry and recently served the industry as president of CEMEX USA. Prior roles also include president of Rinker Materials West, chief executive of Rinker Australia, and vice president of Rinker Florida Materials.

Haver & Boecker, a leading manufacturer in processing, handling, mixing, packing, filling, palletising and loading systems, has appointed Matthias Griesdorn as a new sales engineer. He brings three years of industry experience to his new role, which is based in Texas and covers the central United States.

Through its subsidiary Swerock, Peab has signed a Letter of Intent with HeidelbergCement Northern Europe for Peab to acquire the operations run by the HeidelbergCement company within extraction, production and sales of gravel and rock products in the Western Götaland region of Sweden. Operations are concentrated in Kållered, along with a few other facilities.

Global construction equipment demand is expected to grow 5% next year to 690,506 units, according to the latest forecast from Off-Highway Research (OHR). The specialist forecasting and market intelligence company said 2016 would represent the cyclical low in global equipment sales, following five years of falling demand.

Terex Minerals Processing Systems (MPS), will launch its Making New Tracks large mobile plant strategy in North America at the forthcoming MINExpo International Show in Las Vegas (26–28 September 2016). Being launched are three new tracked mobile plants, the LJ5532 jaw; LC450 cone, and the LV2050 VSI (vertical shaft impactor).

Cemex and Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua (GCC) have agreed terms and conditions regarding the sale to GCC of some Cemex US plants.
The assets being sold by an affiliate of Cemex to an affiliate of GCC in the US have changed and mainly consist of Cemex’s cement plant in Odessa, Texas; two cement terminals and the building materials business in El Paso, Texas, and Las Cruces, New Mexico. Cemex’s cement plant in Lyons and cement terminal in Florence, both Colorado are no longer part of the assets being sold to G

Magna Tyres Group has appointed Vijay Nambiar as general manager at the new Magna Tyres Middle East & Africa office.

He has over 30 years of experience within the tyre industry and has worked for various renowned tyre companies, including Michelin and Bridgestone, and is a trained techno commercial expert with experience in total tyre management based on the operation to achieve maximum benefits out of client investments.

His last job was with U.C.G.T, a successful trading company in the Middle East,

At MINExpo international 2016, Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology will showcase the latest in its portfolio of equipment and services, ranging from a single drill bit to mine automation. The company says it offers a wide range of automation solutions that customers can apply right now in order to maximise the full potential of their mine site while significantly improving safety.

“Depending on customer requirements, we can provide AutoMine for autonomous solutions and OptiMine for information managem

Terex Washing Systems (TWS) will launch two new products in North America at the MINExpo International Show in Las Vegas.

The new additions to the TWS portfolio, the AggreScalp and the FM UltraFines, will be unveiled at the even from 26–28 September, 2016.

“The new product launches is testament to our ongoing commitment to providing enhanced and unique washing solutions to meet customers’ needs and specific washing demands,” says David Quail, market area director, Americas.

TWS (Booth 3379) says

Caterpillar says it is to discontinue production of track drills within its Resource Industries portfolio, and no new orders will be taken.

However, the company says it and its dealers remain committed to existing customers and will support those room and pillar and track drill fleets currently in operation.

“These moves, which align with Caterpillar’s ongoing restructuring, will allow us to focus resources on those areas of the business that provide the highest, sustainable growth and best long-term

A recent report from The Parker Bay Company says that the mining equipment market is near a 20-year low.

The company says in its Surface Mining Equipment Index that whether compared to previous reports sequentially (Q2 vs. Q1 2016), year-over-year (Q2 2016 vs. Q2 2015) or vs. the peak levels that were obtained in 2012, the latest reported deliveries are “dismal.”

“Annualising the latest numbers would appear to result in 2016 shipments equal to less than one-quarter’s shipments during 2012. And it rank

Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe) has appointed West Balkans Machinery to distribute its construction machinery in Serbia.

The agreement applies to the full range of mini, medium and large Zaxis excavators; rigid dump trucks; ZW wheel loaders, and Hitachi Sumitomo crawler cranes.

West Balkans Machinery specialises in supplying equipment for mining, quarrying and construction projects.

Founded in 1996 under the name Yugo-Dizel, the company is owned by Sloban Sretenovic and was renamed earlier

The business which makes and sells JCB’s record-breaking engine has been honoured for innovation and sales success.

JCB Power Systems produced the engine which powered the JCB Dieselmax car to a world diesel land speed record of 350.092mph (563.41km/hour) on the Bonneville Salt Flats, USA, on 23 August, 2006.

The company, which is based at Dove Valley Park, Foston, county Derbyshire, England, has been presented with two Queen’s Awards: one for innovation and a second for international trade.

The

Following its “great success” at bauma 2016, Italy’s MB Crusher says that it will be involved in the most important international trade fairs until the end of the 2016.

“Fairs always represent an important opportunity to meet new clients, make tangible and appreciated the high quality of MB products and to introduce new entries, which this year have been truly many:

Among the company’s new products this year have been the MB-LS220 screening bucket for loaders and backhoe loaders from 12tonnes; a compl

Siemens has launched its Sicement electrification at the Bringing Power to Cement Industry forum in Cairo, Egypt.

The system is tailored to provide the energy requirements of industrial cement plants and achieve mechanisation in manufacturing operations.

In 2015, Egypt’s cement production is said to have reached 70 million tonnes, making it a major cement producing and consuming country in the Middle East and Africa, and demand is predicted to grow because of infrastructure projects in the country.

A 3D model showing underground landscapes to a depth of 100km of an entire Australian state has been launched.

The South Australian Geophysical Reference Model allows users to bring to life the state’s vast resource data sets of geological landscapes.

The model was launched to the international exploration community at the 25thGeophysical Conference & Exhibition in Adelaide, the capital of South Australia.

It draws on the state’s countless geo-data sets, enabling users to view different attributes

SRC Aggregates, a leading county Essex, England-based quarrying, waste disposal and recycling company, is evolving its fleet by replacing its older Bell Equipment B30Ds with new next-generation state-of-the-art B30Es.

Selected to work within the company’s quarrying division, the company says the B30Ds have proved themselves reliable and productive but they were ready for replacement.

“We’re proud of the positive track record we’ve established within the construction, building and civil projects indus

Trimble and Vermeer have introduced a Trimble Ready factory option for the new Vermeer T1255III Direct Drive Terrain Leveller surface excavation machine (SEM).

Vermeer T1255III SEMs that ship from the factory Trimble Ready make it faster and easier to install a Trimble GCS900 Grade Control System, which can reduce the cost and complexity of the installation.

The Trimble GCS900 Grade Control System uses GPS to control cutting head depth and pitch.

Operators can cut to the surface mine plan more pre

Bulgaria’s mining output soared by 12% last year, reaching 112.5 million tonnes, a record rate of increase for the past ten years, public radio broadcaster BNR has reported, citing data from the Bulgarian Chamber of Mining and Geology.

The biggest increase, 24%, was recorded in industrial minerals mining, says Novinite (www.novinite.com), Sofia news agency, in its report.

Mining of aggregates and building materials rose by 17% last year; coal output was up 13% and production of metal ores increased by