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US construction equipment manufacturer giant Terex is considering a US$3.28 billion takeover offer from a leading Chinese manufacturer. Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science & Technology Company (Zoomlion) – one of China’s biggest construction equipment firms - has made an unsolicited offer of $30 per share. Terex has confirmed entering into a confidentiality agreement with Zoomlion and is in discussions, but said the company remained committed to its proposed merger with Finland-based Konecranes.

The UK aggregates industry achieved a much better replenishment rate on reserves in 2015 than in previous years.
Around 90% of sand and gravel and crushed rock extracted last year was replaced with consents for new reserves. This conclusion follows an analysis by BDS Marketing Research of planning applications and consents that the consultancy monitors on a daily basis.
“The industry cannot afford to be complacent. In the previous year, the industry replenished less than half the volumes extracted. Over t

Pakistan's cement exports have declined by 25.68% to 3.01 million tonnes from July to December 2015 compared to 4.06 million tonnes during the same period in 2014.

Cement factories in Pakistan's southern region registered 26.67% year-on-year (y-o-y) fall in export volume to 1.11 million tonnes in the second half of 2015.

Meanwhile, cement plants in the northern Pakistan posted 25.09% y-o-y drop in exports to 1.9 million tonnes.

Pakistan's cement sales rose by 10.53% from 3.11 million tonnes in Dece

Semen Tonasa builds a new cement packing plant. Cement maker Semen Tonasa of Indonesia is developing a cement packing facility in East Timor. The development of the plant is taken as the company aims to expand its export volume. It aims to export 400,000tonnes of cement in 2016.

According to Dhep Vongvanich, SCG's country executive director, Vietnam, a cement factory will be set up by the company in Vietnam.

Dhep said the company has yet to announce the date., and it is still examining if the factory would be set up on its own or through a joint venture.

SCG would still carry on with plans to set up an integrated petro-chemical complex in the country.

Sino-Hydro and Power China Company are interested in implementing various projects in Pakistan.

Among them are a red line transport project; a K-4 water project; cement plant and a 600MW coal-based power plant, valued at more than US$4 billion (€3.7 billion).

The cement plant project is currently at the final phase.

The companies have also applied for installation of the coal-based power plant at Port Qasim.

AMD Group Investment (AMD) has received in-principle approval from the Thanh Hoa People's Committee in Vietnam to mine stone at Loang Mountain, Yen Dinh District of Thanh Hoa Province, north central coast region. The company is set to supply non-refined brick and stone for building materials under an agreement signed with FLC Group. The stone mining project will span 8.7 hectares. AMD is a Vietnam-based company with interests in equipment trading, high-tech investment, eco-tourism and preschool education.

Jaiprakash Associates in India has received four bids for the sale of its stand-alone cement business, which has a capacity of over 20 million tonnes/year and is expected to be valued at about INR 200 billion (€2.74 billion/US$2.96 billion).
It is reported that three of the bidders have been named as UltraTech Cement, Dalmia Bharat Cement, and US private equity company KKR (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts).
The sale does not include the 2.2 million tonnes/year Bhilai plant (a joint venture with the Steel Author

The 2nd annual Sandvik Construction Mobile Crushers and Screens Global Distributor Conference, held in Ireland, attracted over 120 people, representing 60 Sandvik Mobiles’ distributors from around 40 different countries.

Delegates received updates on the Sandvik Construction business, product briefings, as well as joining in other activities aimed at helping our customers’ worldwide.

Sandvik Construction’s president, Dinggui Gao, said: “It has been a challenging year, but fantastic to see the drive, e

In accordance with Article 20 of the Federal Act on Stock Exchanges and Securities Trading (Stock Exchange Act), LafargeHolcim has been informed by Sberbank of Russia that it holds, through a repurchase transaction with Eurocement Holding, 6.12% of the voting rights and of the registered share capital of LafargeHolcim.
This corresponds to 37,172,910 registered shares and voting rights.
According to the declaration of Sberbank of Russia, the Stock Exchange Act threshold of 5% was exceeded on 21 January, 2

A guide to slate’s use as an aggregate has been launched by Welsh Slate, said to be the UK’s leading supplier of natural slate for a peerless range of exterior and interior design applications.

The guide gives a snapshot of Welsh slate’s features and benefits as an aggregate, specifically for civil engineering, housebuilding, the water industry, and pre-cast and ready-mixed concrete.

As a construction aggregate, Welsh slate can be used as a granular sub-base for road building, car parks, footpaths an

The Mersey Gateway road bridge across the River Mersey in North West England will provide a new link between the towns of Runcorn and Widnes and speed journey times for those travelling further into Liverpool and Merseyside.

Due to be opened to traffic in Autumn 2017, Cemex UK is working with client Merseylink Civil Contractors Joint Venture to deliver the project which features a reinforced concrete decked three pylon cable-stayed bridge linked to approach viaducts on each side of the river.

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Case Construction Equipment has an enduring sales history in North Africa – with one loyal quarry owner demonstrating just how strong it is.

Les Carrières de L’Ariana, a family quarry business in the Raoued-Ariana region of

Tunisia, purchased the first Case 821 wheeled loader in 1989. Company founder Mohamed Djelassi was so delighted with the model’s performance and the support he received from Sotradies, his Case CE dealer, that Les Carriéres de L’Ariana remains loyal to the brand and dealer to this

A major Qatari company has invested heavily in Powerscreen rock crushing and screening solutions in order to meet aggressive demand for aggregates from huge local industry players involved in some of the country’s biggest road development programmes in decades.

Having initially purchased and been impressed with a Chieftain 2100X mobile screen and Trakpactor 500 impact crusher, Al-Mohsen Engineering Co., one of Qatar’s leading aggregates suppliers to major construction companies, recently returned to loca

Granite is the second hardest natural rock after diamond, owing its hardness and density to the fact that it has solidified deep inside the earth under extreme pressure.

However, it does not always stay deeply buried because over time shifts in the planet’s crust forces veins of granite to the surface, where companies, including Pearl Mineral and Mines, find commercial uses for it.

Utility and road construction experts from across county Yorkshire and the North East of England gathered recently for a conference covering the latest developments in aggregates.

Organised by Yorkshire-based quarrying and recycling firm Mone Brothers and timed to coincide with Northern Gas Networks' Environment Week, the all-day event at The Village Hotel near Morley attracted over 70 delegates.

As well as a talk by Northern Gas Networks, the event featured a number of video presentations and case st

After a successful INTERMAT 2015 show which saw the company launch its MB-LS140 screening bucket for skid-steer loaders, MB Crusher is promoting the Italian flag and ‘Made in Italy’ branding on the firm’s marketing materials and exhibition platforms. While the ambitious company has seven branches worldwide – in Italy, America, China, France, Germany, India and Japan – the new branding emphasises how MB Crusher’s entire product range is manufactured at its impressive and recently enlarged 17,000m² production

The Middle East is among few bright spots in what remains a tough global market for quarrying and construction equipment manufacturers and aggregate suppliers. Take Qatar for example. With the Fifa World Cup in 2022 getting ever nearer, the country has ramped up its infrastructure project activity. According to MEED Insight, in 2014 contract awards reached their highest-ever figure, at just over US$33.3 billion. This represented a staggering 42% jump on the previous year.

Since the last edition of Aggregates Business Europe, I’ve been on work trips to Finland and Northern Ireland, taking a close-up look at those two nations’ globally renowned excellence in crushing, screening, washing and conveyor solutions.

Breedon Aggregates has been awarded a contract valued at up to £10 million (€13 million) by Wills Bros John Paul JV to supply drystone, ready-mixed concrete and asphalt to the £35 million (€46) first stage of the A9 dualling project between Kincraig and Dalraddy south of Aviemore, Scotland.

The 8km stretch incorporates five new structures, numerous side roads and accesses to local estates. It is the first stage in a £3 billion (€3.95 billion) project to transform 128km of single carriageway to dual carr