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Chicago Pneumatic has opened new offices in Varyap Plaza, Istanbul, Turkey. The company is expanding its presence in the country with a new 300m2 customer centre. The opening of the new office has great significance for our company and customers,” says Philippe Artzet, Chicago Pneumatic Tools Division president.

“It will help us to provide better service for customers, enhance the efficiency of our communication and cooperation while providing a more comfortable working environment to our employees.”

Opposition towards new quarries has hardened and it is still the most unpopular form of development in Britain, research by strategy consultancy Development Intelligence has revealed.

DI Tracker, an annual survey commissioned by Development Intelligence, is said to show that three-quarters of people would oppose a new quarry in their local area and just one in ten would support it.

Viet Nam Cement Industry (VICEM) has aimed to produce 22 million tonnes of cement and 17 million tonnes of clinker in 2016. It expects clinker and cement consumption will reach 24 million tonnes. This will result in a profit before tax worth VND 1.80 trillion (€73.57 million/US$80.3 million) and revenue worth VND 33 trillion.

Meanwhile, there was a cement surplus of 30 million tonnes in 2015.

Cement demand expanded by 9.1% from 2014 to 53.18 million tonnes in 2015. Cement output for 2015 stood at arou

The corporate secretary of Semen Baturaja, Zulfikri Subli said that the state cement company has reported sales of 1.53 million tonnes in 2015, a year-on-year growth of 22%.

Retail sales were at 1.04 million tonnes, up 8% from 973,031 tonnes in the previous year.

Sales of bulk cement contributed 69% to 490,554tonnes, compared to 289,676tonnes sold a year ago.

Finnish company Robit, which develops, manufactures, supplies and services drilling consumables for applications in tunnelling, geothermal heating and cooling, construction, and mining industries, has a new CEO.

Mikko Mattila, 38, who has been with Robit for 15 years, takes over from Jussi Rautiainen, who saw successful growth during his 11 years as a CEO. He is now focusing on planning and execution of Robit’s future structural growth as part of a job rotation initiative.

During his time with Robit,

For the fourth-quarter ended 31 December, 2015, Saudi Cement recorded a 32.8% decline in net profit to SAR 180 million (€43.99 million US$48.02 million) from SAR 268 million in the year-ago quarter.
The decline was attributed by an impairment charge of SAR 66.2 million for two kilns at its Hofuf plant, which affected sales.
Looking forward, the company forecasts its production costs to increase by SAR 68 million in 2016 due to price hikes in fuel and electricity announced by the government for Budget 201

Controlling and managing dust in any quarry or construction operation is vital for efficient working and good health and safety. Guy Woodford reports. A global leader in dust management technology has developed a versatile and transportable atomised mist unit, said to combine a workhorse electric dust suppression design with a 45kW generator set. In response to customer input from several different industries, Dust Control Technology (DCT) designed the DustBoss DB-60 Fusion, a powerful suppression system wi

A high-performing Sandvik Construction cone crusher is said to have revolutionised production at a prominent aggregate supply firm in the United Arab Emirates. Guy Woodford reports. National Quarries had a problem. The company’s existing crushing plant was doing satisfactory work, but its management felt performance was lacking. This led the UAE-based firm to approach Sandvik Construction Middle East who offered a modern solution using a CH660 cone crusher.

A leading dump truck manufacturer has made a key appointment in a major quarrying market. Guy Woodford reports. Terex Trucks has appointed Babcock International as official distributor of its rigid and articulated haulers in southern Africa. In addition to supplying new machines, Babcock will also provide parts and other essential aftermarket support services to customers in South Africa and neighbouring countries. Terex Trucks will support Babcock by providing a range of commercial and technical resources,

Swedish recycling company IL Recycling will acquire Swedish recycling company Big Bag's activities concerning the managing of containers and front loaders in the Stockholm region as of 1 March 2016.

The deal will enable Big Bag to focus on providing recycling solutions to the construction industry.

The Grace company has partnered with concrete producer Vicat to provide a new environmentally responsible method of placing deactivated concrete, which may be used for the Stylperf Vicat deactivated concrete and the défi.Aquapass pervious concrete range.

The method, which is water autonomous and captures all project waste, thus dealing efficiently with usual problems generated by placing deactivated concrete.

The method has already been displayed in Villeurbanne, France.

A report by DSG Consultants has found that Algeria, along with Libya, is a major destination for cement exporters, due to domestic demand outstripping local supply.

In 2014, demand for cement was 27 million tonnes, while local production capacity was only 23 million tonnes, making Algeria the largest cement importer in the Mediterranean region with 5.2 million tonnes of imported cement.

In the first half of 2015, cement imports remained stable, due to the government's efforts to reduce imports.

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According to Widodo Santoso, the chairman of the Indonesia Cement Association (ASI), cement sales in 2016 are expected to increase by between 4% and 6% on the back of infrastructure projects executed by the government across Indonesia.

In 2015, cement sales in the archipelago reached 61 million tonnes, up by 1.8%.

Santoso disclosed that construction projects such as hotels, housing and offices account for about 75% of cement demand, while 25% comes from infrastructure projects.

Separately, Joko Wi

The Greek cement company Titan has confirmed that Mihalis Kolakidis was named as its new executive director to replace Mihalis Sigalas, who has resigned from his post.

Cement group Lafarge is seeking to extend the quarry it operates in the French municipality of Fercé-sur-Sarthe.

A public consultation is set to be held on 17 April 2016 regarding the project, following a debate within the municipal council.

Prior to any vote, there will be public meetings and a presentation of the project.

France-based Fayat Group has commissioned its first asphalt mixing plant at Sanand near Ahmedabad in India. The €16 million (US$17.48 million) plant will have the capacity of 25 to 30 plants/ year in the first phase. In the coming four to five years, the company hopes to expand its installed capacity to 70-75 plants/year.

HeidelbergCement has successfully issued debt certificates in the amount of €625 million, thereby further strengthening its financing structure. Due to high demand, it was possible to significantly increase the issue volume from initially €400 million to €625 million.

The newly-issued debt certificates, with a maturity date of 20 January 2022, consist of two tranches: one tranche with a floating rate and the other with a fixed rate. The fixed rate tranche yields at 1.85% p.a. and the floating tranche at

A US-based manufacturer is making its debut on the global crushing market, while new and latest solutions from leading European sector heavyweights are in demand globally. Guy Woodford reports As a secondary, tertiary or even quaternary crusher, cone crushers play a vital role in any aggregate processing operation. Terex Finlay’s new C-1554 cone crusher has become the largest capacity tracked mobile cone crusher in the company’s range. It is said by the Omagh, Northern Ireland-based manufacturer to be the u

Concrete is by far the most frequent material used for shell structures of multi-apartment blocks in Sweden.

In 2014, its market share was 88.6%, up by 0.6 percentage units compared with 2013, according to data from the Swedish statistical office (SCB), referred to by Cementa in a press release.

The increase is mainly attributed to the cities of Gothenburg and Malmö.

Wood accounted for 8.9% of shell structures in 2014, and steel for 2.6%.

From January to November 2015, Vietnamese exports of cement and clinker fell short of the 20 million tonnes targeted for full year 2015 at 15 million tonnes, a 27% decline year-on-year.

This comes following increased competition from China and weaker international demand for Vietnamese cement, as well as the increasing cost of supplies.

Vietnam exported 21 million tonnes of 70.6 million tonnes of total cement output in 2014.