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Work should begin on a cement plant in Ben-Zireg, some 40km from Bechar in Algeria, in 2016.

A national and international invitation to tender has been issued, following the termination of the previous contract with a Chinese company.

The cement plant will be built on behalf of Société Saoura Ciment (SSC), a subsidiary of Groupe public industriel des ciments d'Algérie (GICA).

The cement plant should be operational in 2019 and will see the creation of 500-600 jobs directly and as many indirectly.

Works to construct a new cement plant in El-Beidha, Algeria, are expected to last 32 months and requires over DZD 35 billion (€301.10 million/US$327 million) in investments.

Once operational, it will have a daily output of 6,000tonnes of cement, representing over 2 million tonnes/year.

Production will cover domestic needs and the growing cement demand, which is due to the number of construction programmes.

Access Engineering of Sri Lanka has won a contract from Ultratech Cement Lanka to modify Ultratech’s present cement conveying/unloading system.

Work includes building ground floor structures and a basement, and a 50m-tall steel superstructure that weighs 280tonnes.

The ground floor structure is 6m higher than ground level, while the basement sits 5.25m underground.

The port cement ship handling period will be cut substantially as the cement pumping efficiency will be improved by 30% when the projec

Work has started on JSW Steel's new 2.4 million tonne/year cement plant with 300MW power plant in Salboni, West Bengal, India.

The INR 7 billion (€97.31 million/US$105.68 million) facility spans 50 hectares and will employ 150 people directly, with at least 1,000 construction jobs created, according to a company official.

According to Cemsuisse, the Swiss Cement Industry Association, cement deliveries in Switzerland declined by 4.2% in the fourth quarter of 2015, compared to a year earlier.

In 2015, deliveries reached 4.219 million tonnes, down 7.9%.

Rail transport accounted for 51.5% of deliveries.

The share of low-emissions cement increased to nearly 90% compared to 6% in 1995.

The Dutch company BAM has sold its plant in Zuidbroek to Betonfabriek Vrijenban. The plant made prefabricated concrete elements before being closed in 2015, and the sale relates to the real estate. The companies did not disclose financial details.

Magna Tyres Group has named Stephan van Leeuwen to be the new sales manager for the UK, Ireland and Italy regions.

With over 25 years of experience as a sales manager in the tyre industry, he has worked for various tyre companies.

“We are proud to have Stephan join our team”, says Hein de Wind, sales director of Magna Tyres.

“With his profound understanding of the tyre business we expect him to be a valuable addition to both our team and customers. As the global presence of Magna Tyres continues to

Construction projects across the south-east of England will benefit from new operations being opened by leading British cement, concrete and aggregates supplier Hope Construction Materials.

On the anniversary of its third year in business Hope has announced advanced plans to open new depots, and extend existing sites, in Dagenham, Southampton, Stratford (East London), Theale (county Berkshire) and Woodham (county Buckinghamshire).

Use of the railway network features heavily in Hope’s plans, with four

Breedon Aggregates and Whitemountain have been jointly awarded a contract valued at up to £55 million (€74 million) to supply and lay asphalt on the £745 million (€1 billion) Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route/Balmedie–Tipperty project (AWPR/B-T) in Scotland.

The 50/50 joint venture will supply and lay more than 500,000tonnes of asphalt material for the works, which are being constructed by AWPR Construction Joint Venture on behalf of Aberdeen Roads.

The AWPR/B-T is the longest roads construction proje

The British Marine Aggregate Producers Association (BMAPA) has published its ninth annual Sustainable Development (SD) report covering the year 2014. The report builds upon the wider sustainable development initiative established by BMAPA’s parent organisation, the Mineral Products Association (MPA). The publication of BMAPA’s latest SD Report follows the launch of the sector’s sustainable development strategy in October 2006.

Under this initiative, individual marine aggregate operators continue to repor

The Portland Cement Association (PCA) has announced the ten recipients of the inaugural 2016 Resilience Leadership Awards.

The Resilience Leadership Awards recognise the individuals, organisations, and projects that have advocated, communicated, and showcased the benefits of durable construction and the importance of concrete in achieving resilience. Resilience Leadership Award winners practise their message in a variety of arenas, including education, community organisation, construction and code enhanc

Kevin Parkes will become the new managing director of Finning UK and Ireland on 1 February 2016, when current MD Neil Dickinson retires from the company after 36 years’ distinguished service.

Parkes, the current director of Finning UK and Ireland’s equipment solution division, will join the company’s senior leadership team and report to Finning’s chief executive officer Scott Thomson. Dickinson will assist in the leadership transition and remain with the company, part of Finning International – the world

Iran's annual cement production is likely to fall by around 12% compared to fiscal year 2014/2015, according to the secretary of Iran's Cement Industry Employers Association. The country produced more than 61 million tonnes of cement in 2014/2015. However, between 21 March and 21 November 2015 the country's cement production dropped by 10% to 12%. Of the 97 cement kilns at 71 cement plants in Iran, around 30 to 35 are reportedly not working due to technical problems and gas shortage.

Ethiopia is planning to increase its annual total cement production to 27 million tonnes. Currently, the east African nation’s 20 cement plants produce stands at 15.1 million tonnes. The average cement production capacity at the cement plants is 65% of the installed capacity. Ethiopia is looking to increase the capacity to 80%, according to the director of cement and related products industry development, Solomon Yohannes.

As reported by Walta Information Centre, the cement plants in the country have cr

Great strides were made in 2015 by Cemex UK to ensure more subcontractors used by the company met the standards of the Fleet Operators Recognition Scheme (FORS).

By the end of the year, 169 subcontractors in Cemex Logistics, covering aggregates, asphalt, bulk cement and building products, were FORS registered or accredited. While in ready-mixed concrete, where all the operators are independent haulier contractors (IHC), the Greater London fleet of 66 operators are all accredited.

West China Cement and Cheetah Cement are linking up to jointly create a US$300 million 1.5million tonnes/year cement plant in Otjiwarongo, Namibia.

Saudi Cement, Saudi Arabia’s largest cement firm by market value, has a new chairman. Khalid Abdulrahman Saleh al-Rajhi began his three-year contract on 1 January 2016.

US-based KPI-JCI and Astec Mobile Screens has hired Nate Hicks as a new parts sales development engineer as part of its ongoing strategy to grow its PDQ and OEM parts lines.

Hicks recently relocated from Colorado, where he mostly recent served as a project engineer for Springs Fabrication. He graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering from South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. Hicks, who is originally from Yankton, South Dakota, previously worked for KPI-JCI and Astec Mobile Screens’ South

Turkish cement firm Limak Cimento is reportedly eyeing up a €1.01 billion (US$1.1 billion) African acquisition.

National media reports the firm possibly buying an unnamed African firm's operations in three countries.

Limak Cimento currently has sites in Mozambique and the Ivory Coast due to start production in 2016 and 2017 respectively.

The company has previously disclosed its intention of running an integrated cement facility in Africa in three years.

Metso is axing 44 jobs in its Minerals business in Finland, mostly in Tampere, in response to reduced customer equipment orders. The job losses follow employee negotiations and are down from the 75 jobs originally earmarked to go. The Finnish crushing and screening manufacturing giant says the job cuts are part of a strategy to make the company a leaner and more agile operation, focused on growth and profitability.

"Our order volumes are affected by the market downturn in the minerals industry. The decis