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In the seventh installment of the Caterpillar Built For It Trials series, actor and Europe's reigning Strongest Man, Hafthor "Thor" Bjornsson plays an epic game of tug of war against a Cat D10T Track Type Tractor. The video is set in Iceland, with brutal weather conditions and limited daylight. Will Thor, who stands 6-feet-9-inches tall and weighs 400 pounds be able to defeat the 77tonne machine? Not without the help of 250 fellow Icelanders!

During the first eight months of 2015, Semen Baturaja has reported sales volume of 922,408tonnes, up from 714,863tonnes.

Net sales were at IDR 880.1 billion (€54.22 million/US$61.25 million), a year-on-year growth of 29%.

According to Citi Research, cement sales in Indonesia were estimated to have risen by 15%/year in August 2015, representing the first rise since January 2015.

With more robust sales, Semen Indonesia, the biggest cement manufacturer in the country, was able to boost its shares by over 30% after facing a six-year low in August 2015.

Meanwhile, so far in 2015, Adhi Karya has secured construction deals worth IDR 7.80tn (€479.89 million/US$544.12 million) and has started to work on a light rail transit pro

Caterpillar has announced significant restructuring and cost reduction actions that are expected to lower the US construction equipment manufacturing giant’s operating costs by around $1.5 billion annually. The cost reduction steps, including the loss of thousands of jobs, will begin in late 2015 and are said to reflect recent, current and expected market conditions.

Caterpillar has been hit particularly hard by the drop mining activity and the drop in the oil price. It's underground and surface mining

The Philippines-based San Miguel Corporation is adding a further three cement factories as part of its expansion drive.

This would increase the group's proposed cement manufacturing investment to nearly US$1 billion (€881.95 million).

In July 2015, San Miguel announced it is to invest US$800 million in two cement factories that are due for completion in 2017.

According to Ciment Catala, cement consumption in Catalonia, Spain, fell 2.9% during August 2015, following ten months of growth.

Figures for the first eight months of the year, however, show a 9.1% growth.

Cement production dropped 6.5% to just over 1.5 million tonnes.

Cement maker Lafarge Cement Tanzania is providing clean water to the Songwe Village close to its Mbeya plant by participating in a water project.

Lafarge has invested over TZS 10 million (€4,124.05/US$4,614.67) in the project, which includes a water storage tank and equipment to provide drinking water to more than 200 households.

The direct-drive I-140 Horizontal Impact Crusher was among a number of new crushing and screening solutions being showcased by Terex Finlay at a recent Customer Day in Doncaster, northern England.

Despite political uncertainties in the Democratic Republic of Congo and economic challenges in Zambia, cement maker Lafarge Zambia was able to record post-tax profit of US$36,017 (€32,187.71) in the first half of 2015, up 4% year-on-year.

According to Lafarge Zambia, cement production in 2015 was adversely impacted by electricity supply disruptions.

The company expects the domestic demand to continue to slow down in the second half of 2015 until Eurobond proceeds are directed towards construction an

Net profit of Indonesia's Semen Baturaja (SMBR) stood at IDR 224.70 billion (€13.82 million/US$15.67 million) during January-August 2015, a climb of 27% from the corresponding period of 2014.

The main market of SMBR is Bengkulu, Jambi, Lampung and South Sumatra.

In the cited period, the demand for cement in South Sumatra expanded 4% year-on-year.

A 1.6 million tonne grinding unit has been commissioned in Haryana in India by India-based UltraTech Cement.

This brings its cement production capacity to 63.1 million tonnes/year.

Aditya Cement in Rajasthan will supply the clinker needed for the unit. It aims to increase its total production capacity to 71million tonnes/year.

Meanwhile, the cement company is planning to raise INR 90 billion (€1.21 billion/US$1.37 billion).

Shareholders approval has been sought.

Mozambique's cement company Cimentos de Mocambique is set to produce 700,000tonnes in 2015 and should invest some US$250 million (€220.49 million) in a new unit in Nacala, province of Nampula and which will have an output capacity of 1.5 million tonnes/year.

The company has recently invested US$10 million in a new filtering system at the group's plant based in Matola, near the capital city of Maputo.

The company invested US$10 million (€8.82 million) in the equipment with an aim at reducing air pollu

Cemtech will start construction work for a KES 12 billion (€100.60 million/US$114.07 million) cement processing plant in West Pokot County in Kenya in early 2016.

The plant will process around 1.2 million tonnes of cement/year, upon completion, according to Diptish Nandha, general manager of Cemtech. Cemtech is a unit of India-based Sanghi Group.

Exports of US-made construction equipment fell 17% for the first half of 2015 compared to the first half of 2014, with US$7.4 billion of products shipped to global markets.

All world regions experienced declines, with Africa’s the steepest, according to the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM). The AEM equipment manufacturing trade group cited U.S. Department of Commerce data it uses in global market reports for members.

Exports to Canada dropped 12% to $3.1 billion; to South America by 23% t

The second edition of bauma Conexpo Africa attracted 14,300 visitors from 75 countries – with event organisers noting more visitors from sub-Saharan Africa, and a significant increase in professional attendees.
The international trade fair for construction machinery, building material machines, mining machines and construction vehicles was staged at the Johannesburg Expo Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa during what is a tough time for the African continent’s quarrying, mining and construction sectors.

The Wirtgen Group says it is to invest some €150 million in its mineral technologies unit in 2016-2017, including a new site for Benninghoven and expansion for Kleemann.

This was revealed at a press conference at the Wirtgen Mineral Technology Days 2015, the group’s eighth international industry get-together in which were hosted by Benninghoven.

More than 2,100 trade visitors from over 70 countries were treated to a demonstration of “practically oriented and pioneering solutions from the Wirtgen Group

Thousands of visitors were expected again today for the last day of bauma Conexpo Africa 2015.

The international trade fair for construction machinery, building material machines, mining machines and construction vehicles has been staged at the Johannesburg Expo Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa during what is a tough time for the African continent’s quarrying, mining and construction sectors.

Grundon Sand & Gravel marked the start of operations at its new Faringdon Quarry in County Oxfordshire, England, with an event for local builders, landscapers and other trades people.

The open day was designed to show off the extensive range of aggregate and landscaping materials available, as well as to publicise the quarry’s new access road.

The site is next door to the now exhausted Wicklesham Quarry, which has been an active quarry since the 1950s, with Grundon occupying the site since the mid-198

Buzzi Unicem has presented a binding offer to buy the cement and ready-mix concrete units of cement maker Sacci as it pushes ahead with plans to play an active role in the consolidation of the sector in Italy.

In a statement Buzzi said it had offered a provisional price of €74 million to be financed through liquidity on hand and/or existing credit facilities.

Superior Industries, a major American-based manufacturer and global supplier of bulk material processing and handling systems, has reached an agreement to purchase the assets of FLSmidth’s crusher manufacturing plant in Pekin, Illinois, USA.

According to Superior, the major asset associated with the transaction is a ten-year-old, 70,000 square foot (6,500m²) plant that currently employs 30 employees.

Superior plans to utilise the new facility as a US-based manufacturing centre for cone crushing equipm