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This year marks the 15th anniversary for Terex Washing Systems’ (TWS) Finesmaster (FM) BucketWheel range. The FM BucketWheel is still proving a popular solution with sand producers globally who want a reliable, efficient, durable sand plant offering longevity, reliability and ease of maintenance.
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Mexican cement giant Cemex has been included in Fortune magazine’s prestigious Change the World list of companies making “significant progress in addressing major social problems as part of their core business strategy.”

In 16th place out of the 50 companies from all over the world that made the list, Cemex is the only Latin-American based company included and the only company from the construction materials sector.

Cemex was selected among over 200 nominees thanks to its Patrimonio Hoy programme. The

An aerated concrete plant is set to be built in the Vyselkovsky district of Russia’s southern Krasnodar region. The €4.24 million (RUB 305 million) project will see the plant located on a 90,000m² plot. Around 90,000m³ of wall blocks will be produced each year. It will take eight years to build the facility, with the pay-back period expected to be nearly six years. Investors are being sought for the project, which will create 54 new jobs.

Cimpor, the Portuguese cement group, recorded losses of €12.8 million at the end of H1 2015. While group turnover rose by 4.8% to €1.302 billion, the volume of cement and clinker sold was down by 5.7% to 14 million tonnes. The sales in the Brazilian market alone were down by 16.1% to €474.4 million.

Seeing Machines Ltd (SML) is reported to be in advanced negotiations with Caterpillar for the US construction equipment manufacturing giant to take over responsibility for manufacturing, marketing and sales of Seeing Machines' existing DSS rugged off-road product.

A company focus on operator monitoring and intervention sensing technologies and services, SML told Nasdaq reporters that it will make a further announcement as and when the negotiations are concluded.

The talks represent phase four of the a

China's Yantai Baoqiao Jinhong has signed an MoU with the province of Punjab, Pakistan to build a new environmentally friendly cement plant in the Salt Range for US$350 million. Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif says the agreement would not only create jobs but also facilitate technology transfer.

Holcim Indonesia has secured a USD 5.50bn (EUR 4.95bn) project from Jakarta authorities to fix and maintain roads in Jakarta. The Jakarta Post reports that the two-stage project will be utilising a fast-drying formula concrete called SpeedCrete. The 200km-long Transjakarta bus lanes will be included in the first stage of the contract's execution. Meanwhile, the second agreement will cover route maintenance in East Jakarta on Kebon Nanas-Ahmad Yani intersection, North Jakarta in Marunda and Central Jakarta a

Swedish Green Party MPs have called on the country’s government to ensure the protection of the Ojnareskogen nature area in northern Gotland amid plans to quarry the site’s limestone.

The views of Carl Schlyter and Annika Lillemets comes as the Swedish government is to announce whether to protect Ojnareskogen no later than on 31 August 2015. Finnish minerals company Nordkalk wants to quarry limestone in the area, but some fear quarrying will have negative consequences on the area.

Sweden has committe

For the second year, Cemex is running its Driving Apprenticeship Scheme with the aim of recruiting 18 young people who want a career in driving aggregate tippers and cement tankers. Of the 18, 13 will be based at quarries, wharves or depots gaining experience with aggregate tippers.

This year the scheme has been extended to cement logistics, with apprentice drivers based at the company’s three cement operations: Rugby, South Ferriby and Tilbury.

This Driving Apprenticeship Scheme helps to address a

Guillermo Brusko is to head up LafargeHolcim Russia. The newly merged French-Swiss company says Brusko’s main task will be management and strategic development of the new company in the Russian market. Brusko is the former CEO of Holcim in Russia.

Equipment Sales & Service Ltd (ESS) has been appointed by Terex Trucks to distribute articulated and rigid dump trucks in Alberta, Canada.

Founded in 1946, the family-owned business is one of Canada’s oldest and most established heavy equipment companies, as well as one of the largest national service providers. The Terex Trucks haulers will complement the company’s current line of construction product offerings.

“We see Terex Trucks products as a great strategic fit, not only for our business but als

Nigeria’s Ogun State government is teaming up with cement manufacturer Lafarge Africa to develop state-wide solutions for waste management.

A working committee will be established as part of the effort to develop solutions for managing various wastes in Ogun. The parties will also establish a transparent and sustainable legacy on renewable energy. The planned forest restoration initiative by the two bodies is aimed at addressing environmental concerns.

Bill Law appointed senior vice president, corporate communications at Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE).

Effective immediately, Bill Law has been appointed senior vice president, corporate communications at Volvo Construction Equipment. Law brings over 20 years of experience in corporate communication roles both within the Volvo Group and outside the company.

As part of the senior executive management team, Law will be responsible for leading the development, coordination and delivery of Volvo C

LafargeHolcim has entered into a letter agreement with Birla Corporation for the €691 million (INR 50 billion) divestment of some of its Indian assets as part of the merger of its legacy companies.

The proceeds from the sale of the divestment business, which is subject to approval by the Competition Commission of India (CCI), will be used to further reduce debt.

As announced in April 2015, LafargeHolcim has received conditional clearance from the CCI for the merger. In that context, a package of asse

The Construction Equipment Association (CEA) says it has sold out in record time its UKTI (UK Trade & Investment) supported pavilion at bauma Africa 2015.

A total of 16 UK companies will be in the pavilion in Hall 6 at Africa’s biggest international trade fair for construction machinery, building material machines, mining machines, and construction vehicles being staged at Johannesburg Expo Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa.

The first bauma Africa, also staged at Johannesburg Expo Centre, in Septem

A Zhejiang Shangfeng Building Materials (Zhejiang Shangfeng) cement project in Kyrgyzstan is scheduled for completion in 2016. The company plans to invest US$156.31 million on the new plant. Zhejiang Shangfeng is a China-based cement clinker production line operator.

New cement factory licenses in Egypt are being postponed by the North African country’s General Authority for Industrial Development (GAID). The move is said to be due to a rise in the untapped potential of existing plants and the recession in domestic and global markets.

GAID president Ismail Gaber said the authority will re-examine the cement consumption market in the country as well as future needs. GAID was planning to issue between 12 and 14 licenses for cement factories in the current fiscal year,

Tanzanian cement producers claim cheap imports are distorting the market, limiting their growth prospects in the continuing construction boom.

They say their growth prospects looked bearish despite a growing demand of cement to feed the rapidly expanding construction sector in the country fuelled by significant investment in new and existing infrastructure.

Reinhardt Swart, chairman of the Tanzania Chapter of East African Cement Producers Association (EACPA), said the industry is facing contraction an

The Construction Equipment Association (CEA) says it has sold out in record time its UKTI (UK Trade & Investment) supported pavilion at bauma Africa 2015.

A total of 16 UK companies will be in the pavilion in Hall 6 at Africa’s biggest international trade fair for construction machinery, building material machines, mining machines, and construction vehicles being staged 15-18 September at Johannesburg Expo Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa.

The first bauma Africa, also staged at Johannesburg Expo C

Mexican cement giant Cemex is selling its operations in Austria and Hungary to the Rohrdorfer Group for around €160.1 million.

The Austrian operations consist of 24 aggregate quarries (approximately 6.47 million tonnes of aggregates sold in 2014) and 34 ready-mix plants (approximately 1.6 million m³ of ready-mixed sold in 2014). Cemex’s operations in Austria had net sales of approximately €216.4 million in 2014.

The Hungarian operations being divested consist of five aggregate quarries (approximately