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Swedish company Sandahlsbolagen will invest SEK 20 million (€2.14 million) in a semi-mobile concrete factory that can be disassembled and rebuilt within two weeks.

The factory will have a capacity to produce six tonnes of concrete at a time and will be operated through Betongbolaget Sweden, which is a subsidiary to Sandahlsbolagen

The output of cement is being raised by Lafarge Republic (LRI) in the Philippines.

Later in 2015, operation at a cement mill will be started by the company in Norzagaray, and a cement mill with a capacity of 850,000tonne has been commissioned by LRI at the Teresa manufacturing facility during the first three months of 2015.

It is reported that Renato C Sunico, president of LRI, said that the increased in output capacity will be able to enhance the market position of LRI.

The units of LRI are Lloyds

A target to begin operations by 2016 has been set by Semen Indonesia for a cement factory in Rembang regency of Central Java.

Cement branded as Semen Gresik will be produced in the Rembang factory.

The value of investment in the factory stands at IDR 4.45tn (€299.19 million/US$332.30 million), and production capacity is 3 million tons of cement/year.

The construction works of the factory are expected to be completed by the end of 2016, according to Semen Indonesia's president Director Suparni.

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Construction work has started on a clinker production line contracted by Indonesia-based Semen Baturaja Persero to China-based Sinoma's unit Tianjin Cement Industry Design and Research Institute.

The production line will have a daily output volume of 5,000tonnes.

A new plant making asphalt-concrete mix for road construction has been launched in Magadan, Russia (Far East).

Its producing capacity totals 120tonnes/hour.

Investments amounted to RUB 60 million (€1.04 million).

Haver & Boecker Rocky Mountains, has moved its service centre from Chilliwack to Kamloops, British Columbia, and welcomed Darcy Fredrickson as an additional sales manager to better serve western US and Canadian customers.

Haver & Boecker Rocky Mountains, one of two corporations under Haver & Boecker Canada, part of the global Haver & Boecker family, also now serves as the exclusive distributor for Major Wire Flex-Mat 3 in British Columbia.

“The addition of Darcy, as our sales manager, will provide our

Equippo, a global online market place for used heavy equipment, has closed its first seed financing round with a mid-six-figure sum.

The round was led by the venture capital company b-to-v, which has two active funds, local agencies in St Gallen, Switzerland and Berlin, Germany, as well as nearly 200 paid members in one of Europe’s leading networks for entrepreneurial, private investors. B-to-v’s two in-house funds respectively have a volume of nearly €30 million. B-to-v invests €20-30 million in new and

KPI-JCI and Astec Mobile Screens has hired Said Vivas Saenz as its new regional contract sales manager for Mexico and Central America.

He will be responsible for customer and dealer development for KPI-JCI and Astec Mobile Screens in these regions, and will also work closely with the Astec Aggregate and Mining Group, which internationally markets KPI-JCI and Astec Mobile Screens, Breaker Technology, Telsmith and Osborn products.

KPI-JCI and Astec Mobile Screens is a worldwide manufacturer for the aggr

Dangote Cement has commissioned its 2.5 million tonne cement plant in Ethiopia, as the company inches towards the mark of 62 million tonnes total production capacity globally before the end of 2017.

Located in Mugher District, about 85km from the capital Addis Ababa, there are indications that the government and the people of Ethiopia are excited about the completion of the project and the economic prospects of having such a huge company in that area of the country.

The plant will initially produce 2.

Rocla Quarries of Australia is likely to be sold by Fletcher Building for AUD 200 million (€137.22 million US$152.41 million), it is reported.

Credit Suisse-First New Zealand Capital has been hired to sell the aggregates provider.

The Rocla Quarries business consists of sand quarries, with most of them located in the New South Wales (NSW) region.

Against a background of moderate international economic development, Liebherr recorded a slight change in turnover for the 2014 business year, with a total of €8.823 million, 1.6 % (€141 million €) below the previous year’s figure.

The international economic situation continued to recover in 2014, though to different extents from one country to another.

The company says that global economic growth for the year was 3.4 %. At +1.8 % compared with the previous year, the dynamism of the developed national

Full details have been revealed of what visitors can expect from the landmark 50th edition of Marmomacc, the world leading natural stone industry exhibition.

For its special anniversary showcase, Marmomacc is returning to Veronafiere in Verona, Italy from 30 September-3 October 2015. This year, like every year since 1961, the exhibition will give a voice to the marble, granite, processing technologies, and associated design and training industry. According to Confindustria Marmomacchine statistics, 3,340

East Africa’s aggregates market is looking very promising, but there are key challenges to overcome before it can be fully cultivated. Shem Oirere reports.

The East African region anticipates a construction boom in 2015 and beyond, according to national development plans unveiled by Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Ethiopia.

However, these countries face a challenge to supply construction materials to meet the demand of an expanding construction sector, especially aggregates because of an

Metso jaw crushers are proving a valuable asset to one major German quarry. Guy Woodford reports.

Schotterwerk Clemens’ Stentenberg quarry in Germany has been in operation over 50 years. Its long history carries a lot of valuable insight. For example, the quarry has one basic rule for ordering crushers: Only go for crushers that can be operated at 100% efficiency from day one without any rebuilds.

“After using three different sized Metso Nordberg C series jaw crushers in our quarry, nobody needs to c

Chechnya is starting to offer big aggregate production possibilities thanks to a mixture of private and federal and local government investment, writes Eugene Gerden.

Situated in the southernmost part of Eastern Europe, the Chechen Republic (Chechnya) is expected to become a key region for Russian aggregates production during the next few years, according to the recently announced plans of the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade.

With Australian infrastructure construction driven by the country’s mining boom petering out, and the tipped recovery in demand for quarry products from a resurgence in residential building activity delayed by the high Australian dollar, quarry owners, operators and contract crushing companies need efficient plant solutions more than ever. For one firm, Guy Woodford reports, Metso’s Lokotrack LT106 jaw crusher is meeting this urgent need.

Quarrying and aggregates producers along the old Silk Road look likely to benefit from XCMG’s new One Belt One Road Service Tour. On May 29 2015 ambassadors from twenty countries as far afield as Argentina and Angola attended the launch ceremony at XCMG’s headquarters in Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province, China.

One Belt One Road is an initiative set out by Chinese President Xi Jinping to promote trade and development broadly along the area of the former Silk Road which linked China with markets in the Middle Ea

Sandvik Construction Russia, together with official distributor Quarry-Service, recently held a highly successful drill and blast focused customer quarry seminar in Yekaterinburg.

The seminar featured the expertise and knowledge of Arne Lislerud, one of the key figures within Sandvik’s quarry academy, and was attended by eight representatives from six of the leading regional quarry companies.

Participants were able to discuss the cornerstones of blast hole drilling. This saw such topics of interest a

The telescoping EZExtenz Concrete Chute has made its North American debut at World of Concrete in Las Vegas, USA.

The hydraulic 9.14m chute swings 180° and suits standard rear discharge models. At the show it was mounted on a Mack Granite-bearing McNeilus 9.6m mixer.

Developed in Sweden by equipment manufacturer Månsarp Svets & Maskin, the telescoping EZExtenz Concrete Chute can move vertically and horizontally at the same time via RF remote control that operators also use to set or vary flow of concr

The telescoping EZExtenz Concrete Chute has made its North American debut at World of Concrete in Las Vegas, USA.

The hydraulic 9.14m chute swings 180° and suits standard rear discharge models. At the show it was mounted on a Mack Granite-bearing McNeilus 9.6m mixer.

Developed in Sweden by equipment manufacturer Månsarp Svets & Maskin, the telescoping EZExtenz Concrete Chute can move vertically and horizontally at the same time via RF remote control that operators also use to set or vary flow of concr