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Turkish cement producer Limak Cimento has signed an agreement with Chinese Sinoma International Engineering (Sinoma) to build a new factory in Ankara, Turkey.

The Limak Anka Integrated Cement Plant will have a cement production capacity of 5,000tonnes/day.

Construction of the factory will take 20 months, until the first quarter of 2017.

In the Philippines, a new production line and two new cement factories will be built by Eagle Cement.

The companywill add a third line at its Bulacan factory at a cost of US$400 million (€365.04 million).

Also, Eagle Cement will develop two new factories in Cebu and Davao with a capacity of 2 million tonnes for each factory.

According to the Crimea's Deputy Minister of Environment and Mineral Resources, Alexey Yatsenko, the region does not have a sufficient amount of crushed stone for implementation of projects under the federal programme.
Some four or five proven fields would be enough for Crimea to build high-quality roads.
The new fields are being found with much difficulty.
Small fields (with about 1 million tonnes of the resource) are located in conservation areas and forests, but it is noted that delivery of raw mater

Campaigners are opposed to plans to reopen a quarry in County Cornwall, south-west England.
The quarry is likely to supply Cornish stone for a proposed tidal energy project in Swansea Bay, Wales.
It is reported that Shire Oak Quarries is pursuing plans to reopen the quarry near St Kevergne, which would supply around 3 million tonnes of stone for the tidal project.
Tidal Lagoon Power, the company behind the Swansea project, is reported as saying no decision to use Cornish stone has been made.
Local camp

In 2014, demand of aggregates in Spain decreased by 1.8% on the previous year and reached an all-time low of 90.1 million tonnes.
Since 2006, demand for aggregates in Spain decreased by 81.4%.
The Spanish association Anefa said that 2014 was a flat year for the industry, but in 2015 the association expects for demand of aggregates to rise by 5% to 100 million tonnes.
In terms of business volume, the sector ended 2014 with a total of €410 million, after a 85% cumulative drop since 2007.
At the same time,

B&T Plant Hire has completed a 90-machine, £6.5 million (€9 million) deal with UK and Ireland Caterpillar dealer Finning.

The investment by B&T Plant Hire, a prominent south-east England plant equipment supplier, includes 84 Cat excavators, ranging from Cat 303.5 minis to Cat 320EL RR large machines, plus four Cat 730C articulated trucks and two Cat 950K wheeled loaders.

Operating out of its two main depots in Counties Surrey and Kent, B&T Plant Hire has maintained 30% growth annually for the past th

Following the clearance from the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) Holcim has launched the public exchange offer for all Lafarge shares at an exchange ratio of nine Holcim shares for ten Lafarge shares.
Through acceptance of the public exchange offer, Lafarge shareholders will pave the way for the creation of LafargeHolcim.
Holcim’s shareholders have already approved the merger-related resolutions at an extraordinary general meeting, and the documentation regarding the public exchange offer and the re

Chicago Pneumatic has expanded its product portfolio with a number of recent new launches in southern Africa, ranging from compressors, light towers, hydraulic breakers to generators.
Jacques van der Westhuizen, the company’s business development manager for southern Africa, says the company’s main focus is regional growth, including in Zambia, Mozambique and Botswana.
While more growth is coming out of the region than the traditional main market of South Africa, he reports a soaring generator market in t

Leading cement companies are improving their sustainability, according to the results from an independent audit undertaken across 17 members of the Cement Sustainability Initiative (CSI) of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD).

Based on The Irish Times Top 1,000 Companies 2015 survey, 54% of the companies are based in Ireland, which make up 68% of Top 1,000 jobs, considerably higher compared to UK companies, with 11% of jobs and US companies, with 14.5% of jobs. There is a significant improvement in the finance and banking sector, coming from a loss of €1 billion (US$1.10 billion) in 2014 to a net profit of €7.1 billion. Central Bank earned the most profit in Ireland, with over €2 billion. Since the crash, some banks earned profit

Owners of cement factories in Egypt have asked the government to come up with alternative sites for factories operating in populated areas. In addition, the government must also provide and equip ports to cater for coal shipments, as well as preparing suitable transportation infrastructure.

In Osh Province of Kyrgyzstan, a new cement production line project worth US$130 million (€118.51 million) will be jointly established by Kyrgyzstan JBK Construction, Baye Construction Group and Gansu Qilianshan Cement. It is reported that discussions regarding the details of the establishment will start soon, and it is understood that Kyrgyzstan JBK Construction will own a 20% shareholding in the new project, while Baye Construction Group and QiLianShan Cement will jointly hold an 80% shareholding in the n

The managing director of Semen Padang, Benny Wendry has said that the cement producer is investing IDR 174 billion (€12.04 million/US$13.23 million) to deal with dust emission from its plant. The investment will be used to set up a green belt, fugitive emission control as well as main chimney control.

Metso's Tampere unit in Finland, better known locally as Lokomo, is celebrating its one hundredth year of industrial existence in May. Lokomo started operating in Tampere in April 1915, and today Metso's Tampere unit is the company's most important global competence centre for mobile crushers. The crushing and screening equipment to efficiently and safely crush rock and ore are developed in Tampere.

Terex Minerals Processing Systems has expanded its organisational support in North America and Latin America due to strong market growth and rapid product development. David Quail joins as the Terex MPS market area director, USA and Latin America, a newly-created role to support the market expansion and product development in North America and Latin America.

IronPlanet, the online auction platform for buying and selling used construction equipment, says it has been demonstrating its flexible service approach through a partnership with DTP Terrassement in Gabon, Africa.

Following appropriate information-consultation processes with relevant works councils and employee representatives, Lafarge and Holcim have now entered a binding agreement with CRH regarding the sale of several assets. The new group has also completed the appointments for the future Executive Committee of LafargeHolcim following a recommendation by Eric Olsen, future CEO of the combined group.

One of Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe’s)/(HCME) authorised dealers in the Grand Ouest (western part) of France, Cobemat, has opened a new 15,000m² facility after an investment of €2 million. This move coincided with the family-run company’s 20th anniversary and its 1,000th Hitachi sale (a ZX170W-5 wheeled excavator), landmarks celebrated at a special event in March.

FLSmidth has received an order worth approximately €100 million (DKK 750 million) from the Vietnamese cement producer Xuan Than Group for the supply of a complete cement plant with a capacity of 12,000tonnes/day.
The plant will be located approximately 100km south of Hanoi, Vietnam.

JCB Transmissions has marked a major manufacturing milestone – the production of its two millionth powertrain.

The company was set up in 1978 with less than a dozen employees in a single factory on the Wrexham Industrial Estate in Wrexham, north Wales. JCB Transmissions now employs more than 400 people in two plants covering a total area of 450,000 square foot, one manufacturing gear boxes and the other axles.

The Rt Hon Stephen Crabb MP, Secretary of State for Wales, visited the company on Thursda