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Finning, the exclusive UK Caterpillar dealer, has now supplied its second remote control machine to metals and minerals specialists Harsco. The Cat 316E Excavator can be fully operated from up to 80 metres away. The remote control functionality is one of a number of bespoke features Finning has delivered for Harsco, due to the intense conditions of the application.

Harsco first came to Finning with the proposition of a remote control machine at the end of 2013. The task: providing an operator with the ab

Cement giant Lafarge plan to axe 380 jobs and fellow sector giant Holcim is cutting around 120 jobs in a “key phase” of preparations for the merger of the two companies in July 2015. France’s Lafarge and Switzerland-based Holcim say the new merged firm will be the world’s most advanced Group in the building materials industry, boasting annual revenues of around €40 billion and employing approximately 115,000 people. The organisation of the new LafargeHolcim Group will be balanced, says Lafarge, between a “d

A seasoned Chinese quarry contractor’s huge array of LiuGong excavators and wheeled loaders are said to have played a massive role within the success of his business. Guy Woodford reportsGuo Zhongjin, the contractor of four quarries in Dongping County, Tai’an City, Shandong Province, east China, has 200 LiuGong wheeled loaders and more than 100 LiuGong excavators.

Construction market forecasts across the Middle East have again reached the dizzy heights from where all that’s planned can often appear too good to be true, or economically sustainable, writes Jon Masters. Much of the investment now promised in the Middle East is related to government backed infrastructure and energy programmes. There is simultaneously an appearance of authoritative assurance and an air of uncertainty over delivery risks for construction, plant and materials supply chains.

Plans for an eight-hectare expansion of Lafarge Tarmac’s Mountsorrel granite quarry in county Leicestershire, central England, have been approved.

Although Lafarge and Holcim have agreed revised terms to allow their €42 billion merger to go ahead, it is not yet a done deal. The companies have agreed a new share-swap ratio (nine Holcim shares for ten Lafarge shares), and it was decided that Lafarge boss Bruno Lafont would no longer become CEO of what would be the world’s largest cement group.

Terex Washing Sytems has hosted its second open day in the medieval region of Chambellay, France. Organised and hosted in conjunction with one of TWS’s French distributors, Catecom and its customer, Santrac (celebrating 40 years in business), the event attracted more than 80 guests including TWS dealers, their customers and Santrac’s customers, who had the opportunity to see the Terex Aggwash 60-1 wash plant in operation. The plant, on the Santrac site, is processing natural sand and gravel following the co

Atlas Copco’s new PowerROC T50 drill rig, launched at bauma China 2014, is designed and manufactured at the company’s Nanjing plant. Now ready for worldwide markets this new tophammer concept is said to be ideally suited for limestone, cement and aggregate quarries as well
as open pit mines.

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

DTP Terrassement – a division of Bouygues Construction that specialises in infrastructure projects – was commissioned by the Gabon Ministry of Public Works, Highways, Construction and the City to renovate and upgrade Gabon’s main national highway – the 47km Ndjole-Medoumane highway loc

Case Construction Equipment has added to its website a new online tool that allows customers to con¬figure their own machine from the ground up with just few clicks. The company says that the new product con¬figurator provides customers with detailed information and greater visibility into all the machine’s options even before contacting the dealer. It also simplifies and shortens the buying process thanks to a more automated quoting procedure.

South African cement producers have welcomed the imposition of provisional anti-dumping duties on Pakistani cement imports. Following an investigation by the International Trade Administration Commission (ITAC) into claims by a host of local cement producers, led by AfriSam, Lafarge, NPC Cimpor and Pretoria Portland Cement (PPC), that bagged cement from Pakistan is being dumped at about 48% lower than the normal prices in the home country, South Africa has imposed provisional anti-dumping duties ranging fro

Case has extended the SiteWatch offering with Iridium satellite connectivity to provide its telematics services in areas without cellular network coverage. The new satellite service is offered as an additional option on the existing SiteWatch packages, enabling Case machines to transmit data from every corner of the globe even when normal cellular connectivity is totally absent. The new service is said by the Italian firm to result from its continuous search for solutions that help customers run their const

Liebherr is offering its customers in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France and Great Britain the opportunity to hire construction machines using a smartphone and tablet app. The app provides a quick overview of the equipment available in the Liebherr hire park and of the Liebherr dealer network. The app can be used in English, German and French.

Edge Innovate’s new TRM516 series trommel was unveiled at the Northern Ireland firm’s recent Global Dealer Open Day. With numerous screens and drum types available, the TRM516 series is said to provide high flexibility and is the perfect option for end users who are constrained for space. Thanks to design features such as the 4.87m long drum, the TR516 is able to produce top-quality fine materials such as compost, gravel, sand and topsoil with ease. Furthermore, because these materials can spend a greater a

Four Case loading machine models are playing a key role in the continued success of Yorkshire Aggregates’ Armthorpe Recycling Centre facility in northern England. Two 821F wheeled loaders have been working at the site near Doncaster for the past 18 months. They were joined 14 months ago by a C-Series CX 210 excavator, with the quartet of Case loaders completed by a 1021F wheeled loader purchased last summer. All four models were purchased by Yorkshire Aggregates (YA) from Barnsley-based Case dealer Warwick

Terex Trucks is now on the digital map with www.terextrucks.com - its first ever dedicated website. The new website heralds a fresh start and a new look for the Motherwell, Scotland-based firm which, although owned by Volvo Construction Equipment since June 2014, will continue to operate as an independent business. The new Terex Trucks website’s bold, clean design is said to be a reflection of the brand itself: well-structured, straightforward, and no fuss.

Lachat has turned to Hitachi as part of its work to improve production at the Asuel La Malcôte quarry in Switzerland. Pat Smith reports At Asuel La Malcôte quarry in the Swiss canton of Jura, a new Lachat-owned large Zaxis-5 excavator is excavating a mixture of marlstone and limestone materials in a much cleaner way than before, and helping to sanitise this relatively unstable site.

Eagle Materials, the US-based cement and other building materials company, reported revenues up 19% to US$1.1billion in its financial results for 2015.

The firm also saw its Q4 2014 revenues rise 18% to $223.8 million.

Fiscal 2015 earnings for Eagle Materials before interest and income taxes increased 32% year-on-year in 2014 to $264.7 million, reflecting improved sales volumes across nearly all business lines, with cement sales volumes setting an annual record of 4.35million tonnes (4.8 million ton

The Moroccan subsidiary of Swiss cement giant Holcim increased its turnover by 6.5% in 2014 to €303.93 million (MAD 3.3 billion), compared to 2013. Consolidated operating income grew by 14.6% to €86.27 million (MAD 946.3 million), while consolidated net income was up 60% to €55.07 million (MAD 604.1 million). The increase in sales is being attributed by the Moroccan subsidiary to a 3% increase in cement prices in the second half of 2014, as well as an increase in clinker exports, with sales up to €28.8 mill

Finland-based Graphic Concrete and its UAE partner Versatile are targeting the Middle East market with a patented technology product that supplies a range of prefabricated concrete surfaces. With technology from Graphic Concrete, designers and architects can create new environments by designing surfaces that can be used for walls, facades and pavement slabs. Graphic Concrete’s four main product lines are GCCollection, GCPro, GCArt&Design and GCSmooth, and its solutions do not require cladding, said to make