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Demand for exhibition space at bauma 2016 in Germany is said by show organiser’s to be very high following the March 2015 deadline for applications.

The globally renowned exhibition for construction machinery, building material machines, mining machines, construction vehicles and construction equipment will take up all the available 605,000m² of space at the Messe München exhibition center in Munich, Bavaria.

Again the event is set to be very diverse and international. At this point in time, almost 3,

CRH, the Irish building materials’ giant, has received European Commission clearance to buy €6.5 billion of Lafarge and Holcim assets being divested by both companies as part of their merger plan.

The bulk of the assets being acquired by CRH are in Europe, but they also include a cement plant in the Philippines. The Irish Times report that the company’s revenues will rise from about €19 billion to more than €24 billion, while earnings will increase from €1.6 billion to €2.4 billion.

The divestments re

Korund, now one of the largest distributors of mining and construction equipment in Central Asia, has delivered into Kazakhstan the first Sandvik mobiles to produce aggregate for a road construction company.

The company became a distributor for Sandvik Construction Mobile Crushing and Screening in March 2014, and its latest delivery consisted of a QJ341 jaw crusher; a QH331 cone crusher and a QA331 screen.

From the granite and diorite material, the road construction company is producing aggregates to

Korund, now one of the largest distributors of mining and construction equipment in Central Asia, has delivered into Kazakhstan the first Sandvik mobiles to produce aggregate for a road construction company.

The company became a distributor for Sandvik Construction Mobile Crushing and Screening in March 2014, and its latest delivery consisted of a QJ341 jaw crusher; a QH331 cone crusher and a QA331 screen.

From the granite and diorite material, the road construction company is producing aggregates to

Crushing rock in the Swiss mountains some 3,000m up has proved an unusual challenge for a company using Rubble Master equipment.
A tracked mobile Rubble Master RM 80GO! was in action in the summer and winter sports region of Saas-Fee where any moraine on the glacier tongue of the Saas-Fee glacier could be a hazard for skiers.
These are two reasons that prompted Bergbahnen Saas-Fee, the operator of the ski region, which extends up to a height of 3,500m, to make a major investment in the preparation of the

Terex Trucks has appointed SMT as its first dealer in Central and West Africa, offering sales and aftersales support for its rigid and articulated haulers.

Headquartered in Wavre, Belgium, SMT has established a strong sales and service network across Africa. In a region where Terex Trucks previously had no presence, the appointment of SMT means the company’s ADT’s and RDT’s will now be available in 20 countries in Central and West Africa.

The Motherwell, Scotland-based truck manufacturer has made many

Superior Industries, a major American manufacturer and global supplier of bulk material processing and handling systems, has officially completed its acquisition of Clemro Western.

Based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 30-year-old Clemro Western is known for manufacturing jaw and cone crushers, incline and horizontal screens, and belt and grizzly feeders.

According to Superior, the addition of these product lines allows the company to increase its bulk handing portfolio for customers in construction aggr

Xylem, a leading global water technology company dedicated to solving the world’s most challenging water issues, has launched a new online dewatering platform.
The company says that the new website brings Xylem’s dewatering product brands, Flygt and Godwin, together on one comprehensive web platform, “delivering rich product content and tools to enable quick customer access to Xylem’s industry-leading rental services and expertise.”
Designed in close consultation with customers across the construction, mi

CDE Global has been named as one of Ireland’s ‘Best Managed’ companies in the Deloitte Best Managed Companies Awards Programme for the seventh consecutive year. The company, said to demonstrate superior business performance, was recognised with a special Platinum award at a gala dinner in Dublin. The awards, held in association with Barclays Bank Ireland, were attended by over 800 from the Irish business community. Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton gave a keynote address at the awa

Exoskeletons are not yet part of quarry workers’ dress code, but that could soon change, argues Gareth Bendelow, Technical Director at HSB Engineering Insurance.

Back in 1986, when Sigourney Weaver fought with the queen alien wearing the exoskeleton Caterpillar P-5000 Power Work Loader, it was considered the height of science fiction. Today exoskeletons are no longer fictional, and their uses, be it lifting, industrial, manufacturing, defence or medical, are becoming increasingly developed. Being a new a

All those connected to the world’s quarrying and aggregates industries were left shocked and deeply saddened by the appalling massacre of 36 innocent Kenyan quarry workers by Somali al Shabaab militants on the morning of Tuesday 2 December 2014. After events like that the fact that the quarrying and aggregates trades are of huge global importance really hits home. I’m sure I echo the thoughts of all within our industries in expressing sincere condolences to the family of the deceased.

The last few weeks

New large-scale projects may provide crucial impetus for growing the aggregates industry in Belarus, while Russia’s industry struggles due to numerous internal and external factors, writes Eugene Gerden.

The Eurocement group, the biggest supplier of cement, ready-mixed concrete and aggregates in Russia, owned by a local billionaire Filaret Galchev, is looking to build a large plant for the production of crushed stone in the Brest region of Belarus, according to the press service of the Belarus government

The massacre of quarry workers in Kenya in December 2014 could have a big impact on quarrying within the region it took place, writes Shem Oirere.

The massacre of 36 quarry workers in northern Kenya on the morning of Tuesday 2 December 2014 has jolted quarry mining in the 26,474km² Mandera County and threatened to disrupt the pace of construction in the region that has become synonymous with terrorist attacks due to its proximity to war-torn Somalia, the base of al Qaeda-linked militant group, al Shabaa

The massacre of quarry workers in Kenya in December 2014 could have a big impact on quarrying within the region it took place, writes Shem Oirere.

The massacre of 36 quarry workers in northern Kenya on the morning of Tuesday 2 December 2014 has jolted quarry mining in the 26,474km² Mandera County and threatened to disrupt the pace of construction in the region that has become synonymous with terrorist attacks due to its proximity to war-torn Somalia, the base of al Qaeda-linked militant group, al Shabaa

In 2015, Belarusian companies plan to make 6.1 million tonnes of cement.

Of these, some 2 million tonnes are to be exported, including 1.3 million tonnes to be supplied to Russia via the Eurocement Group.

In 2014, Belarus exported US$450 million (€425.65 million) worth of construction materials.

The Polish Association of Cement Producer (SPC) reports that almost 2.7 million tonnes of cement were sold in Poland in the first quarter of 2015, a 3.4% rise when compared to 2013.

SPC expects that following quarters will show even higher growth and Poland's sales in the whole year of 2015 will increase by 5-6% year on year.

This will be thanks to new investments which will be financed from the European Union as well as thanks to the improvement of the economic parameters.

Tax avoidance via mis-declaration and the alleged illegal import of cement from Iran are issues on which the All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA) is seeking government intervention.

Pakistan now has a surplus cement output capacity of over 20 million tonnes annually, while the government has made substantial losses from tax collections as the quantity of cement brought in from Iran is under-declared, says the association.

According to Benny Wendry, managing director of Semen Padang, the cement producer will not be lowering production despite slow domestic sale in the first quarter of 2015.

The company is looking at increasing its exports given the strong US dollar.

During the quarter, the company’s cement sale dropped by 6.8% from 1.61 million tonnes in the same quarter in 2013 to 1.5 million tonnes.

National demand for the company’s output dropped by 3.6%. During the first quarter, the firm's cement export double t

Savanna Diamond Cement of Ghana has launched operations of its new US$90 million (€84.53 million) cement plant in Buipe in Ghana.

The 440,000tonnes/year plant uses limestone mined in Buipe. It is likely to generate 200 direct and 400 indirect jobs.

Lafarge has invested €9.30 million (US$9.83 million) to build a waste co-processing station using €3.5 million of European Regional Development funds.

The company will use waste processed at the new plant as fuel in its production process at its Medgidia plant, according to Costin Borc, the CEO of Lafarge Romania.