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W.S. Tyler, a screening solutions company in the mining, aggregate and industrial mineral industries, is expanding to offer the full line of technology provided by its parent company, Haver & Boecker.
To better align the company’s name with its new strategy and product offerings, the W.S. Tyler Screening Group will now be known as Haver & Boecker.
“Haver & Boecker has a long, established history of servicing not only the mining, aggregate and industrial minerals industries, but also the cement, chemical,

Celtic Energy is renting two Pioneer Pump 150CX clear liquid pumps and three solids handling pumps (a 100SH, a 100SM and a 150SL) to remove excess water that collects in its open cast mines.

This is pumped into a water treatment area for processing, before it is directed into one of six dedicated discharge areas and released into nearby rivers. On average, the pumps remove up to 10,000m3 of water a day at each site. This is first pumped 120m vertically to lift the water out of the mine, and then transpor

Plant machinery maintenance specialist United Plant Services (UPS) has forged a new strategic alliance with Groeneveld, which will see UPS handle repair and servicing for the UK’s leading lubrication solutions manufacturer.
Groeneveld’s automatic greasing systems are said to be commonly used across many leading brands of construction equipment, including Bell Equipment, Caterpillar, JCB and Volvo.

FLSmidth has received a contract worth approximately €30 million (DKK 223million) from the Moroccan phosphate and fertiliser producer Office Chérifien des Phosphates (OCP) for the supply of material handling equipment to a port facility and mine site in Morocco.
The order covers supply of equipment, supervision of erection as well as commissioning.
The equipment to be supplied includes three bucket wheel reclaimers, each with a capacity of 2,000tonnes/hour; two stackers with a capacity of 2,000tonnes/ho

Buzzi Unicem reported growth slowing in the second half of its finanancial year 2014, with demand weakening in Europe and Asia, but the US remained largely positive.
Earnings were up 4.8% to €423 million (+10.2% on a like-for-like basis). In 2014, Buzzi Unicem sold 25.1 million tonnes of cement and 12 million m³ of ready-mix concrete.
Consolidated net sales were down 0.1% to €2,506.4 million. On a like-for-like basis, net sales would have increased by 3.4%. Foreign exchange rates negatively impacted for

Topcon Positioning Group introduces Francois Erceau as the new vice president of the GeoPositioning Solutions Group in Europe.
Erceau brings more than 20 years of executive-level industry experience with both technical and business expertise.
“Francois will be responsible for pushing forward our existing businesses and developing new vertical markets in the region, continuing the expansion strategy of the GeoPositioning Solutions Group in Europe,” said Eduardo Falcon, executive vice president and general

Sandvik Construction has launched a new
website, which it says has been developed to reflect the very specific needs and requirements of its customers worldwide.
Constructed to be easily navigable, with simple, yet concise features, the new website is set to become a major resource for the global construction industry, says the company.
It has been developed to serve as the primary communication portal for Sandvik Construction customers, industry professionals, distributors and the global construction m

Organisers say that Plantworx, the UK’s largest working construction equipment machinery exhibition, is expected to be a sell-out, with some 90% of stands already sold.
Visitors to the show, being held at Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome, County Leicestershire, England, from 2-4 June, will see the latest plant and machinery operating in real site conditions, with compact plant featuring alongside mid-range equipment, tools and services.
Indeed, the hundreds of brand new products will include many world-firsts, wi

Dewatering is an essential part of the quarry production process whether it be of the materials produced or to keep a facility working efficiently. Equipment manufacturers regularly upgrade the machinery used, and are expanding their operations in various countries to meet demand and offer top quality service. Weir Minerals has introduced new equipment for dewatering, pointing out that in abrasive slurry handling applications, such as sand and gravel dewatering, it is vital that every component in the circu

Dewatering is an essential part of the quarry production process whether it be of the materials produced or to keep a facility working efficiently. Equipment manufacturers regularly upgrade the machinery used, and are expanding their operations in various countries to meet demand and offer top quality service. Weir Minerals has introduced new equipment for dewatering, pointing out that in abrasive slurry handling applications, such as sand and gravel dewatering, it is vital that every component in the circu

In an interview, the CEO of Mexican cement company Cemex, Fernando Gonzalez explained that he would have more clarity about the non-strategic assets Cemex will sell in the second quarter of 2015. It is reported that the company is making progress with the analysis of these assets and has identified around US$100 million (€91.88 million) worth of them that could be sold to reduce debts. Cemex intends to de-invest raising between US$1 billion and US$1.5 billion which should compensate any potential impact fro

South Africa's AfriSam is reported to have cancelled proposed merger talks with PPC. The cement companies are said to have failed to reach consensus on the deal's terms. Following the decision, AfriSam will continue to implement its growth strategy while PPC will expand its footprint into other African countries.

Holcim has sold its entire remaining shareholding of 27.5% in Siam City Cement (Public) Company (SCCC) in Thailand via a private placement in capital markets. For the sale of its entire remaining stake, Holcim will receive a total consideration of approximately CHF 655 million (approximately €626 million), which will result in a gain before taxes of approximately CHF 365 million (€349 million). Of the 27.5%, 24.9% was acquired by a member of the Jardine Matheson Group, a Hong-Kong-based conglomerate, while

In the full year to 31 December 2014, revenues of Nigerian-based Dangote Cement increased to NGN 391.63bn (€1.81 billion/US$1.97 billion) from NGN 386.17bn in the past year. The company's pre-tax profit, on the other hand, dropped 3.2% to NGN 184.68 billion and sales volume dropped 3.2% to 12.87 million tonnes in Nigeria. Dangote Cement is also expecting capital expenditure to slow from NGN 217.20 billion in 2014 to NGN 191 billion in 2015.

Russian businessman Filaret Galchev, who owns a 10.8% stake in Switzerland's Holcim via Eurocement Holding, has rejected merger terms between France's Lafarge and Holcim, a Swiss newspaper reported on Sunday, Reuters reports. Galchev, Holcim's second-largest shareholder, views the terms as "not satisfactory and half-baked", the Sonntagszeitung reported, citing an unnamed source described as a Galchev confidant. Holcim and Lafarge have agreed a new share-swap ratio that was more advantageous to Holcim invest

The Plantworx Innovation Awards have been announced, and this coincides with the equipment industry’s re-emergence from years of enforced concentration of research and development designed solely to make machines cleaner and greener. The legislation-driven need to reduce emissions and fuel consumption to comply with EU Stage IV regulations tested the innovation muscles of the construction equipment industry, says the event organisers. And some of the results, the development of hybrid-powered excavators, fo

Heidelberg Cement’s 2014 consolidated financial statements show that the group’s revenue rose by 4% to €12.6 billion (like-for-like/+8%); operating income improved by 5% to €1.6 billion (like-for-like/+13%) and operating cash flow increased by €313 million to around €1.5 billion. Profit for the financial year reached €687 million (previous year €933 million, of which €420million was from non-recurring effects), a “considerable improvement in results before non-recurring effects.”Net debt at €6.9 billion do

Pretoria Portland Cement (PPC) CEO Darryll Castle has announced that discussions around the proposed merger between PPC and AfriSam, South Africa’s two biggest cement producers, have come to an end after both companies were unable to reach a consensus on deal terms, Munesu Shoko reports for Aggregates Business International. AfriSam made a nonbinding, conditional proposal to PPC on 10 December 2014 to merge the two cement powerhouses. The two companies have since been locked in “extensive” discussions. “Ove

Mexican cement giant Cemex has so far earmarked around $100 million worth of assets out of the around $1 billion-$1.5 billion it is looking to divest. Chief executive Fernando Gonzalez told journalists the latest position on executing the divestment plan which has attracted big international business media attention since its announcement in February 2015. Gonzalez also said that the company would have more clarity on the asset sales in the second half of 2015.

Earthmoving equipment manufacturer Dressta is launching the first of three new hydraulic crawler dozers later this year, and has ambitious growth plans funded by parent company LiuGong, the Chinese construction equipment manufacturing giant. Guy Woodford reports. Dressta’s trio of new hydraulic crawler dozers represent exciting additions to the dozer market and are the first results of parent company LiuGong’s significant R&D investment in the Polish firm, which it bought in 2012. Being launched in Q3 2015,