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Superior Industries, a major American manufacturer and global supplier of bulk material handling systems, says it has entered into an agreement to acquire Clemro Western. A 30-year-old Calgary, Alberta-based company, Clemro Western is a leading manufacturer and supplier of crushing and screening equipment in western Canada. The company also supplies to clients in the United States and throughout Latin America. The pending acquisition will allow Superior to increase its bulk handling product portfolio for it

Bell Equipment UK has appointed experienced construction machinery dealer ECI JCB as the company’s distributor for articulated dump trucks (ADTs) in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. ECI, the longest established specialist dealer in Ireland, has recently celebrated 30 years as a JCB dealer, and it has strong links with all key regional trade organisations. Bell says the company identified ADTs as a significant a gap in its product portfolio and needed a specialist manufacturer. As a result, ECI

Ritchie Bros. held a multi-million Euro, record-breaking auction at its site in St. Aubin sur Gaillon, northern France. The auction on 3 March 2015 attracted more than 1,575 on-site and online bidders from 70+ countries, which is a new record for the company’s auctions in France. More than 1,260 equipment items, tractors and trucks were sold in the one-day auction. Bidders participated in person at the auction site, online in real time at www.rbauction.com and by proxy. "Our first France auction of 2015 fea

Ritchie Bros. held a multi-million Euro, record-breaking auction at its site in St. Aubin sur Gaillon, northern France. The auction on 3 March 2015 attracted more than 1,575 on-site and online bidders from 70+ countries, which is a new record for the company’s auctions in France. More than 1,260 equipment items, tractors and trucks were sold in the one-day auction. Bidders participated in person at the auction site, online in real time at www.rbauction.com and by proxy. "Our first France auction of 2015 fea

The UK concrete industry’s 7th Sustainability Performance report has been launched at Ecobuild in London. Based on 2013 data, the report demonstrates that progress has been considerable, but the industry is committed to ensuring that momentum is maintained. The annual performance report is part of the Concrete Industry Sustainable Construction Strategy, which is helping concrete manufacturers tackle impacts such as embodied energy and resource efficiency, as well as changing market demands such as Building

RSSThis video showing a variety of 436 Komatsu’s latest earthmoving models in action was shot during the quarrying equipment manufacturing giant’s Demo Days 2014 event in the US.

RSSThis video shows a Generation 9 TA400 articulated dump truck from 8080 Terex Trucks being put through its paces.

The high performance 38tonne payload ADT will be among the Motherwell, Scotland-headquartered firm’s equipment line-up during its 432 INTERMAT exhibition debut next month.

Siceram Sighisoara, a Romanian building material producer, recorded revenues of RON 68 million (€15.25 million/US$17.06 million) in 2014, up by almost 13% on the year. The company’s sales of bricks generates 48% of its total sales, while sales of roofing products generated 38% of its total turnover. In 2015, Siceram targets a 10% rise in sales to almost RON 75 million.

Austrian construction materials company Asamer Baustoffe has appointed Markus Richter as new CFO. He will replace Jörn Trierweiler who will focus on the liquidation process of the subsidiary QuadraCir, which produces construction materials.

At a meeting organised by the Moroccan concrete industry association Amib, cement companies have criticised the special tax on cement, which accounted for MAD 154 million (€14.27 million/US$15.81 million) in tax revenue in 2014.
Difficulties in the cement segment have seen consumption fall by 6.09% to 13.95 million tonnes in 2014. The tax accounts for 9% of the cost of cement, which itself accounts for 50% of the cost of concrete, with the industry noting that it necessarily has a price impact that is felt

In the city of Chongqing, China, Chongqing Nantong Special Cement's general-purpose cement brand was named as the city's most famous brand product for 2014. This was revealed the 2014 Chongqing famous brand list by the Chongqing Famous Brand Association.

In order to settle certain indebtedness, China Shanshui Cement Group plans to offer 7.5% senior notes worth US$500 million (€451.29 million) due in 2020. Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse and BOC International Holdings will be the joint book-runners, joint lead managers and joint global coordinators as well as the first subscribers for the notes. China Shanshui Cement Group, a Chinese clinker, cement and concrete products maker, expects to generate a net proceeds of around $484 million.

Cement group Lafarge is the largest waterway transporter in France, transporting 4 million tonnes of aggregates, rubble and cement/ year since 2010. The group operates 25 sites directly connected to river network (the Seine, the Rhône and the Meuse), with 95% of its transport activity in the River Seine where it operates 84 barges as well as ten push tugs. In the Rhône valley, its waterway transport is sub-contracted, while the renovated port in Teil is used to supply its production sites in Teil and Cruas.

Siam Cement Group (SCG) of Thailand has commenced the construction of a cement plant in Laos' province of Khammuan. The plant is being built in Mahaxay under a land concession agreement of 50 years, and will have an annual output capacity of 1.8 million tonnes and may start operating in 2017. SCG is building the plant with an investment of LAK 2.50 trillion (€278.23 million/US$308.26 million).

FLSmidth has received two contracts from the Egyptian cement producer Misr Cement Company (Qena) for supply of equipment for a cement plant which was originally supplied by FLSmidth. The cement plant is 45km from Luxor in Egypt. The equipment to be supplied includes among others an ATOX coal mill; an OK vertical cement mill; Pfister weighing and dosing systems, and MAAG gear reducers and Airtech filters.
"We are very happy to supply this additional equipment to an existing customer with whom we have cooper

Topline Securities, a stock brokerage company in Pakistan, reported that 14 out of 19 listed cement companies posted 15% year-on-year (y-o-y) growth in net profit to PKR 22 billion (€194.87 million/US$215.90 million) in the six months to 31 December 2014. The 14 cement producers account for 94% of market capitalisation in the cement sector and cumulative net profit of cement companies listed in the fourth-quarter of 2014 went up by 41% y-o-y to PKR 12.7 billion due to strong domestic demand, lower input cos

For the third consecutive year, Cemex has been recognised in the CDP Latin America Climate Disclosure Leadership Index (CDLI) as one of the top eight companies in data disclosure related to environmental and CO2 emissions performance. CDP, formerly Carbon Disclosure Project, is an international, not-for-profit organisation providing the only global system for companies and cities to measure, disclose, manage and share vital environmental information. The CDP has as its main objective to promote transparency

The results from an independent audit undertaken across the membership of the Cement Sustainability Initiative (CSI) of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), are said to demonstrate that leading cement companies are improving their sustainability through the CSI collaborative approach. Seventeen member companies were audited against their commitments and responsibilities set out in the Charter of the CSI, a global effort by 24 major cement producers with operations in more than 100

CNH Industrial has released its 2014 annual report on Form 20-F prepared in accordance with US GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles), and the release of the 2014 EU annual report, including the consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards) and the statutory financial statements of CNH Industrial. The company also published the agenda of the annual meeting, which will take place in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on 15April 15, 2015. Th

EPC-UK, one of the UK’s leading experts in commercial explosives and blasting services, has procured the drilling and blasting business of Gillrange AN. The acquisition will see EPC-UK take on certain assets and contracts, mainly in Mid and South Wales. This it believes will complement itsexisting rock on the ground service to quarries in the region. EPC-UK was already supplying many of Gillrange AN’s quarries with explosives, and therefore has an excellent understanding of its new customer base. By taking