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KPI-JCI and Astec Mobile Screens has promoted Nick Alden to product manager at Johnson Crushers International, its Oregon, USA, manufacturing facility.
Alden, who has worked as a design engineer for mobile and portable equipment for the past seven years, will transition into his new position once his current projects are complete.
Alden graduated from Oregon State University with a degree in mechanical engineering.
In his new role, he will work closely with Nick Hahn, inside sales director, and Ian Pende

Aluterm Group, a Romanian provider of solutions for the construction market, targets a 10% rise in turnover in 2015, from 2014 when its turnover reached RON 18.30 million (€4.08 million/US$4.58 million).
The company intends to increase its marketing activities and to enter partnerships with the main construction companies on the local market.

According to the State Statistics Committee of Uzbekistan, in 2014 the country’s production of construction materials rose by 10.7% year-on-year to UZS 4.55 trillion (€1.65 billion/US$1.86 billion).
This area accounted for 6.1% of the total industrial output. In particular, production of bricks and building blocks rose 1.6 times; production of ceramic tiles grew by 7.1% and cement production edged up by 5.1%.

In order to replenish working capital and support the acquisition of the entire shares in Shanghai Biofit Environmental Technology, Dongwu Cement International plans to raise around HKD 51.30 million (€5.88 million/US$6.62 million) in net proceeds through the placement of shares worth around HKD 52 million.
As much as 40 million new shares or 7.25% enlarged issued share capital of the China-based cement and clinker producer will be placed at a price of HKD 1.3 apiece.
The shareholding of Goldview Developm

Revenue of Semen Indonesia rose by 20% from IDR 21.60 trillion (€1.54 billion/US$1.73 billion) in 2013 to IDR 25.90 trillion in 2014.

However, the company expects that revenue for 2015 will rise by around 6% to 9% reach between IDR 27.70 trillion and IDR 28.20 trillion.

The Indonesian cement maker hopes that its market share will stay at around 43% to 44%.

Crimea is going to need up to 7 million m³ of crushed stone for the development of its road, transportation and utility infrastructure.

In particular, the stone is necessary for the construction of the Kerch Strait Bridge.

According to Abkhaz Minister of Economy Nikolay Achba, Abkhazia would like to land the supply contract.

In 2014, Russian shipments of non-metallic materials exceeded 140.488 million tonnes, a decline of 6.6% compared with 2013.
In December 2014, leaders by the amount of shipments in Russia were National Non-Metallic Company (937,600tonnes, +29.7% year-on-year); First Nonmetallic Company (850,100tonnes, +7.6%), and Lenstroykomplektatsiya (377,400 tonnes, -6.1%).

Reports say that according to finance director of Holcim Indonesia, Kent Carson, the drop of IDR 3,000 (€0.22/US$0.24) per pack in cement prices may affect the cement company’s performance in future.
The price drop may lead to lower production, and the company will look into other cost savings to lessen the impact on the price drop.
The cement industry has been affected by the slow-down in infrastructure development due to the general election in 2013 as well as the drop in prices of commodities.

Nigerian cement group Dangote opened its cement works in Senegal in December 2014, while rival group Vicat is said to be challenging the Senegalese Government for having awarded the contract to Dangote at the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes.
Vicat's subsidiary, Sococim, is said to be claiming that Dangote distorted competition by failing to comply with local environmental and social regulations.

The Mineral Products Association (MPA) and the Bumblebee Conservation Trust (BBCT) have re-affirmed their commitment to work together through renewing their Memorandum of Understanding, originally signed at the end of 2012.

The Memorandum of Understanding aims to ensure the good work of both organisations continues and develops, including facilitating access to quarry sites for monitoring, advising and educating quarry staff on measures that help bees, including creation of suitable habitat and trainin

Haldor Topsoe, among the world leaders in catalysis, and FLSmidth, a leading supplier of equipment and services to the global cement and minerals industries, have signed a cooperation agreement that marks the beginning of a joined global effort to commercialise a newly-developed catalytic filter bag technology.

The product will carry the brand name EnviroTex catalytic filter bags and is capable of removing dust, volatile organic compounds and nitrogen oxides in one integrated and cost-effective process.

EPC-UK, one of the UK’s leading experts in commercial explosives and blasting services, has opened a new Learning and Development Centre at its head office in Alfreton, County Derbyshire, central England.

The facility will house the company’s nationally-renowned training courses for the blasting industry, and will be available to the wider business community, providing a new state-of-the-art conference space in the Alfreton area.

The Learning and Development Centre was officially opened by Olivier Obs

In the period January-October 2014, Italian exports of unhewn, processed and semi-finished materials to the USA rose in value from €298.1 million to €303.2 million, a 1.7% increase compared to the same period in 2013.

This emerges from Istat data analysed by the Marmomacc Observatory, and follows exhibits by Italian and international companies at the recent TISE-StonExpo/Marmomacc Americas (the reference event in North America for the natural stone sector, floorings, industrial surfaces and ceramics) hel

Euro Auctions, the UK’s largest auctioneers of construction machinery and industrial equipment, is continuing its expansion with the acquisition of a new permanent auction site in Zuera, Zaragoza, Spain, which will see its first sale on 25 February, 2015.

The new site has a central location, being less than 250km away from the key markets of Madrid, Barcelona and southern France. The site offers easy access to major ports like Santander, Bilbao and Barcelona, which is extremely important in the equipment

Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe)/(HCME) has appointed a new dealer for its customers in Romania.

Utirom Invest is located on the outskirts of the capital Bucharest with a 4,000m² workshop, warehouse and office space.

The company will distribute a wide range of Hitachi equipment, including Zaxis-5 excavators (mini, medium and large); ZW-5 wheeled loaders; rigid dump trucks, and Hitachi-Sumitomo cranes.

France’s construction materials market saw a decline in sales during the final quarter of 2014. Ready-mixed concrete sales were down 9.9% year-on-year for the quarter, and down 1.3% compared Q3 2014. For December alone, a 9.7% fall year-on-year was seen. A 5% dip was recorded for the year as a whole. As for aggregates, sales were down 11.3% year-on-year for the quarter and down 1.7% compared to the third quarter of 2014. December alone recorded a 7.5% decline in aggregate sales compared to December 2013, wh

Dewatering pump specialist Tsurumi (Europe) has acquired a majority share of Belgian Tsurumi distributor Marine Motors & Pumps (MMPumps) in order to support and strengthen both companies in the European pump market.

MMPumps will continue to run the business, selling and renting Tsurumi pumps for the Belgian market, but will be involved indirectly in the French rental market through cross-renting. Tsurumi’s new French company, Tsurumi Pump Location (TPL), who established its first depot in east France, wi

More than 1,000 items will be up for sale at a joint unreserved public auction being staged next month by IronPlanet, the leading online marketplace for buying and selling used heavy equipment and trucks, and Cat Auction Services, an alliance of Caterpillar and several of its independent Cat dealers.

Speaking about the event being staged 11-13 February 2015 in Kissimmee, Florida, United States, Gregory J.Owens, IronPlanet chairman and CEO, said: “We are very excited about working with Cat Auction Service

Simem says two of its concrete batching plants have allowed a contractor leading a major new East African project to set a new world record for daily concrete production.

Salini Impreglio has been using two Simem Wetbeton 140 plants to produce 23,200m³ of cement/day for the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam project. Situated on the Blue River Nile River around 40km east of the Sudan border, the project involves the construction of a main dam in Roller Compacted Concrete (RCC), with two power stations insta

CRH has confirmed it is in talks with Lafarge and Holcim over the possible acquisition of some assets from the soon to merge French and Swiss cement giants.

A company spokesperson said: “CRH notes the recent press speculation and confirms that it is in discussions with Lafarge and Holcim regarding the potential acquisition of certain assets being disposed of by Lafarge and Holcim in advance of their proposed merger.

“While there can be no certainty that these discussions will result in a transaction,