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US-based banking and financial services provider JPMorgan Chase & Co is reported to have increased its shareholding in China-based Anhui Conch Cement Company to 14% by purchasing 186,099 shares at a price of HKD 24.45 (€2.49/US$3.15) each. On completion of the deal, JPMorgan owns 182 million shares in the cement company.

Estonian Talot, a privately held prefabricated concrete elements producer located at Maardu, near Tallinn, Estonia, will acquire from Rudus the concrete products and production unit, workforce, contracts and property included at Lagedi. It is reported that Rudus will focus on the production and sales of commercial concrete and granite gravel.

The winners of the coveted INTERMAT Innovation Awards 2015 were revealed at a gala dinner during the two-day Pre-Intermat event in Paris, France.

The Pre-Intermat gala dinner and 6th edition of the INTERMAT Innovation Awards ceremony held at the Maison de la Mutualité on 22 January 2015 marked the official start of the three month build-up period to Intermat, this year’s biggest international construction equipment exhibition, being held 20-25 April 2015 in Paris-North Villepinte.

Wacker Neuson won

FAMCO (Al-Futtaim Auto & Machinery Company), a leading equipment distributor in the Middle East/North Africa (MENA) region, has become the exclusive distributor for Hartl Crusher. Paul M. Floyd (senior managing director, FAMCO Group) and Dominik Hartl (CEO Hartl Crusher) made the announcement, which will see FAMCO’s branches in the KSA, UAE, Oman and Qatar start distributing the Hartl crushing and screening solutions on site and in remote areas. FAMCO is recognised as the Volvo Construction Equipment dealer

Marine aggregates, naturally occurring sand and gravels found in the sea, are of growing importance as land-based quarrying faces environmental pressure. The geological origin and mineral composition are the same as land-based sands and gravels or aggregates and exhibit the same geological, mechanical, geometrical and chemical properties as their land-based equivalents, says the Marine Aggregates Information Centre.

“The shape, strength and other physical characteristics are generally identical to high-q

Simon Trahair-Davies of Stephens Scown LLP outlines some proposed European legislation which sets stringent new pollution limits for machinery, an important development for aggregates businesses to take note of.

In September 2014, the European Commission proposed measures that will cut emissions of major air pollutants from engines in non-road mobile machinery (NRMM).

The new legislation includes new, tighter emissions limits that aim to contribute to EU air quality targets and will apply to new NRMM

Plant automation has taken off in a big way in quarrying and aggregate processing facilities. Guy Woodford looks at some of the latest solutions.

Finning, the leading provider of Caterpillar equipment for the UK and Ireland, and the leading UK distributor of Komptech waste and recycling equipment, has installed a complete green waste processing solution for an eco-minded English county council. Guy Woodford reports. Opened in May 2014, a novel North Derbyshire, county England, based joint venture between SITA and Derbyshire County Council aims to process 40,000 tonnes of green waste in its first year, saving the council €4.04 million (£3.2 million).

As the demand for washing equipment increases worldwide, manufacturers are responding with
new initiatives and new products, writes Patrick Smith.

Quality dust monitoring solutions are vital to retaining the best occupational health among staff in every quarry, as Guy Woodford reports. UK-based dust monitoring solution firm Casella says the personal monitoring of dust inhalation is fundamental in efforts to improve occupational health in quarrying.

The importance of how quarry trucks are loaded, and the impact on productivity and fuel consumption, has been emphasised many times. Get it right and the figures can make pleasing reading, but get it wrong and it costs money and can make machines carry out unnecessary manoeuvres, thus increasing
maintenance requirements.

Demand for proven and new hauler models is steadily growing – with Europe among the key regional markets offering encouragement to OEMs. Guy Woodford reports Volvo Construction Equipment is a leading international player in the articulated hauler market, and its parent company, Volvo Group, has significantly strengthened its hauler offering with this year’s completed multi-million dollar acquisition of Terex Trucks.

A vital source of aggregates for transport infrastructure and construction projects in and around Helsinki, Finland, Lemminkäinen’s Myllykylä quarry in Vantaa, near Helsinki International Airport, is said to be reaping the efficiency and money saving benefits of deploying three Metso track-mounted crushing and screening plants. Aggregates Business Europe Editor Guy Woodford visited the quarry.
Myllykylä quarry site manager Mika Salmelainen is a busy man. With the Lemminkäinen quarry situated just north of

Indoogoo says it is preparing to launch the world’s first heavy equipment social online auction service. Indoogoo Auctions allows users to list any piece of equipment, no matter how large or small, and, as auctioneers, control the timing and layout of their own auction.

Mark Turner, CEO of Indoogoo, said: “This is the first time the social network structure has been incorporated into an online auction service, and we feel it has the potential to dramatically change the way second hand construction equip

W & M Thompson Quarries is using the tracked mobile inclined screen to process agricultural lime and aggregates at its magnesium limestone quarry at Bishop Middleham, located on the outskirts of Durham, County Durham, north-east England. Both machines are powering ahead, processing 150tonnes of product an hour at sizes ranging from -3mm, 10mm, 20mm and 40mm.

The end product is sold to farmers and industry across the Counties of North Yorkshire, Durham, Northumberland and Cumbria, as well as in Scotland.

Klyuchischi is using Volvo equipment to excavate sand and gravel from its 100hectare quarry in Russia in extreme temperatures.

The gravel and sand industry plays an important role in Russia’s construction sector, which is growing rapidly. Kstovo is a town in the Kstovsky District of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, located on the right bank of the River Volga, 22km southeast of Nizhny Novgorod. The region plunges to -35oC in the winter and reaches nearly 40oC in summer, making any outdoor work challenging.

UK plant hire specialist Sykes Pumps has invested in a new fleet of hydraulic submersible pumps said to provide a robust solution for a range of sewage and drainage applications, including those in hazardous environments.
For use in quarrying, construction, marine, industrial, agricultural and wastewater projects, the new Sykes Hydraset range comprises 100mm and 150mm models designed to offer maximum versatility by providing either high flows and low heads or low flows and high heads. The pumps are suitabl

Up until the end of October 2014 one of the most impressive Swiss motorway bridges, the Viaduct de Chillon, near Villeneuve, was renovated by construction company Walo Bertschinger using the new mobile SPECIMIX concrete mixing plant made by SBM Mineral Processing.
The new plant provided 1500m³ of UHPC (Ultra High Performance Concrete), thus playing a critical role in the renovation of Switzerland’s third longest bridge, spanning a length of 2,100m and a height of up to 50m.
Zurich-based Walo Bertschinger,

The 2014 winner of the international Swedish Steel Prize is Belaz from Belarus, which was awarded the prize for its “innovative and new construction” for axle suspension and slewing bearings for the world’s largest dump truck.
“Belaz has boldly gone beyond the boundaries of what has earlier been considered possible using available technology,” says Gregoire Parenty, chairman of the jury and executive vice president and head of market development SSAB. Using high-strength steel, the dump truck manufacturer

The 2014 winner of the international Swedish Steel Prize is Belaz from Belarus, which was awarded the prize for its “innovative and new construction” for axle suspension and slewing bearings for the world’s largest dump truck.
“Belaz has boldly gone beyond the boundaries of what has earlier been considered possible using available technology,” says Gregoire Parenty, chairman of the jury and executive vice president and head of market development SSAB. Using high-strength steel, the dump truck manufacturer