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Devnya Cement, the Bulgarian subsidiary of Italian cement manufacturer Italcementi, has launched a new production facility.

The operation requested an investment of over €160 million (US$204.87 million), improving the capacity of the plant to 1.5million tonnes/year.

The unit will be fully operational at the beginning of 2015. With this operation the group completes the strategic investment programme to strengthen its activity in Europe.

Following the high price of cement produced locally, National Company for Construction and Development (NCCD) of Egypt has decided to construct a cement plant in Egypt. NCCD is now analysing the best timing for the proposed plant.

As reported by Al Mal News, the new plant will cover the cement requirements for the units of NCCD. NCCD has 20 units that include nine general contractors.

Everest Industries of India is planning to build a plant in the UAE with capacity to produce around 72,000-tonnes of fibre cement a year.
The company has received approval of board of directors for the project and it will set up the factory through its subsidiary in Mauritius.
Fibre cement is known for its durability and they are mainly used in facade and roofing products.

The Committee for European Construction Equipment (CECE) has welcomed “robust” European market sales growth of 10.2% in H1 2014, compared to the first half of last year.

The release of the latest figures, which coincides with the CECE Congress 2014 in Antwerp,
follows other figures showing how sales were strong in Q1 2014 compared to the first three months of 2013.

For the first time after the long dry spell, the CECE notes that construction equipment sales in the Southern European countries like I

Weir Group has entered into an agreement to acquire Trio Engineered Products, a Chinese-American manufacturer of crushing and separation equipment for the mining and aggregates markets, for US$220 million.

The acquisition will, in part, allow Weir Minerals, part of Weir Group, to sell its aggregates and sand product range through Trio’s well established sales channels in North America and China. The sand and aggregate markets accounted for 56% of Trio revenues in 2013.

The multi-million dollar deal wi

The British Marine Aggregate Producers Association (BMAPA) and The Crown Estate have published their 16th annual ‘Area Involved’ report, detailing changes in the extent of the seabed area licensed and dredged for marine aggregates during 2013.

The ‘Area Involved’ initiative began in March 1999, when BMAPA and The Crown Estate made a public statement of intent which committed both parties to reviewing all dredging licences on a rolling five-year basis, surrendering areas no longer containing economic res

Luanda in Angola and Nairobi in Kenya will be visited by a delegation from eight German cement plant engineering sector companies.

Under the umbrella of the VDMA Construction Equipment and Building Material Machinery Association, the delegation have invited local building material manufacturers to their two symposia to get to know technical solutions “made in Germany” and discuss local features and individual requirements.

“With our symposia, we hope to create opportunities for our customers,” sai

Terex Minerals Processing Systems (MPS) says its new MJ47 primary jaw crusher module – its largest ever jaw module ever - increases the application capabilities and crushing capacity of its existing modular product range.

The innovative module is designed for large quarries or contractors that want a stationary type design without the complexity of a normal stickbuilt plant.

Terex Minerals Processing Systems (MPS) says its new MJ47 primary jaw crusher module – its largest ever jaw module ever - increases the application capabilities and crushing capacity of its existing modular product range.

The innovative module is designed for large quarries or contractors that want a stationary type design without the complexity of a normal stickbuilt plant.

The MJ47 module features the 91.4cm x 121.9cm Terex Jaques ST47 jaw crusher, and other key features include the Terex S

The six-blade configurations on the new Caterpillar 824K wheeled dozer allow it to be customised for production dozing, stockpile dozing or site clean-up work.

With a maximum operating weight of 34tonnes, the 824K takes blades ranging from 5.04m³ to 16.13m³. The updated model is said to build on the performance of its predecessors with engineering refinements in its powertrain, operator station and structures, as well as features that enhance safety, serviceability and machine management.

Breedon Aggregates, the UK’s largest independent aggregates business, has agreed terms with Barr Holdings to acquire Barr Quarries, the market-leader in aggregates in south-west Scotland, for £20.8 million (€26.3 million) in cash.

Barr Quarries employs approximately 130 people and is headquartered near Cumnock, 35 miles (56km) south of Glasgow. It operates 11 quarries, five asphalt plants and six ready-mixed concrete plants extending from Dalry in the north to Stranraer in the south and east to Moffat.

Miller UK, which is investing heavily to enhance production processes and product availability in preparation for global expansion over the next decade, has strengthened its executive team with the strategic appointments of group managing director, Mike Askew, and global sales and marketing director, Brendan Quill.
The north-east England company, which designs and manufactures attachments for earthmoving equipment, recently launched a range of hydraulic breakers to add to its product line.
Keith Miller,

The Government of Indonesia’s impressive mega infrastructure plans are set to see a rise in pre-cast concrete sales within the country’s overall concrete sales.

Pre-cast concrete sales accounted for 14% (5.2 million tonnes) of the 37.1 million tonnes of total concrete cement sales in Indonesia during H1 2014, according to Association of Pre-cast and Pre-stressed Professionals' secretary general Hari Nugraha Nurjaman, based on data from the Ministry of Public Works.

By 2015, contribution from the pre-c

Nigeria and South Africa remain the leading sub-Saharan cement producers, with 25% and 16% of total market share, with Ethiopia and Kenya accounting for 11% and 6% respectively of the market, reports the Ethiopian Radio and Television Agency.

Cement consumption per capita in East Africa is significantly below the global average of 500kg, with the region's largest markets in Kenya (80kg) and Ethiopia (61kg) - both said by ERTA to be indicating significant potential for growth. This reflects high domestic

Cemex, the Mexican cement giant, and Irish building materials group CRH are reportedly working together on a potential bid for Lafarge and Holcim assets worth between €3.95 billion and €6.98 billion.

The joint bid will have to compete with HeidelbergCement and Votorantim Cimentos, which have also reportedly joined forces to acquire all Lafarge and Holcim assets on offer.

A Cemex spokesperson has stated that the firm will not comment on market rumours. Lafarge and Holcim are seeking buyers for operat

According to brokerage company Msin, sales of cement rose 26.5% in August 2014, after seven months of declining sales.

In the first eight months sales fell 5% year-on-year to 9.3 million tonnes.

While the government talks about a recovery, specialists believe a recovery will take another few years.

Msin forecasts a drop of 4.1% in 2014, followed by an increase of 2% in 2015 and a drop of 1% in 2016.

It forecasts average annual growth of 0.39%, from 14.2 million tonnes in 2014 to 15.5 million ton

In Pakistan, a total of 3.15 million tonnes of cement were dispatched in September 2014, an increase by 7.08% from 2.94 million tonnes in the the same month in 2013.

During the month 2.42 million tonnes of cement were dispatched to domestic markets, a 13.86% growth from 2.12 million tonnes in September 2013.

Exports dropped 10.6% year-over-year from 816,000tonnes to 730,000tonnes in the month under review.

Some EGP 500 million (€55.87 million/US$69.91 million) will be spent by cement maker Suez Cement to improve its environmental mitigation plan at Tourah Factory 2 in Egypt.

According to Al Mal News, Suez Cement will be shutting down Tourah Factory 1, which failed to comply to the environmental standards.

In Russia, Iskitimcement (Novosibirsk region, Siberia) has started mounting belt conveyor weighers from Schneck Process of Germany.

The equipment on four more devices will be replaced by the end of 2014, involving investments of about RUB 18 million (€358,603.82/US$448,709.40).

A smooth-start system for cement mill’s main drive motors will be installed in the Siryevoy workshop as a part of the modernisation programme.

Residents and local officials in Brueil-en-Vexin are concerned by a project by Calcia (Italcementi) to create a quarry in the Vexin regional nature park.

The quarry would produce 700,000tonnes of limestone/year and would require the construction of an access route for trucks.

Calcia has reportedly told locals that the nearby Gargenville cement factory requires these new resources to continue operating.