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A huge crane, working in a cement plant in Chattisgarh, India, has been turning in impressive statistics.

The Bhoir Group’s Liebherr LR 1300, the 300tonne crawler-crane manufactured by Liebherr-Werk Nenzing, Austria, created a breakthrough by lifting 8.3tonnes with an 86m main boom and 89m luffing jib and derrick with 50tonnes of suspended counterweight. The lift was carried out at a radius of 53m and the load was placed at a height of 118m.

The LR 1300 is powered by a fuel-efficient 450kW diesel eng

Caterpillar’s new 834K wheeled dozer is said to build on the strengths of its predecessors with engine choices tailored for worldwide use; a completely new cab; drive-train refinement; new monitoring and diagnostic features; new safety features and structural enhancements.

Available blade types include straight, universal, semi-universal and coal, ranging in capacity from 7.9-22.2m³.

Rated at 370kW, the Cat C18 engine used in the 834K is available in three configurations: Tier 4 Final (Stage IV) using

International construction equipment manufacturer Chicago Pneumatic is introducing a new range of portable and stationary generators.

The new range of portable petrol generators (CPPG) feature a simple labour-saving handle design; engine alarms to protect crucial components; an hour counter; maintenance-free battery, and Automatic Voltage Regulation (AVR) which improves the quality of electricity supplied.

The generator also fully complies with stringent EU noise regulations, for the benefit of contra

Atlas Copco has introduced a range of eight drum cutter attachments to its range of Construction Tools. The DC drum cutter range is available with service weights from 200kg-2,900kg, and is suitable for carriers of 1-50tonnes.

“Our drum cutters are an excellent choice for rock or concrete wall and surface profiling, trenching, frozen soil excavation, soft rock excavation in quarries, demolition, and dredging,” says Gordon Hambach, product line manager Power Demolition Tools.

“They are a complementary

Atlas Copco has introduced a range of eight drum cutter attachments to its range of Construction Tools. The DC drum cutter range is available with service weights from 200kg-2,900kg, and is suitable for carriers of 1-50tonnes.

“Our drum cutters are an excellent choice for rock or concrete wall and surface profiling, trenching, frozen soil excavation, soft rock excavation in quarries, demolition, and dredging,” says Gordon Hambach, product line manager Power Demolition Tools.

“They are a complementary

Volvo Penta is introducing new 5litre and 8litre engines that meet Tier 2/Stage II, Tier 3/Stage IIIA equivalent and Tier 4 Final/Stage IV emissions standards.

Developed in cooperation with Volvo Trucks and the Volvo Group, the D5 and D8 engines have a redesigned platform and advanced fuel injection and after-treatment systems.

Although the D5 and D8 engines are new to Volvo Penta in Tier 2/Stage II and Tier 3/Stage III configuration, the same base units have been subjected to hundreds of thousands o

Dinggui Gao smiles as speaker Devon Harris talks to guests at the Sandvik Construction exhibition stand. The former Jamaican military officer is probably better known as a member of his country’s four-man bobsleigh team that first competed in the 1988 Winter Olympic Games in Calgary, Canada, and which inspired the film Cool Runnings, writes Patrick Smith.

Construction of the new 73-storey, 335m tall new Wilshire Grand mixed-use building for owner/developer Korean Air in Los Angeles, USA, started in February 2014 and has already claimed the world’s largest continuous concrete pour.

The 16,200m³ pour, for the foundations some 24-29m below street level, gained a place in the Guinness World Records and beat the existing record set by The Venetian hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, in 1999, says Guinness World Records’ Michael Empric.

The project

Martin Engineering RSA has named Fluid Base Industries as its full-service distributor in Zambia.

The company says the move is designed to broaden the availability of high-performance bulk material handling technologies in Southern Africa.

Fluid Base will be a source for all Martin Engineering RSA products and services throughout the country, including conveyor belt cleaners, transfer point solutions, flow aids, safety products and training, belt support products, silo cleaning and other field se

Ciments de l’Afrique (CIMAF), a Moroccan construction company, will construct a US$83.2 million cement factory in Tema, Ghana’s industrial city.

This follows an agreement signed between the company and the Ghanaian government.

On completion, the factory will have the capacity to produce 1 million tonnes of cement annually, according to CIMAF Ghana, a parent company of the Moroccan construction giant.

Nigeria’s recalculated economy is worth $510 billion and is now by far the biggest in Africa, outstripping South Africa, and becoming 26th globally, ahead of Austria.

A revolutionary VSI crusher from Sandvik Construction has helped O’Ahu-based Hawaii company, Hawaiian Cement, supply badly needed aggregates and cement products for the island’s construction industry. Before adopting the CV229 from Sandvik (pictured), the company had to import sand from British Columbia, Canada, over 3,200km away.

The initial scope of the Metso/LiuGong joint venture will cover the design and manufacture of Chinese versions of Metso’s Lokotrack mobile crushers and screens. With the first expected to be launched soon, the products, whose range may be further expanded in the future, will be sold under dual branding LiuGong Metso. The joint venture will also promote Metso’s global trackmounted crushing and screening equipment in China.

Metso and Guangxi Liugong Group have obtained all necessary approvals from the Chin

Finnish Steel-Kamet, a developer of concrete production systems, has sold a concrete plant to Saudi-Arabia.

It is the company's sixth concrete plant for the same customer, one of the largest manufacturers of concrete elements in Saudi Arabia.

Steel-Kamet has net sales of €12 million and exports account for half.

According to the company, the value of one concrete plant delivery is about €1 million.

The company is preparing for a delivery to Kazan in Russia.

According to the Price Management Department in Vietnam, cement output grew by 9.8% year-on-year to 11.58 million tonnes in the first quarter of 2014.

Demand rose by 6.7% to 10.23 million tonnes. Also, demand increased by 69.5% month-on-month to 1.92 million tonnes in March 2014.

Cement production expanded by 63.7% to 5.19 million tonnes.

Consumption of cement in Spain dropped 2.2% in the first quarter of 2014, which is a much softer fall than in previous months.

Weather conditions having been more favourable than normal and no notable festivals were celebrated during the period.

In 2013, Easter fell in March, which caused a holiday stoppage for works.

Taking into account consumption data for the rolling year, cement consumption continues with an accumulated drop of 12.9% to 10.9 million tonnes, which is similar to the figure reache

In France, Connan has launched Copanel fibre cement cladding made from natural mineral materials.

Breathable and waterproof, the cladding is resistant to frost, pollution and mould.

The range consists of three solutions: Copanel Color, Copanel Hydro and Copanel Antigraffiti

According to research by the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands, a concrete made with a mixture of Portland cement and powdered ashes of paddy husks suffers less from cracks caused by shrinking. The research is still ongoing.

Bloomberg has revealed that US investors have obtained 71.7% of shares in Mexican cement company Cemex on Mexico's Stock Exchange (BMV) during the last three years, including BlackRock (at 10.78%), followed by Southeastern Asset Management (4.34%), amongt others, mostly because of financial restructuring at Cemex.

According to Actinver (finacial group), the proportion of free-float Cemex shares is 90%. Another analyst has commented on the growing demand amongst US investment funds for Cemex shares.

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Reliance Cement is set to venture into Jharkhand, one of the most important cement markets in eastern India.

The cement company already has presence in key cities of Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh, with its cement bags featuring a special QR code for customer benefit.

The state is expected to record increases in demand following upcoming power and steel plants as well as other mineral based industries.