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Brammer, the UK-based supplier of maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) products and services, has confirmed that it will once again sponsor Hillhead 2014, the world’s largest working quarry trade exhibition.

Brammer will sponsor the onsite Hillhead Café, as well as the shuttle buses transporting visitors to and from the event, which takes place from 24-26 June at Tarmac’s Hillhead Quarry near Buxton, County Derbyshire, England.

The showground at Hillhead covers an area of 140,000m² and includes out

Cemex’s consolidated net sales increased by 4% during the fourth quarter of 2013 to approximately US$3.9 billion and increased by 2% for the full year to $15.2 billion versus the comparable periods in 2012.

Operating EBITDA increased by 4% during the fourth quarter of 2013 to $642 million and increased 1% for the full-year to $2.6 billion versus 2012. On a like-to-like basis for the ongoing operations, adjusting for currency fluctuations and also for the extraordinary favourable effect in 2012 resulting

Cemex is extending the scope of its global sustainability identity ecoperating to distinguish projects that demonstrate special sustainability characteristics.

The ecoperating building certification accredits buildings, during their design, construction and/or operation phase, with notable sustainable features and performance above the market standard. Through this certification, Cemex recognises projects that save energy, water and reduce the environmental impact associated to construction and building

Environmental company SLR Consulting has carried out a review of the Institute of Quarrying’s Restoration of Mineral Workings Unit, with the aim of updating teaching materials in line with latest best practice.

The written material, which includes photographs and other illustrations, supports the Mineral Extractives programmes offered by the University of Derby Corporate, in England.

A multi-disciplinary team from SLR contributed to the project, with technical input from landscape architecture, eng

CDE Global has announced an official alliance with the world’s largest manufacturer of organic coagulants and synthetic flocculants, SNF (UK), who will work closely together during commissioning phase to ensure that the end user has a suitable and efficient water treatment solution on site to provide the best results of the re-use of water following chemical treatment.

CDE CustomCare manager Martin Jackson said:, “We are delighted to be working closely with SNF UK and are excited by the opportunities tha

HeidelbergCement has released its preliminary third-quarter and full-year figures for 2013.

The Q4 figures show revenue stable at €3.5 billion; like-for-like (+6.9%); operating income improved by 2.4% to €463 million like-for-like (+12.4%) and operating margin increased to 13.3% (12.9% in Q4 2012).

In France, the company Doublet and Suez Environnement subsidiary Sita have signed a partnership agreement to develop products using C'Urban eco-friendly concrete.

Developed as part of a research programme led by Sita, Neo-Eco Recycling and the Ecole des Mines in Douai, C'Urban is 100% made from recycled materials, including construction waste materials and river sediments. C'Urban is currently undergoing tests and is being used by Doublet to create bicycle parking.

Production of cement and clinker at BaselCement's plants in Russia grew 15% in 2013 as compared to 2012, to almost 1.5 million tonnes. Production of crushed stone grew 27% to 420,000m3 while production of mineral powder went up 7% to 230,000tonnes.

BaselCement's revenue grew 11% and over RUB 665 million (€14.02 million) was invested by the group in its plants' development.

In 2014, BaselCement intends to run a number of investment projects and enhance performance with plans to expand further into the

UK Housing Minister Kris Hopkins visited Hanson’s re-opened Claughton Manor brickworks near Lancaster, County Lancashire, north-east England, to see bricks being produced for the first time in four years.

The works was closed in December 2009 as house building reached an all-time low but a dramatic upturn in new housing construction, fuelled by the Government’s Help to Buy scheme, has created a renewed and sustained demand for bricks, leading to the Claughton plant being re-opened. It is the first time a

Beumer Group enlarged its management team and appointed Dr Detlev Rose as Chief Sales Officer. Dr Detlev Rose, 51, will assume the planning, managing and organisational tasks of all Beumer Group sales activities worldwide.

Dr Detlev Rose studied Metallurgy at TU Clausthal and graduated with a degree in Engineering. He then held a role as a Development Engineer at ThyssenKrupp Polysius AG. After working for several years as Department Manager in the Research and Development and the Plant Construction Depa

Case Construction Equipment has appointed Fintractor as the importer and sales, service and parts provider for its full range of products in Finland.

“We are very pleased with this new and exciting appointment. Final arrangements for a new dealer network structure have been agreed, and will bring great benefits to our customers in Finland both in terms of sales and service of our Case Construction Equipment range. In fact, they will begin to experience the excellent support of Fintractor immediately, as

Astec, an Astec Industries company, reports that it has sold the 600th warm mix system since it began producing it in 2007. The 600th system will be installed at Delta Contracting in Humboldt, Tennessee, USA.

The Astec warm mix system enables Astec’s worldwide network of existing and new plant owners, who are all experiencing rising fuel and liquid asphalt prices, to lower their overall operating costs without sacrificing quality.

The system is said to allow producers to reduce fuel consumption, inc

Clay brick producer Röben-Klinkerwerke would like to open a new clay pit in Reetz since the reserves in the existing clay pit are close to being used up, and the pit is to be turned into a lake.

However, the company would like to dig clay and produce clay bricks in Reetz for at least another 20 years. The new clay pit is to have a size of 46 hectares and requires approval.

The Canadian branch of French construction materials group Lafarge has acquired eight ready-mix concrete factories from James Dick Construction, it is reported.

The acquisition involves 30 staff and will reinforce Lafarge Canada's ready-mix concrete activities in Ontario. The eight factories are located in Alliston, Caledon, Oshawa, Bolton, Scarborough, Brampton and Hamilton and will be operated under the name James Dick Concrete.

Lafarge Canada has signed an agreement with Canada Cartage Systems over

In 2014, H+H (subsidiary to H+H Denmark) intends to invest RUB 18 million (€380,337.45) to upgrade of its aircrete plant in the Leningrad region.

The plant's output will grow from 380,000m3 to 450,000m3. In 2013, RUB 15 million was invested in Stage 1 of the upgrade project.

The plant produced around 330,000m3 of aircrete in 2013, CEO Nadezhda Soldatkina says. Sales reached 303,000m3 (equal to the result of 2012).

Frischbeton Schwenk is planning to relocate its concrete production plant from Braunstein to the Wippingen stone quarry in Germany, of which Schwenk is the sole operator.

The company plans to invest around €4 million, and if all goes as planned Schwenk could start concrete production at the new location at the beginning of 2015.

The Scottish Government has decided to call in plans to extend Hyndford Quarry in New Lanark, an area which UNESCO named as a World Heritage Site in 2001.

The plans of Cemex have already been approved by South Lanarkshire Council but have been controversial. The extended quarry would be close to the Falls of Clyde and the 19th century model village at New Lanark.

The Government will now examine the plans and decide whether or not they can go ahead.

The Plantworx Construction Machinery exhibition hosted by the CEA (Construction Equipment Association) returns in 2015 to its new location at Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome, County Leicestershire, England.

Following the Grand Stand Draw in December 2013 where 17 leading construction equipment brands staked their claim on the Anchor stands (largest available), which will be strategically placed around the showground, sales have been going great guns.

Overall the show (from 2–4 June, 2015) is now over 38% sol

Bell Equipment UK has appointed Richard Higgott to its team as UK sales manager, filling the key role previously held by recently promoted managing director, Nick Learoyd.

Bell Equipment says he brings extensive sales management experience to his new post, having held the position of north and national sales manager at Liebherr for the past two years. Before that he held a sales role with heavy equipment manufacturer Terex.

A study led by the Carbon Trust and Lafarge Tarmac has found that a low temperature asphalt (LTA) material could be used as alternative to conventional asphalt on roads. Conventional asphalt is made when aggregates and bitumen are bound together at temperatures of between 180ºC-190ºC. However, the trial found that the alternative is able to bond road materials just as effectively at lower temperatures, meaning that it uses less energy.

This has led the project team to put together a set of specifications