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Austrian cement manufacturing company Kirchdorfer is forming a new used tyre company named KIAS with Austrian construction materials maker Asamer.

A subsidiary of Asamer has been operating a used tyre processing plant in Ohlsdorf, Austria, since 2002. This is to be merged equally with Kirchdorfer to form the new joint venture company KIAS, which will be managed by Kirchdorfer on an operational level.

The Mineral Products Association (MPA) has launched its new National Nature Park in the UK, a nationwide network of quarries that have been restored for wildlife and which are accessible to the public.

The online resource includes 50 sites around the country totalling 4,000 hectares, with a range of facilities including nature trails, viewing hides and visitor centres.

Metso will supply crushing, screening, grinding and filtration equipment to Aguas Teñidas Mine, part of Trafigura Mining Group, in south-west Spain. The delivery will be completed during the second quarter of 2014.

The 2.2 million tonnes per year underground mine and concentrator produces copper, zinc and lead concentrates, also containing limited amounts of gold and silver.

Titan Cement of Greece has managed to establish strong foundations for its future growth during the years of recession devastating the local economy, according to the company’s officials.

Reports say that Titan has reduced its borrowing by almost 50%; its fixed costs by 16% and its costs of sales and administrative by 22%, while increasing its production capacity by about 20%.

In 2012, the Spanish corporate holding Nefinsa, which owns construction materials company Uralita and airline Air Nostrum, posted losses of €89 million, which were added to the €57 million losses that the company had posted a year before. Subsidiary Uralita, with losses of €43 million in 2012, was responsible for most of the holding's debt but losses of Air Nostrum were also high at €41 million.

HeidelbergCement India, a unit of Germany-based HeidelbergCement, has posted a loss of INR 283.50 million (€3.41million) between July and September, 2013, overturning the net profit of INR 75 million it reported for the same quarter in 2012.

Total income was INR 3.02 billion, higher than INR 2.56 billion in 2012, but so were total expenses, which were heavier with INR 3.14 billion noted, up from INR 2.43 billion in the September quarter in 2012.

CRH, the international building materials group, has officially opened its regional headquarters in Singapore, to oversee the expansion of its existing interests in India and China, and to pursue further development opportunities in the wider Asia region.

“The opening of our regional headquarters in Singapore marks a further step in the evolution of CRH and an important catalyst for growth in Asia in the medium term. CRH entered the China market in 2007, the India market in 2008, and the Malaysia market

British government Minister Lord de Mauley praised members of the Mineral Products Association (MPA) for their valuable contribution to nature conservation at MPA’s prestigious Restoration and Biodiversity Awards at the Royal Society in London. The event, which had the theme Realising the Potential, Progress and Partnership, celebrated and shared excellence in restoration and biodiversity enhancement and highlighted the value of working in partnership. Almost 200 delegates attended, which comprised over 50

Austrian newcomer Johannes Unger has claimed the Volvo Construction Equipment Operators Club European title 2013 in spectacular style and by just 19 seconds from Swiss nine-time finalist Ueli Hunziker. Germany's Michael Rosendahl took the final step on the podium, just 22 seconds clear of Austria’s Martin Moser in fourth.

The Mineral Products Association (MPA) has run a successful Cycle Safe event at Cambridge University Freshers’ Fair, England, with support from Hanson UK.

The event formed part of MPA’s national Cycle Safe campaign to prevent collisions between cyclists and trucks, and it highlighted to students and members of the public where to position themselves safely on the roads in relation to large goods vehicles (LGVs).

Russian company Mordovcement produced 3.18 million tonnes of clinker and 3.84 million tonnes of cement in January-September 2013, the figures up 1.9% and 4.4% year-on-year respectively.

Some 3.91 million tonnes of cement was delivered to the company's clients (up 5.6%), with bagged cement shipments up 2.3% to 864,500 tonnes.

The Moroccan division of Swiss building materials company Holcim is reported to have generated turnover of MAD 1.5 billion (€133.87 million) in the first half of 2013, down 18.7% year-on-year.

Overall cement consumption was down 12.6% over the same period, and EBITDA was established at MAD 695.50mn (€62.07 million), down 21.2%.

In Estonia, the road building company TREF and the Finnish SL Asfaltti have applied the hot remixing road renovation technology in the resurfacing of the Ussisoo road link of the Tallinn-Tartu highway.

The hot remixing is an environmentally friendly and economical road rehabilitation technology to repair top layers of the asphalt structure, first introduced in Estonia by Lemminkäinen in the resurfacing of the Pärnamäe Road in Tallinn in 2010.

French firms Roger Martin and Eiffage Travaux Publics, which respectively control a 51% and 39% stake in Valse, have invested €3 million in a new coating plant at the Champdôtre site close to Auxonne, Côte-d'Or. The new plant, which replaces the previous outdated equipment, will have a capacity of 300 tonnes per hour.

The Association of British Mining Equipment Companies (ABMEC) is holding its annual Mining Conference at the Warmsworth Hall Hotel, Doncaster, England, on Thursday, 14 November, and with a line-up of ten speakers, is set to address key issues affecting the global mining and minerals market.

The keynote speaker will be Keith Brown, who will draw on his 20 years industrial experience, including a story of survival in a South African gold mine, and the way it can change lives forever.

Terex Construction has signed with leading infrastructure solutions provider, RMA Group, to distribute Terex trucks to customers operating in Laos. RMA now provides full sales, service and parts support for both the Terex articulated and rigid truck ranges, which are manufactured in Motherwell, Scotland, UK.

RMA specialises in providing essential products and services to economies in transition, working alongside the development community in emerging and post-conflict markets to build or rebuild local i

Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster has announced that Omagh, Northern Ireland-based engineering company Telestack is undertaking a £3.1 million (€3.65 million) expansion, creating 40 new skilled jobs.

Telestack specialises in the design, manufacture and installation of a range of mobile bulk material handling systems which are sold globally via a network of dealers and agents.

According to the Moroccan housing ministry, cement consumption grew close to 8% in September 2013.

However, cement sales were down 8.2% to 11.3 million tonnes over the ten months to the end of September.

Professionals are concerned about the Eid al-Adha religious holiday in October, which will see many projects halted. Traditionally, builders stop work for between 10-15 days.

Through its French subsidiary Ciments Calcia, Italcementi (€4.50 billion in turnover for 2012) is launching a new brand strategy to highlight the place of innovation in its offer.

The strategy is also expected to improve coherence and provide better visibility for the group's offer as a whole.

Cemex has supplied more than 10,000m³ of special concrete to construct the foundations and architectonic structure of the new Hotel Steigenberger, which is located in Europacity (Berlin).

The Hotel will have seven floors and 339 rooms in total.