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Family-run business Sutton Services, with more than 20 years of industry experience specialising in demolition, site clearance, plant hire, recycling and steel fabrication, has recently bought and installed its first Powerscreen Warrior 1400X. Launched in 2012 at the Hillhead show in England, the machine is processing C&D waste from a recycling site in Ipswich, eastern England. Sutton Services is a customer of Powerscreen distributor, Powerscreen Midlands.

Between March and October 2012, some 218 new quarries were opened in Morocco. In total, 80% were created on privately owned land or in the public water domain. Some 70% were created by corporate entities, suggesting that the sector is in the process of a restructuring. Of the 1,885 quarries in operation, 307 are temporary sites which are set to be closed after completion of a project, while 1,578 are permanent sites. In total, 105 quarries were abandoned during this period.

Italian cement and construction material manufacturer Buzzi Unicem has posted a €26.6 million net loss for the first half of 2013, compared to a profit of €18.5 million in the first six months of 2012. The group's turnover dropped by 5.7% to €1.2 billion, while its EBITDA fell from €200.5 million to €150.7 million. The company’s has stated that it expects its results to improve significantly in the second half of the year, although it has downwardly revised its EBITDA margin forecast for 2013 to between 5%

IronPlanet, a leading online marketplace for used heavy equipment, says it has improved its patented and guaranteed equipment inspection reports with the release of a new iPad app for its field inspectors. The app improves the quality of these reports by allowing inspectors to complete reports in the field by using an iPad app that provides step-by-step instructions for gathering key data, based on the type of equipment being inspected. “Since our online buyers don’t have physical contact with the equipment

Cemex has announced today the pricing of US$1 billion of senior secured notes denominated in US dollars. The Notes will bear interest at an annual rate of 6.5% and mature on December 10, 2019, and will be issued at par and will be callable commencing on December 10, 2017. The closing of the offering is expected to occur on 12 August, 2013, subject to satisfaction of customary closing conditions

Metso has signed a fourth agreement with Altay Polimetally open pit copper mine in Almaty, Kazakhstan for the delivery of two Vertimill grinding mills, basic engineering, supervision, commissioning and transportation. This order follows previous contracts for the installation and delivery of crushing and screening plants. The value of the order will not be disclosed. Metso's proposal for an integrated solution complied with Altay's requirements for excellent operating efficiency and total cost solutions opt

After more than a year at the helm of Volvo Penta, Björn Ingemanson says the Volvo group’s diesel engine company has what it takes to become a bigger player in the off-road business. “Volvo diesel power gives a competitive edge to the group’s construction equipment and trucks. Our job is to bring the same competitive edge to OEM customers in the external engine business,” says Björn Ingemanson, president of Volvo Penta. “With a world-class offering, both in terms of products and aftermarket support, we are

Dyckerhoff, the Wiesbaden, Germany-based construction material group, which is part of Buzzi Unicem, generated sales revenues of €711 million in the first half of 2013, down 6%. Cement sales volumes were down in almost all regions expect in Russia and the US. Dyckerhoff also recorded decreasing sales volumes of ready-mixed concrete and additives. In the full year 2013, Dyckerhoff is expecting both sales revenues and EBITDA to lag behind the figures of the previous year. Since the group will not suffer extra

In the first half of 2013, Titan Cement of Greece registered a 4.4% rise in its revenues to €571.9 million, a 17.8% drop in its EBITDA to €92.2 million and a loss of €21.8 million in comparison with €8.3 million profits in the corresponding period in 2012.

Bardon Hill igneous rock quarry and Croft quarry in County Leicestershire, England, owned and operated by Aggregate Industries, are to benefit from the introduction of a total of nine new Caterpillar machines from Finning after awarding load and haul contracts to plant specialist, Walters Plant hire. The plant consists of six new Cat 777G trucks; a low-hours used Cat 992G wheeled loader and a Cat 336D excavator with a Cat hammer. The fleet had to be in place to take over from the previous contractor to prov

Weir Minerals has launched the latest edition in its range of Warman centrifugal pumps, the DWU dewatering pump, to the European market. The company says the pump is designed to deliver increased efficiency where water needs to be lifted over greater heights, a common requirement in both open and underground mines, and the unit delivers efficient operation at heads of up to 140m. Four different sizes are available, with outlet diameters of 75mm, 125mm, 150mm and 200mm and around 50% of the parts used in the

Cemex’s recent strengthening of capital has led to it its ratings being increased by leading ratings agency Fitch. The agency raised the Mexican cement giant’s local and foreign currency IDR rating from B to B+, and unsecured share emissions were increased from B+/RR3 to BB-/RR3. The company's long term rating was also increased from BB-(MEX) to BBB-(MEX), and the outlook for the ratings is stable. In the second quarter of 2013, Cemex saw its operational cash flow increase 4% due to an increase in sales in

HeidelbergCement’s operating profit (EBITDA) rose by 5% to €953 million and EBIT improved by 18% to €548 million in the first half of 2013, compared to the same period of last year. The German firm’s sales revenue of €6.56 billion in H1 2013 was similar to that achieved in H1 2012. The construction material group made a net profit of €175 million in the first half of 2013, compared to a net loss of €27 million in the first half of 2012. HeidelbergCement says it benefited from price increases, efficiency p

French industrial minerals specialist Imerys saw a 4% fall in its net profit to €155 million in the first half of 2013. The firm’s turnover was also down 4% to €1.88 billion in H1 2013. Growth continued in North America, but the prolonged recession in the Eurozone is said to have continued to weigh on results, notably in the construction and industry sectors.

French cement producer Ciments Français (Italcementi) has posted turnover of €1.83 billion for the first half of 2013, down 4.2% on the same six months of 2012. The firm is attributing the reduced turnover to a poor exchange rate and a fall in activity. Turnover fell in all zones except Asia, with the biggest declines seen in France/Belgium, Bulgaria, Spain and Morocco. On a like-for-like basis and at a constant exchange rate, turnover rose in Egypt, Kazakhstan, Kuwait and Thailand. The group invested some

Russia needs around 20 new cement plants, ten glass works, over 30 enterprises producing non-metallic materials, 15 heat insulation-producing plants and 15 concrete goods plants in order to cover the deficit of building materials on the market, according to investment and consulting company SMPRO. The reconstruction of around 200 existing concrete goods plants is also necessary, says SMPRO. The required investments are said to have not been calculated yet. Different measures of state support are planned to

The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)’s Cement Sustainability Initiative (CSI) has published the latest update to the Getting the Numbers Right database, with evidence of significant CO2 emissions reductions and improved efficiency. As the cement industry’s global database of CO2 emissions and performance, the latest Getting the Numbers Right (GNR) data for 2011 shows that the industry has reduced its specific net CO2 emissions per tonne of cementitious product by 17% since 1990 (fr

Spanish construction materials company, Uralita, has doubled its losses in the first half of 2013 compared to a year earlier to €19.9 million, due to a fall in sales. The companysays it has seen a drop in sales across all regions in which it operates, especially in Spain where they fell 24%. It operating profits dropped 11.4% to €274.2 million, with its tiles and pipes businesses being especially affected (down 26.1% and 18.3% respectively). Ebitda reached €13 million, which was down 46.3%, due to rising ra

In France, plaster industries recycled 50,000tonnes of waste in 2012. Plaster industries estimates the volume of plaster-based waste at 350,000tonnes: either construction waste such as the 50,000tonnes cycled to date or waste coming from building sites. Waste from selective demolition, however, is currently not recycled.

The French competition authority has approved the acquisition of terracotta brick specialist Imerys Structure by cooperative brick manufacturer Bouyer Leroux. Following an in-depth examination of the acquisition, the authority has ruled that the group must sell 25,000tonnes of wall bricks at cost price to two competitors or a wholesaler active in the distribution and trade networks in Aquitaine each year for a five-year period. As for the new entity's quasi-monopoly on the manufacturing of partition bricks