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LiuGong Machinery Europe and Construction Plant & Machinery Sales (CPMS) have signed an official dealership agreement. Construction Plant & Machinery Sales is now authorised to provide sales and after-sales support in the southern counties of England for the LiuGong brand. The company, headquartered in Portsmouth, brings over 40 years of experience to the table as it begins marketing the entire LiuGong portfolio. Construction Plant & Machinery Sales has its own repair workshop, parts warehouse and experienc

Lafarge Tarmac has become an official sponsor of The Tour of Britain, the UK’s leading professional cycling race. As the UK’s leading construction materials and solutions company – and an expert in roads – Lafarge Tarmac will sponsor the County Surrey, southern England stage of the flagship event. The race is a cornerstone of the British sporting calendar and attracts the biggest live attendance of any sporting event in the UK. Over the last 18 months, Lafarge Tarmac’s Contracting division has undertaken a

Holcim says the during the first quarter of 2013 it succeeded in increasing net income and cash flow from operating activities and further reducing net financial debt compared with the end of March 2012 and achieving a better return on invested capital before tax. This was achieved despite the weaker construction activities in India, Morocco and France, the harsh winter in the northern hemisphere and the early Easter period which reduced the number of working days. Market and weather-induced decreases in sa

HeidelbergCement says its operating income before depreciation was up 3% to €219 million in the first quarter of 2013. The Q1 figure show that sales volumes of building materials were impaired by long and cold winter in Europe and parts of North America and less working days but there was growth in cement sales volumes in North America, Asia and Africa which mostly compensated for weakness in Europe. The group reports that revenue was almost stable at €2.8 billion; the improvement of margins continued; ther

Latvian building materials producer and trader, Knauf, of Germany's Knauf International Group, posted a turnover of LVL 32mn (€45.7 million) in 2012, which was up by 15.5% from
2011. The company's profit increased by 9.5% in 2012. Knauf's major projects in 2012 included the construction of the Latvian National Library; the Rezekne Concert Hall; the
Cesis Children and Youth Centre and the Saldus Music School.

Rural properties covering over 700 acres are to be offered for sale after a strategic review by Cemex. Fisher German is offering the properties, which form part of the building and construction materials group's extensive UK land holding. The properties include bare arable land, residential properties and farming properties.

Net profit of cement producer Usje of Macedonia stood at MKD 1.32bn (€21.43 million) in 2012, a fall from MKD 1.92 billion in the previous year.

Cemex has won a contract in Austria to supply concrete and other building materials for the DC Towers project in the capital Vienna. DC Towers is the tallest building project in Austria, with Cemex supplying materials for storeys 18-60.

A recycling depot just outside the Belgian capital Brussels saw Terex Finlay’s new 883 Spaleck put through its paces. Terex Finlay has joined forces with German screen box constructor Spaleck to create the 883 Spaleck 3D Combi Flip-Flow screen. A stepped top deck design, combined with Flip-Flow Elastica technology on the bottom deck, provides all-in-one processing and separation of recycling materials such as waste, recycling, shred metal, wood, compost, ores, coal, compost biomass and topsoil.

The Italian natural stone field (granite and marble) improved again thanks to exports closing 2012 at a total value of €1.761 billion, an increase of 9.7% over 2011. The result was essentially driven by finished and semi-finished products. Good performances were achieved in the USA (+28%); Canada (+25.9%); Saudi Arabia (+70%); North Africa (+11%) and China (+19.9%). Domestic consumption is still slow, with imports down by 5.3%. Exports of finished and semi-finished products came to €1.405 billion (+10.9%),

Siemens Energy has received an order for three SGT-500 gas turbines, marking the first deliveries of such units to Nigeria. The customer is Edo Cement, a company belonging to the Nigerian BUA Group. The industrial turbines from Siemens will be deployed for electric power generation for the Okpella Cement Factory in Okpella, providing the added benefit of low emissions. Delivery of the turbines is scheduled for spring 2014, and once installation has been completed, the plant will have the capacity to produce

Despite global economic uncertainty, Netherlands-based Dunlop Conveyor Belting says it is flying in the face of the tendency to contract and consolidate by expanding its network of Dunlop Service centresd, which supplies rubber conveyor belts as well as an all-year round belt fitting service. Having already successfully established centres in Holland, Spain, Poland, Morocco, Italy and the UK, Dunlop has recently opened a sales and service centre, including a warehouse and splicing services, in Dubai. Dunlop

Atlas Copco has teamed up with Hodge Plant for the sales and distribution of its power crusher range of track-mounted jaw crushers, impact crushers, cone crushers and screening plants. The deal sees Hodge Plant responsible for the UK sales, service and rental of the crushing and screening equipment. stablished in 1986, Hodge Plant now employs 47 people including a crushing and screening division with six dedicated service personnel.

Hundreds of JCB employees marked the production of the company’s one millionth machine, enough diggers to stretch from the UK to Australia. The landmark has seen the whole of the glass frontage of the World HQ at Rocester, County Staffordshire, UK, encased in a graphic wrap marking the achievement. The picture covers an area of more than 900m² and a total of 207 windows have each been individually covered with a section of the print, evolving like a giant jigsaw puzzle over a total of 50 hours as five peopl

Ciments Français posted net consolidated profit down from €1 million in the first quarter of 2012 to €600,000 in the first quarter of 2013. EBIT dropped 32.5% to €31 million, according to the Italcementi Group subsidiary. Weather conditions were much more severe than in the first quarter of 2012, which put additional pressure on the construction sector already affected by the recession in many countries in Europe. Better prices could not offset the fall in sales in volume, which resulted in consolidated rev

The UK Mineral Products Association (MPA) says it has repeatedly sought for the burden of planning to be reduced on its members. Specifically it has led the case for the re-evaluation of the current Review of Old Mineral Permissions (ROMPs) process and the ‘opt-in’ for mineral development, where members can choose whether to go for a national or local planning approach. Consequently, MPA welcomes the UK Growth and Infrastructure Act, which has received Royal Assent. The Act gives mineral planning authoritie

Lafarge’s sales for the first quarter of 2013 are down 6% to €3,136 million (-4% like-for-like). However, the group says it should be noted that first quarter results reflect seasonality, and are not indicative of full-year trends and traditionally lead to lower results relative to other quarters in the year. The results also show that EBITDA was down 26% to €380 million (-19% like-for-like) and current operating income is down 53% to €124 million (-38% like-for-like). Group highlights show that apart from

Cemex’s consolidated net sales reached US$3.3 billion during the first quarter of 2013, a decrease of 5% versus the comparable period in 2012 while operating EBITDA decreased by 8% during the quarter to $521 million. The company says that adjusting for the fewer business days during the quarter and, in the case of operating EBITDA, for the extraordinary favourable effect in 2012 resulting from the change of a pension plan in our Northern Europe region, net sales declined by 2% and operating EBITDA increased

The Hillhead Exhibition, the world’s biggest working quarry show, has created its own channel on YouTube to host not only official video footage commissioned by the organisers, but also the growing number of video clips posted by exhibitors and visitors. At launch, the Hillhead channel provides access to all the official videos which form a visual record of each event. All aspects of the show are covered, including footage of the blasts which have taken place in the main quarry face demonstration area befor

The German LST Group into has entered into exclusive and worldwide distribution agreements with concrete mixing truck manufacturer Karrena Betonanlagen und Fahrmischer and its subsidiary HIT-Industrietechnik. The group has been closely involved with construction materials for many years through its demolition and recycling activities, and the company says that dealing with hydraulic binders such as lime and cement in the field of soil stabilisation and the daily treatment of sandy soil with its Dutzi agricu