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Royal honour for British Precast Concrete Federation's Martin ClarkeMartin Clarke, chief executive of the British Precast Concrete Federation, has been awarded an OBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to industry. I am overwhelmed at this recognition... 19 June 2013
CECE: Even flat 2013 Europe machine sales appear out of reachPreventing a decline in European construction equipment sales in 2013 appears to be out of reach, according to the Quarterly Economic Bulletin from the Committee for European Construction Equipment... 18 June 2013
A new era for Pilot Crushtec InternationalThe South African crushing and screening company previously known as Pilot Crushtec (SA) (Pty) Ltd has announced that CEO Sandro Scherf has bought out his partners and has increased his indirect... 18 June 2013
New UK managing director for Bell EquipmentBell Equipment UK has promoted Nick Learoyd to be its new managing director for the UK and Ireland as the company gears up for the launch of its next-generation E series of articulated dump trucks.... 18 June 2013
Babcock awarded £50mn HME fleet management contract with Aggregate IndustriesAggregate Industries has awarded Babcock International Group a £50 million (€58.35 million) five-year contract (with a five-year extension option) to provide a fleet managed service for its heavy... 18 June 2013
Eurovia recognised in French UNPG sustainable development awardsEurovia (Vinci) quarries have won awards in the sustainable development competition organised by the national union of aggregates producers (UNPG) in France. Les sablières de la Meurthe won the award... 17 June 2013
Caithness Stone Industries enters administrationUK-based Caithness Stone Industries has entered administration, with RSM Tenon's Iain Fraser reportedly saying that heavy investment had saddled the Spittal, northern Scotland-based quarrying... 17 June 2013
Cemex UK carries out longest continual slipform concrete pourThe longest continual slipform concrete pour in the UK, and possibly in Europe, has been carried out by Cemex UK on one of the five shafts for the Thames Water Lee Tunnel project in Beckton, Greater... 14 June 2013
Polish cement firm Grupa Gorazdze tips 2013 revenue fallPolish producer of cement, concrete and aggregates, Grupa Gorazdze, expects its turnover will drop by 10-15% in 2013, year on year. In 2012, the Group's revenue shrank by over €70.33 million (PLN... 14 June 2013
Greece: Lafarge Beton revenues down by 39.2% in 2012In 2012, Lafarge Beton, Greece's second-largest ready-mixed concrete producer, registered a 39.2% drop in its revenues, to €30.37 million in comparison with 2011. The company also posted an EBITDA... 13 June 2013