Aggregates news

Breedon Group and Tarmac are to trade a number of assets, including quarries, ready-mixed concrete plants, and an asphalt plant.

A facility capable of processing around 1 million tpy of construction and demolition waste for reuse as aggregates in concrete production has opened close to the Colombian capital, Bogota.

Mineral sizing specialist, MMD, has Juan Roberto Mena Blanco as its new General Manager for Mexico and Central America.

U.S. Concrete has completed its acquisition of Polaris Materials Corp., continuing its upward integration into the aggregates sector.

Cemex USA’s Lytle Creek quarry in California has been recognized for its safety performance by the California Construction and Industry Materials Association.

Summit Materials has increased CAPEX guidance for 2017, partly on growing investment in organic growth opportunities.

Metso has completed its revamped executive team with the appointment of the Presidents of the Minerals Services, Aggregates Equipment, and Minerals Consumables business areas.

Demand for heavy building materials in Northern Ireland is at its strongest levels since the turn of the decade.

Douglas Ruah will leave Summit Materials at the end of the year. Ruah has served as Executive Vice President and COO since 2013.

Hohenlimburger Kalkwerke, a German limestone quarry, has installed Starclean scrapers from Schulte Strathaus on its conveyor belt systems.