
The MPA highlights the burden of government regulation on the mineral products sector
The Mineral Products Association (MPA) has released its latest assessment on the government’s tax and regulation on the UK’s mineral products sector.
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The Mineral Products Association (MPA) has released its latest assessment on the government’s tax and regulation on the UK’s mineral products sector.

Eric Lepine, General Manager of Caterpillar France SAS, takes the reins.

Dr Reinhold Festge’s sons, Florian Festge and Dr Fabian Festge, have taken over responsibility for managing the company’s Machinery Division.

A mining levy introduced in December is likely to push up construction prices in Kenya, adding Sh7 to the price of a 50 kg bag of cement.

The property market in Indonesia could witness increased prices and slower annual growth due to a rise in the cost of cement.

Saudi Cement has recorded an 8% decrease in profit y/y for 4Q13 due to a drop in sales.

China Resources Cement Holdings Ltd saw an increase in clinker, cement and concrete sales volumes in 2013.

The new E8500 combustion analyser has been developed for regulatory and maintenance use in combustion applications.

The Group’s previously separate plant technology companies are being combined under the roof of ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions, which brings together ThyssenKrupp Uhde and ThyssenKrupp Resource Technologies.

The Competition Commission (CC) is looking to create Great Britain’s fifth cement producer in order to increase competition in the market.

Cementos Argos S.A.’s Research and Development Department explain how XRF and XRD analysis can aid the analysis of cement pathologies and the effects of certain compounds.

Juan Guillermo Morales, Claudia Rodriguez, Carolina Giraldo and Ruby Estela Cardona, Research and Development Department, Cementos Argos S.A., discuss XRD and XRF’s role in the development and improvement of new cementitious products.