Europe

The UK Institute of Quarrying will maintain its emphasis on health and safety issues in 2021, according to president Martin Riley.

Cementir will begin distributing its new FUTURECEM low carbon cement from 1 January 2021.

A 144-page book called the JCB Scrapbook has been published to celebrate the equipment manufacturer's 75 years in business.

FLSmidth, the Danish cement and mining equipment and linked services giant, has agreed to sell fabric filter technology, a non-core business of its advanced filter technology (AFT), to Simatek, a Denmark-based manufacturer of industrial filters.

Aggregate Industries, a member of the LafargeHolcim Group, has acquired Northumbrian Roads, a leading independent road surfacing and highway maintenance contractor with a very strong presence in the North East market, due to its two large asphalt plants in the Port of Tyne and the Port of Sunderland.