Europe

The secretary-general of European construction equipment manufacturing association CECE has highlighted the recent improving trends in the sector's business climate after the disastrous decline in April and May.

German building materials giant HeidelbergCement will write off around €3.4 billion before tax due to the coronavirus crisis, German financial media reports.

June saw a sharp turnaround in the performance of the UK construction sector as the restart of on-site work lifted output volumes and boosted business confidence.

Metso Outotec has begun employee cooperation negotiations related to organisational restructuring following the merger of Metso's Minerals business and Outotec on 1 July 2020.

SigmaRoc's wholly-owned Belgian subsidiary CDH (Carrières du Hainaut) has signed an agreement with the Walloon government which will see it co-fund around €700,000 of an estimated €3 million of infrastructure works required as part of the company's blue stone quarry extension project at Soignies.

The Komatsu group of companies in Europe has made around €100,000 in donations to three organisations to support the fight against the spread of Covid-19.

Continental is combining its global activities in the special-purpose tyre segment.

The organisers of the INTERMAT construction machinery exhibition in Paris are taking the event in a new direction for 2021.

Austrian crushing and screening plant maker SBM Mineral Processing (SBM) has added senior aggregates industry figure Michael Brookshaw to its international distribution team.