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In a pledge to reduce its carbon impact and help meet the goals of the Paris Agreement, Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) is announcing the scope of its Science Based Targets (SBTi) commitment – to achieve net-zero value chain emissions by 2040, with significant emission reductions as early as 2030.

South Wales-based Penygrose Concrete Products has once again chosen Tennant UK as their preferred cleaning machine supplier after their previous Tennant ride-on sweeper is now due to retire…..after 30 years of cleaning!

Newly elected UEPG president Antonis Antoniou Latouros says the European Aggregates Association's new business plan focuses on promoting a sustainable industry essential to the economy and the quality of life across the continent.

Boral has agreed to sell its North American Building Products business to a subsidiary of Westlake Chemical Corporation for US$2.15 billion (A$2.9bn).

FLSmidth, the Copenhagen, Denmark-headquartered international supplier of sustainable solutions and services to the cement industry, has signed a global commercial partnership with UK-based Carbon8 Systems (C8S) to accelerate the cement industry’s Net Zero ambitions.

CEMEX has donated more than US$30,000 worth of ready-mixed concrete to support the construction of the newly-opened and inaugurated facility for the Mexican Consulate in Houston, Texas.

Canteras de Santullán, a family-owned, independent quarrying company, has purchased new Doosan equipment for the company's operations in Bilbao, Bizkaia province, Spain. The new Doosan machines include two DL550-5 wheeled loaders, two Doosan DA30-7 articulated dump trucks (ADTs) and a DX420LC-5 crawler excavator.

The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has issued a fatality alert after a foreman was pinned against a continuous mining machine by a piece of rib.

Work has commenced on a new 14,000sq ft extension to Rapid International’s existing 50,000sq ft manufacturing facility in County Armagh, Northern Ireland.

The Dominican building materials manufacturer Calizamar is using a BHS-Sonthofen RPM 1513 rotor impact mill to produce high-quality crushed sand. The recent installation of the BHS RPM 1513 unit means there are now three BHS-Sonthofen crushing plants operating in the Caribbean.

Nearly 300 attendees from over 150 different organisations, including the minerals industry, national agencies, local government, NGOs and specialist consultancies, attended the annual joint Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) / Mineral Products Association (MPA) Mineral Planning Conference.

Turner Mining has expanded its mining team in Utah through several new hires with experience in mine engineering, planning, estimating, safety and operations.