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European construction equipment industry association CECE has welcomed the European Commission's new EU Industrial Strategy, which puts a renewed focus on the region's key ecosystems including construction.

The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has confirmed a miner was fatally injured when leaving the mine site in his personal pickup truck.

Ottenbüttler Sand Gesellschaft (Ottenbüttler Sand) of Dammfleth has taken delivery of the first two Doosan DL420-7 wheeled loaders in Germany.

FLSmidth, a global technology leader in the mining and cement industries, has received validation from the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) for its carbon emission reduction targets.

A new brick producing a tenth of the carbon emissions of a traditional one is going into commercial production.

Titan Group, the Greece-headquartered building materials heavyweight, saw its Q1 2021 profit after taxes and minority interests grow to €15.3 million.

New Enterprise Stone & Lime has acquired three aggregate plants and four hot mix asphalt plants from Hempt Bros in the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania area. 

Indian off-road tyre manufacturer BKT says its production has continued smoothly despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the country.

Volvo Construction Equipment is providing a live augmented reality (AR) video feed that enables dealer field technicians to connect directly via a mobile phone to their back office product specialists, as well as Volvo product experts and engineers.

Caterpillar says that three billion tonnes of material have now been hauled by autonomous trucks using its Cat MineStar Command system for hauling.

CDE has announced the return of its global virtual symposium for the wet processing industry. Registration is free and open to all.

The American Concrete Institute (ACI) is to host a virtual conference in June, consisting of six hours of technical presentations on fibre-reinforced polymers (FRP).

DEUTZ, a major manufacturer of diesel engines for construction and quarrying machines, has officially opened its business school (DBS) in Zafra, southern Spain.