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The organiser of Italy's SaMoTer construction equipment exhibition is launching a new live event for 2021 to be held at a quarry and with the focus on equipment of the future.

CRH, the Ireland-headquartered global building materials group, has made a positive start to 2021 with a 3% year-on-year rise in its like-for-like sales in the first quarter.

As a response to the fast-growing demand for more sustainable crushing and screening equipment, Metso Outotec is introducing the Lokotrack e-Power range, which brings the diesel-electric Lokotrack mobile crushing and screening units into one distinctive offering.

Arcosa has acquired infrastructure provider StonePoint Ultimate Holding and its affiliated aggregates entity in the US for $375 million. 

CEMEX has made another strategic investment in its Selby asphalt plant and depot to enhance its overall operational efficiency. The Selby site supplies high-quality aggregates and asphalt across the Yorkshire region in northern England.

Stone donated from Hanson’s Horton quarry is being taken by helicopter to the top of Ingleborough in the Yorkshire Dale National Park to build a new path, which will provide a safe route for walkers and conserve important habitat.

The World Cement Association is holding a free virtual open day on 2nd June covering topics including decarbonisation and the latest cement industry technological developments.

UK retail sales of construction and earthmoving equipment in March 2021 were close to double the levels seen in the same month last year when the impact of the coronavirus was felt for the first time.

Terex Trucks is looking for new dealers in Canada and is planning on bringing its TA300 and TA400 dump trucks to customers in Ontario.

A new project to develop printed Lego-style bricks from waste construction materials has been launched at Brunel University London.

Komatsu is celebrating its 100th anniversary.

Doosan Infracore has won a Gold Award at the International Forum Design (iF Design) Awards 2021 in Germany for its Concept-X excavator design.

The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) has confirmed senior director of contract and vendor management Michelle Sanford passed away on 19 April after a hard-fought battle with cancer.

CEMEX is acquiring a new floating bucket chain dredger in its Rogätz quarry, about 100 kilometres southwest of Berlin, Germany. This investment is in line with the company's strategy to enhance its vertically integrated positions near growing metropolises.