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European construction equipment association CECE says the process to revise the EU Machinery Directive is in a crucial phase, with the European Commission’s proposals to update the machinery legislation due to be published in March.

Retail sales of construction and earthmoving equipment continued to show a strong recovery at the end of 2020.

BESIX is buying STRABAG’s Netherlands-based subsidiary.

HeidelbergCement's Polish subsidiary, Górażdże Cement, and the multinational company BayWa r.e. have signed a purchase agreement for electricity from Witnica Solar Park.

Lafarge Canada, Svante and Total have completed phase II of Project CO2ment, an initiative to capture industrial levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions at a cement plant.

The partners are carrying out the project at Lafarge's Richmond cement plant in British Columbia. 

The plant is now equipped with Svante's capture unit, a carbon capture technology aimed at trapping CO2 produced from industrial processes. 

Norbetong, the Norwegian concrete and building materials subsidiary of HeidelbergCement, is deploying five new concrete trucks with electricity-powered mixer drums in the Oslo area.

The World Cement Association has launched the Gender Focus Network, an initiative aiming to improve the representation of women within the global cement community.

The Ibero-American Federation of Ready-Mix Concrete (FIHP) has staged a virtual event to present the first 10 Concrete Sustainability Council (CSC) certificates granted in the Latin America region.

JCB says it is recruiting more than 400 additional UK shop floor employees as the company gears up for a surge in production.

HeidelbergCement has successfully sold its majority stake of 51% in the Kuwaiti cement and ready-mixed concrete company Hilal Cement to Silver Share Real Estate.

A new material handling equipment store called FAD Equipment Store has gone live in South Carolina, offering free shipping on all products. 

ProStack has appointed Mycsa Mulder as its authorised distributor for Spain and Portugal. Mycsa Mulder will represent the full ProStack portfolio of bulk material handling and product stockpiling conveying equipment across the two countries.

FLSmidth is one of ten companies participating in a Danish project which is seeking to develop commercial and sustainable techniques for the recycling of wind turbine blades.

Terex Ecotec has expended its footprint across Europe with the appointment of three new distributors - Biocare in Sweden, Troost in The Netherlands, and Mycsa in Spain and Portugal.