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LafargeHolcim is to acquire Firestone Building Products, a US-based provider of commercial roofing and building envelope solutions, as part of a £3.4 billion deal. 

Global building materials solutions supplier CEMEX has confirmed an investment of over £5million into two new plastic packing lines for packed cement at its Rugby cement plant in Warwickshire, central England.

Cement producer Solusi Bangun Indonesia (SBI) and its parent firm, Semen Indonesia, are using refused-derived fuels (RFDs) for their energy requirement as part of their sustainability strategies, Bisnis Indonesia reports.

Bogdan Dobre has been appointed as the new CEO of construction materials provider Holcim Romania.

Welsh Slate says its crushed products division has bucked the Covid trend and seen a successful year for its minerals and aggregates commodities.

SaMoTer, Veronafiere's triennial international construction machinery exhibition, has been postponed until March 2023. This is a further and definitive change of date after what was due to be the 2020 edition of the Verona, Italy-based show had been moved to 3-7 March 2021 due to the Covid-19 emergency.

Granite has opened a solari aggregate plant in Arvin, California, which it says is capable of processing more than 1,000 tonnes of sand and gravel per hour.

Caterpillar has awarded BKT's Bhuj plant SQEP (Supplier Quality Excellence Process) Gold certification, an important acknowledgement reserved for suppliers who have stood out during the year for achieving the highest levels in terms of quality and control over processes.

Building materials provider Hanson UK has joined The 5% Club scheme, which aims to drive ‘earn and learn’ training opportunities and address the UK's skills shortage and youth unemployment.

Construction materials provider LafargeHolcim has supplied the new M5 underground transport development in the Romanian capital Bucharest.

The Indiana Partners for Pollution Prevention has welcomed Hanson Aggregates into a programme in which members pledge to implement environmental initiatives at their facility.

Researchers led by University College London (UCL) have been given funding to tackle waste in the use of minerals and construction materials.

Nigerian cement company BUA Cement has signed an agreement with Sinoma CBMI of China for the construction of three new cement plants.

There is now more certainty about post-Brexit trading rules, but construction and other industries are still learning new rules and regulations. This was one of the key themes outlined by Construction Equipment Association chief executive Rob Oliver in his New Year message to members.