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GHH, the mining and tunnelling machinery maker, is creating a new service base for its customers in the heart of the German potash and salt mining industry.

CEMEX says it has successfully extended its Facilities Agreement with several financial institutions. The construction materials supplier says the extended agreement has now become one of the largest sustainability-linked loans in the world, incorporating about US$3.2bn of "green" commitments.

Three Leicestershire, UK-based sisters are following in the footsteps of their father and have arranged funding from Paragon Bank to establish their own plant hire business called FinniGroup.

Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) says that business activity has improved for the third quarter of 2020. According to the company, customer demand has picked up in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, orders for construction equipment and services recovered strongly in the third quarter of 2020, particularly in China.

Bruks Siwertell is to deploy a high-capacity ship unloader which will deliver dust-free cement handling at the Colonial Group's terminal in Savannah, Georgia.

Boral, a major international building and construction materials group, has appointed Tino La Spina has as its chief finance and strategy officer.

Hanson's King's Cross concrete plant has undergone a £2 million (€2.2mn) upgrade, doubling capacity at the central London site.

Aggregate Industries, a leading UK construction materials supplier, has appointed a new managing director for Spadeoak, its specialist contracting business.

CASE Construction Equipment has appointed Federico Bullo as the new head of Europe for the company's Construction Equipment businesses.

Volkan Bozay has been appointed as the CEO of the Turkish Cement Manufacturers’ Association (TÇMB), the international representative of the Turkish cement sector.

The North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDoT) is to use drones and Botlink's map generation software to measure stockpiles of aggregate materials.

Major UK construction materials supplier Aggregate Industries has launched an improved SuperLow range of asphalt, which includes a claimed industry-first carbon-neutral offering.

With COVID-19 levels rising across the UK, the Mineral Products Association (MPA) has recognised the importance of maintaining the health and safety disciplines that will be essential to keep everyone COVID-secure and safe and healthy at work.