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Doosan Portable Power (DPP) has appointed Kompresory PEMA, based in Pelhřimov, as the company’s new authorised dealer for the Czech Republic.

Director of the Geological Survey of Northern Ireland at the British Geological Survey (BGS), Dr Marie Cowan, has been elected a Member of the Royal Irish Academy 2020.

Hitachi Construction Machinery Europe (HCME) plans to move its production and assembly activities currently taking place in Oosterhout, the Netherlands, to the company's existing production site in Amsterdam.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Cemex-Tec Award 2020 is extending its call for applications to its 10th edition until 30 June 2020, to allow more projects to join and inspire people to be part of one of the most significant entrepreneurial communities worldwide.

Chinese building materials heavyweight CNBM (China National Building Material Co.) says an indirectly controlled new materials subsidiary of the company has signed an agreement with Anhui Non-Mining, Chizhou Traffic Investment, Chizhou Jinqiao Investment and Chizhou Construction Investment to form a joint venture in the Guichi district of Chizhou, a city in the south of Anhui province, eastern China.

Leading UK construction and infrastructure company Aggregate Industries has completed all major works on one of Britain’s largest infrastructure projects - Highways England’s A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme.

Doosan Infracore is expanding its China market presence by selling large excavators, including its largest 80-ton excavator, the DX800LC, in various regions of the country.

LafargeHolcim is said to have had the strongest result of 101 construction materials companies analysed by Sustainalytics, a leading global provider of ESG (environmental, social and governance risks) and corporate governance research and ratings to investors.

Nigerian building materials giant Dangote Cement said higher domestic sales fuelled its 3.8% year-on-year first quarter 2020 revenue rise to NGN 249.2bn (US$686.14mn).

Cemex has successfully amended its Facilities Agreement, dated as of July 19, 2017, entered into with several financial institutions.

A Finnish construction engineering company is said to have achieved the impressive feat of crushing 200 tonnes of asphalt in just one hour.

Off-highway truck customisation company Philippi-Hagenbuch has started using new SSAB Hardox HiTemp steel in its Hot Slag truck bodies. The new steel is purposely designed to withstand extreme temperature environments, and Philippi-Hagenbuch says that it reduces necessary plate thickness while maintaining the product's service life for increased productivity in processing applications.

Doosan Portable Power (DPP) has appointed General Engineering Services (Genserv) as the authorised dealer for the Doosan generator and lighting tower ranges in the Sultanate of Oman.

South African surface mining and quarrying association ASPASA says that borrow pits in the country must be carefully controlled to avoid unfair competition with existing quarries and to meet environmental and safety requirements.