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The UK Institute of Quarrying (IQ) has issued a reminder to members that its Benevolent Fund is available to anyone who may have been affected either directly or indirectly by the coronavirus pandemic.

Retail sales of construction and earthmoving equipment in the UK fell by 21.8% in the first quarter of the year compared with the same quarter in 2019.

FLSmidth has announced a rise in order intake and revenue in the first quarter of 2020, but group CEO Thomas Schulz says the Denmark-headquartered global mining and cement industries equipment and engineering services provider is gearing up for a prolonged period of business disruption due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, Ritchie Bros. is temporarily holding all its auctions via the internet and the company says it is currently seeing "unprecedented" online participation.

Kobelco Construction Machinery Europe (KCME) is expanding its French network with six new authorised dealer partners.

The Concrete Manufacturers Association (CMA) of South Africa has added its voice to growing calls from professional bodies in the construction industry for an end to the COVID-19 lockdown to prevent economic catastrophe and large-scale job losses across the industry.

The UK government pledged £2.5bn for the Potholes Fund over five years in its March 2020 Budget, in addition to increased and accelerated spending on infrastructure projects

Command Alkon, a leading supplier collaboration platform for the quarrying and heavy construction industries, and Thoma Bravo, a leading private equity firm focused on the software and technology-enabled services sectors, have confirmed the completion of Thoma Bravo's acquisition of Command Alkon.

Germany base SBM Mineral Processing has donated an authentic mock-up model of one of its EUROMIX mobile concrete mixing plants to a vocational school for ready-mixed concrete production technology.

Terex MPS (Minerals Processing Systems) has introduced the new MJ55 Modular Jaw Crusher, designed for large quarries or contractors that want a stationary type design without the complexity of a standard stick-built plant.

Scottish company Tayside Contracts has purchased its first new Doosan wheeled loader and excavator as part of a fleet of machines used in its quarrying, recycling and construction operations

Mineral processing technology company TOMRA is providing a material sorting solution to meet the increasing demand for high-quality quartz.

Volvo Construction Equipment president Melker Jernberg says the Swedish off-highway machine giant is gaining confidence from its active customer base and the fact that the manufacturer's products and services will be vital in building sustainable future infrastructure after a COVID-19 pandemic disrupted start to the year saw the company's machine sales drop 17% and order intake dip 7% in Q1 2020.

Sandvik Mining & Rock Technology (Sandvik M&RT) saw its operating profit fall 9% in the first quarter of 2020 to SEK 1,661mn (€151.88mn).