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Chepstow Plant International, a national mineral and aggregates contractor, based in Caldicot, Monmouthshire, has helped raise a whopping £72,000 for the Noah's Ark Children's Hospital Charity at its Royal Ascot Charity Day, hosted at Chepstow Racecourse.

Volvo CE says it had a solid second quarter of the year, with a downturn in the Chinese market being well compensated by growth in the rest of the world.

Lehigh Hanson's Lehigh Cement plant in Union Bridge, Maryland, USA, will fully transition from producing ordinary portland cement to EcoCem PLC as its primary product by no later than January 2023.

Doosan Infracore's ‘transparent bucket’ system for wheeled loaders has been selected as a finalist in the digitalisation category of the bauma 2022 Innovation Awards.

The UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has prosecuted and fined a fire service after two of its firefighters received serious head injuries – with one paralysed from the chest down – after a training exercise.

Holcim signed an agreement with Polish company Ol-Trans, the leader in ready-mix concrete in the Gdansk-Sopot-Gdynia area, to acquire its five concrete plants.

CEMEX has provided over 3,000m³ of concrete for the development of the Sandwell Aquatics Centre, due to be used for the diving and swimming competition in the Commonwealth Games this month.

Yanmar is unveiling its electrification strategy for off-road vehicles and equipment at this October's bauma 2022 quarrying and construction equipment exhibition.

Volvo CE has launched an upgraded version of its L350H wheeled loader, which the manufacturer says is suitable for a range of applications from mining and quarrying to heavy infrastructure – while also providing greater productivity and fuel efficiency, plus lower service costs.

Holcim has secured two investments from the European Union (EU) Innovation Fund for its breakthrough Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage projects in Germany and Poland.

U.S. construction input (materials) prices in June 2022 were up 20.1% year-on-year, while nonresidential construction input prices were 20.3% higher.