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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reached a settlement with quarry operator Northern Alaska Contractors for violations of Alaska's Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Multi-Sector General Permit requirements.

The team behind Northern Ireland’s only 100% green energy supplier for business, 3T Power, has announced a partnership with Smiley Monroe, the global market manufacturer of endless conveyor belts and cut rubber parts for the materials processing equipment manufacturing sector. This partnership with Lisburn-based Smiley Monroe has resulted in the ‘greening’ of the organisation’s Northern Ireland electricity supply.

Bonfiglioli CEO Fausto Carboni described how the company's trading outlook has improved after a tough period due to the COVID-19 pandemic during a recent digital press event to launch two major new product lines.

More than 400 cement and concrete industry delegates, CEOs, experts and key stakeholders from around the world gathered online for the Global Cement and Concrete Association’s (GCCA) third annual conference.

The UK construction industry is rallying from the aftermath of the lockdown as builders report steady workflow and recovering revenues, according to a survey of 2,000 building companies by construction hire and skip specialist Skrap.

Thirty-three technology projects from 13 countries have been recognised in this year's CEMEX-Tec Award competition.

The World Cement Association has started a knowledge partnership with Decarb Connect, an organisation which supports the scale and acceleration of industrial decarbonisation.

Decarb Connect’s goal is to help drive the most energy-intensive sectors, such as the cement and aggregates industries, towards decarbonisation. It provides access to hard-to-reach information in terms of introductions and solutions, and facilitate network relationships across the industry.

A surge in imported aggregates and minerals has forced US president Donald Trump to declare a national emergency. He wants to see the country expand its aggregates and domestic mining sectors as fast as possible to reduce that nation’s dependence on China for “critical materials.”

The Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) has launched its second annual “Concrete in Life” photography competition.

German construction equipment and plant engineering trade association the VDMA has staged its annual BuB Construction Day which this year highlighted industry progress in digitisation, automation and machine communication.

Mecalac Construction Equipment UK has appointed Gordons Construction Equipment to its national dealer network. The Castle Douglas-headquartered firm will retail Mecalac’s latest models from its head office and five depots across Wigtownshire, Dumfries, Strathaven, Berryhill and Carlisle (based at Rickerby Ltd).

Stanton Bonna, a leading UK manufacturer of precast concrete pipes, manholes and culverts for drainage as part of a comprehensive range of precast offsite solutions for the construction industry, has invested in a Rapid International concrete batching plant for its Derbyshire, England, site to help support its growth plans.

Birla Cements' operation near the city of Chittorgarh, in Rajasthan, northern India, is home to the world's largest fleet of 17 giant HB 10000 heavy breakers. The company runs a large fleet of HB 10000's in its limestone mining works. Thanks to a comprehensive Epiroc maintenance contract with an extensive spare parts inventory, Birla's breakers are up and running 24/7.

Engcon is now offering its Quick hitch Standard Control (QSC) safe locking system as standard on all tiltrotators with Engcon's control system.