Lennart Börjesson has been appointed senior vice president Planning, Purchasing & Product & Solution Development at Volvo Penta, effective 1 September 2022.
Construction output in Latin America is forecast to grow 5% in 2022 and is expected to reach $545.6 billion, up from $519.4 billion in 2021, according to GlobalData. The leading data and analytics company notes that a robust recovery in output in 2021 has placed the region in a strong position for 2022.
A UN study recognising the strategic importance of sand resources to global economic development has been welcomed by the UK's Mineral Products Association (MPA).
According to a new report by Freedonia, investment in new and replacement off-road equipment featuring state-of-the-art technologies will fuel unit sales growth of 5.5% between 2021 and 2022 to $481 billion, slightly above 2019 levels.
Indian cement major Ambuja Cement has launched Ambuja Plus, a special quality PPC (Portland Pozzolana) cement created with an advanced formula, said to offer greater strength than ordinary Portland Cement.
Lafarge Canada celebrated Earth Day (April 22) by announcing the ambitious goal of doubling Eastern Canada recycled aggregates volumes by 2025 – a set target to supply customers with over 2 million tonnes per year – the equivalent to a train pulling 16,000 fully loaded rail cars.
Swedish drilling equipment manufacturer Epiroc saw a 29% increase in orders received during the first quarter of 2022 to SEK13,818m (€1,335m), an organic year-on-year increase of 18% from SEK10,690m (€1,033m) in Q1 last year.
CEMEX has successfully tested a process that converts flue gases emitted by the cement kiln into carbon nanomaterials, transforming 'bad' carbon into 'good' carbon.
