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Danish cement and mining equipment and solutions specialist FLSmidth has revealed that it is in negotiations with ThyssenKrupp concerning the acquisition of ThyssenKrupp's mining business.

The American Concrete Institute (ACI) is replacing its in-person concrete convention in Baltimore, Maryland, with a virtual event from 28 March to 1 April.

Zoomlion has launched its first full range of truck-mounted concrete pumps in Europe. The launch comes after the Zoomlion Group successfully introduced its cranes, forklifts and aerial work platforms to European customers.

The Annual LiuGong Global Conference held in Liuzhou, China on 15 December 2020, was attended virtually and physically by nearly 500 delegates and company representatives.

The Mick George Group, a leading supplier to the construction industry in the East Anglia and East Midlands regions of the UK, has received Britain's first new Doosan DL-7 wheeled loaders. As well as four new DL420-7 models, the order includes two DL580-5 and a DL300-5 wheeled loader working at quarries within the Mick George Group, with a further new DL320-7 wheeled loader arriving in mid-January 2021.

The steinexpo quarrying and construction materials event scheduled for April this year has been postponed until September 2023.

Registration is now open for the digital National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association (NSSGA) AGG1 Academy & Exchange, taking place from 22-24 February.

Bamburi Cement has launched the Houses of Tomorrow (HoT) project in Kenya as part of its low-carbon sustainable construction agenda.

The South African national department of health has issued new guidelines for coronavirus infection symptom monitoring and management of workers.

A total of 400 million tonnes of essential aggregates, industrial minerals and other manufactured mineral products were produced in Great Britain in 2018, according to the latest figures from the Mineral Products Association (MPA).

After a fall of 27% in 2020, the value of underlying UK construction project starts is forecast to grow by 17% this year and by 9% in 2022.

The main structure has been completed at the SANY Global Construction Machinery R&D Development Center in Kunshan, China. When fully completed, the centre will be one of the largest single research and development facilities in the country.

Atla Equipment is to acquire assets from Vantage Equipment, an equipment dealer operating three branches across New York State in Batavia, Syracuse and Albany.

Due to a dynamic expansion and the re-alignment of McCloskey International's washing division, the business will now trade under a new name - MWS Equipment.