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The UK-based Mineral Products Association (MPA) has published its new Water Strategy.

Volvo Penta has announced a higher power output for its latest 11-liter diesel engine, to run at 315kW – up from 285kW when it was initially revealed – to provide an even more comprehensive range of uses for customers. The engine is on display at the TOC Europe material handling conference in Amsterdam (27-29 June).

The UK’s first new Bobcat TL38.70HF Agri telehandler is acting out an unusual double role - working both in a quarry processing plant and on a farm at the foot of the Black Mountains in Herefordshire, west England. The new telehandler is owned by Black Mountain Quarries Ltd (Black Mountain Quarries), based at Howton Court, Pontrilas in Herefordshire, and was supplied by Kellands (Plant Sales) Ltd, an authorised dealer for the Bobcat and Doosan ranges.

LiuGong Machinery has appointed Kevin Thieneman as chairman of LiuGong North America and senior chief director of Guangxi LiuGong Machinery.

LafargeHolcim has appointed Heike Faulhammer as Group Head of Research & Development, effective July 1, 2017.

As part of its customer-focused growth strategy ‘CST 2025’, Continental Commercial Specialty Tires (CST) is strengthening its team by recruiting two new field engineers.

MB Crusher, the Italian crushing & screening bucket manufacturer, has appointed Q-FAB (Qatar Welding & Fabrication Supplies) as its exclusive distributor for Qatar.

CEMEX has constructed the biggest rail crossing ever developed by the company in the UK. Part of London’s rail services, the multiple crossing consists of 10 sets of switches and 1,800 metres of rail track.

Bell Equipment's board of directors has announced the appointment of the company's Chief Operational Officer and executive director, Leon Goosen, as chief executive officer designate to succeed Gary Bell upon his planned retirement.

The Mineral Products Association (MPA)’s Stay Safe Campaign is reinforcing the safety messages in two other UK-wide campaigns being run this month; the Royal National Lifeboats Institution (RNLI)’s on-going “Respect the Water” campaign and the Royal Life Saving Society UK (RLSS UK) “Drowning Prevention Week”.

Police and HSE have launched an investigation into the death of a contractor at Europe’s largest granite quarry.
The man who died at Mountsorrel Quarry, in Leicestershire, England, yesterday (21 June) was a contractor working at the site, quarry owner and operator Tarmac has confirmed.

The first edition of 432 INTERMAT ASEAN – the Southeast Asian trade show for construction and infrastructure, ended on a positive note on 10 June 2017, after three days of productive business discussions and networking sessions at the IMPACT Exhibition and Convention Centre in Bangkok, Thailand.