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The Lutze Group has taken over Germany's largest Metso Outotec dealer, Fischer-Jung Aufbereitungstechnik, based in Krefeld. The acquired company is now known as Lutze Process Germany.

CMS Cepcor Group (CMS Cepcor) has agreed with Columbia Steel Casting Co. to purchase key commercial and technical assets. The agreement will see CMS Cepcor incorporate a new company, 'Columbia Steel Cast Products', which will trade independently as 'Columbia Steel' and retain the key Columbia Steel engineering, sales, and commercial team. 

Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) reports that its Construction Backlog Indicator remained unchanged at 9.2 months in December, according to an ABC member survey conducted Dec. 20, 2022, to Jan. 5, 2023. The reading is one month higher than in December 2021. 

Husco, a privately-owned company specialising in hydraulic and electro-mechanical control systems for the automotive and off-highway industries, has revealed that its off-highway division has been awarded US$40mn in new projects to help several large global OEMs in the construction, agricultural, material handling and commercial equipment industries become automation ready.

One year after launching the brand, McCloskey Environmental’s global growth is driving its expansion into fast-developing markets, including North America.

The major UK temporary site service company WysePower, which emphasises using carbon-neutral building solutions, has been acquired by the RSK Group, a global leader in delivering sustainable solutions.

UK-based Finning is offering people of all ages the opportunity to become fully trained engineers through its award-winning apprenticeship scheme.

Thanks to a donation of £23,500 from the Tarmac Landfill Communities Fund, a pump track in Snodland, Kent, southern England, has been developed for the local community.

Leading off-highway engine manufacturers have made sustainability a priority alongside the renowned high performance and efficiency of their solutions

Hanson has become the first UK heavy building materials company to reach the standard for managing psychosocial risk in the workplace.

Holcim has acquired Nicem, a leader in grounded calcium carbonate in northern Italy based near Bergamo.

US off-highway equipment engine giant Cummins has announced that Jim Fier – vice president and chief technical officer, after an impactful 36-year career with the company, will retire at the end of March 2023. The company also announced that Jonathan Wood, vice president of New Power Engineering, will succeed Fier as chief technical officer, effective 1 April. 

Advanced testing of driverless articulated dump trucks (ADTs) and the growing presence of 4x4 ADTs are key talking points in the global off-highway hauler market. Guy Woodford reports

3GSM, a developer of software that optimises blasting and reduces inherent environmental issues, has launched BMX Fragmenter - new post-blast fragmentation analysis software that works as an independent module or seamlessly integrates into BlastMetriX UAV. BMX Fragmenter is described by 3GSM as a first-of-its-kind platform that automatically converts high-resolution drone images into a highly accurate 3D rendition of the muckpile with colour-coded delineation of gradation.

The Mineral Products Association (MPA) has welcomed the UK Government’s announcement of the new Energy Bill Discount Scheme (EBDS), extending the Energy Bill Relief Scheme.

Heidelberg Materials is planning to equip the Antoing plant of its Belgian subsidiary CBR with a hybrid carbon capture unit. 

New Mineral Products Association (MPA) CEO Jon Prichard has called on the industry sector to make greater use of 'big data', criticised a “persistent lack of awareness and appreciation" of the strategic nature of the UK’s mineral resources, hailed producers' huge sustainability efforts, and praised the commitment and positive spirit of people working within the mineral products industry.

Euro Auctions Group is expanding its global operation with the establishment of what it says is the largest auction house in the United Arab Emirates.

The Dodge Momentum Index (DMI), issued by Dodge Construction Network, improved by 6.6% (2000=100) in December to 222.2 from the revised November reading of 208.3. In December, the commercial part of the DMI rose 8.4%, and the institutional part ticked up 2.7%. 

Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) and leading global construction management software provider Procore, headquartered in Carpinteria, California, USA, have announced they will expand their years-long relationship through a strategic partnership that will provide ABC members with trusted, innovative technologies and solutions to help better develop their people, win more work, create safer jobsites and increase profitability. Procore is the only ABC strategic partner that is a technology solutions provider.