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American nonresidential construction spending grew 0.9% in November, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors' (ABC) analysis of data published today by the U.S. Census Bureau. On a seasonally adjusted annualized basis, nonresidential spending totalled $930.1 billion for the month.

Superior Industries, a US-based manufacturer and global supplier of bulk
material processing and handling systems, recently completed the development of a brand new Modular Skirting System (MSS). The easy-to-install accessory controls dust and prevents spillage within conveyor load and transfer zones.

US-based Lehigh Hanson has now changed its brand to Heidelberg Materials, effective immediately. Previously announced in September of last year, the new brand identity goes into effect today for the company's corporate office and its core brands of Lehigh Cement and Hanson Aggregates. Most of the company's other subsidiaries in the US and Canada will change their brands to Heidelberg Materials in the coming months. 

Rob Oliver, who retired as the Chief Executive of the UK-based CEA (Construction Equipment Association) in 2021, has been awarded an MBE in the King's first New Year's honours list.

Metso Outotec has strengthened its market-leading position in providing unique solutions for its mining and aggregate customers through its Life Cycle Services (LCS) program.

Crushing. Digging. Munching. Pecking. Feeding. Screening. Independent crushing and screening contractors Kastle Crushers needed a crawler excavator to do it all. With a brief to find a powerful and long-lasting model with a lower emission output, the North Yorkshire-based company turned to its trusted dealer, Taylor & Braithwaite. The machine that perfectly fitted that bill was the Hyundai 22-tonne HX220AL.

Komatsu reports that it has more than 2,000 'intelligent Machine Control' (iMC) dozers and excavators operating in Europe. The machines have clocked up more than seven million customer operation hours.

The second edition of the CarbonZero Global Conference and Exhibition has been announced for October 26 and 27, 2023 in Lyon, France.

CEMEX and CEMEX Ventures, CEMEX's corporate venture capital unit, are investing in Waste to Energy Advanced Solutions (WtEnergy), a clean energy startup that has developed a novel process to transform solid waste into synthesis gas (Syngas) for industrial purposes. 

Komatsu is entering into an agreement to acquire GHH Group (GHH), a German manufacturer of underground mining, tunnelling and special civil engineering equipment based in Gelsenkirchen.

The UK construction equipment rental market was impacted by the cessation of construction work during lockdown in 2020, but its overall decline for that year was much less than experienced across construction as a whole. 

Kleemann's new screen for coarse elements, the MOBISCREEN MSS 802i EVO, has had its first deployment at the Neumünster quarry in Germany.

3D-printed custom formwork and AI-powered supply chain software were among the new technologies on display during the annual Holcim Accelerator Demo Days. 

Dansk Grusgrav Materiel (DGM) is being renamed Lutze Process Denmark, effective January 1, 2023.

Total construction starts fell 18% in November to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $926.3 billion, according to Dodge Construction Network. During the month, nonresidential building starts lost 25%, nonbuilding shed 21%, and residential starts dropped 5%. 

Doosan will introduce the company’s new global brand and logo, as well as several new products at Conexpo-Con/Agg 2023 from 14-18 March 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

Pekka Vauramo has had his contract as president & CEO of Metso Outotec extended until the end of 2024.

Concrete admixture manufacturer Oscrete UK says it has had a successful trading year in a dynamic and challenging environment.

Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) reports that its US Construction Backlog Indicator increased to 9.2 months in November, according to an ABC member survey conducted Nov. 21 to Dec. 6. The reading is 0.8 months higher than in November 2021.