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Off-highway equipment auctioneer Ritchie Bros has abandoned plans to buy its Northern Ireland-based rival Euro Auctions over concerns the sale would not be approved by UK regulators.

Concrete admixture manufacturer Oscrete UK has doubled its lab footprint to increase capacity and product creativity.

Metso Outotec is launching an upgraded version of Metrics, an innovative cloud-based tool for real-time monitoring for aggregates customers’ Lokotrack mobile crushers and screens.

Wire screen media company Major is working with its dealer network to offer complimentary on-site technical services for end users.

Building materials group Holcim and Bloomberg Media have launched the Circular Cities Barometer which showcases top 25 cities leading the shift to circular living.

Upward pressure on the price of lumber will persist in Canada due to the demand-supply gap for housing remaining substantial, says GlobalData.

Hanson is supplying low carbon concrete to help transform Gatwick Airport station in southeast England as part of Network Rail’s plans to upgrade and improve the experience of rail users.

Quarrying and construction equipment maker Doosan Infracore says it achieved record sales in markets including wheeled loaders and crawler excavators in 2021.

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UK construction equipment sales were 2.7% ahead of 2021 levels in Q1, new figures from Systematics International reveal.

CEMEX says it returned strong results for the first quarter of 2022, with consolidated net sales and EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortisation) growing 13% and 3% respectively year-on-year, despite a challenging cost environment.

During its virtual annual general meeting in Cologne, the shareholders of DEUTZ, the German off-highway diesel engine maker, approved the board of management and supervisory board’s proposal to pay a dividend of €0.15 per share for 2021.

Epiroc has recognised a next-generation surface drill rig, successful cooperation with a customer in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the enhanced Customer Center in the United States with three annual awards.

Construction materials group Breedon says it has made an encouraging start to the year, with order intake and volumes following usual seasonal patterns through the first three months of 2022.

To further decarbonise the cement industry, FLSmidth and a series of leading industry experts have formed a new partnership called ECoClay.

CalPortland has converted its Mojave cement plant to ADVANCEMENT HS, a blended portland-limestone cement.

Lennart Börjesson has been appointed senior vice president Planning, Purchasing & Product & Solution Development at Volvo Penta, effective 1 September 2022.

Building materials giant CRH says total first-quarter sales for its Americas materials operations were 13% ahead of the same period in 2021.