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Construction output in Latin America is forecast to grow 5% in 2022 and is expected to reach $545.6 billion, up from $519.4 billion in 2021, according to GlobalData. The leading data and analytics company notes that a robust recovery in output in 2021 has placed the region in a strong position for 2022.

Blue Machinery (Scotland) has been appointed as the MDS distributor for Scotland and the North East of England.

The Geological Society has announced it 2022 Awards recipients, to be presented on President's Day (8 June).

Takaharu Ikeda became president and chairman of the management board of construction and quarrying equipment machine heavyweight Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe) NV in April 2021. Guy Woodford caught up with him to hear about his first year leading the company and its ambitious growth plans

ProStack has added the Ranger 4-15H and Ranger 4-15L to its Ranger series of tracked conveyors. These 50ft high-level and low-level conveyors are said to be among the most cost-efficient and effective ways of stockpiling material on the market.

A UN study recognising the strategic importance of sand resources to global economic development has been welcomed by the UK's Mineral Products Association (MPA).

JV AUTOBAHN has been the market leader in road and airfield construction in Russia for 25 years. A key reason for its success is its ability to prepare for future challenges – and opportunities.

Continental has launched Conti Load Sense, a monitoring system to enable predictive maintenance and condition monitoring in conveyor belt operations.

New launches from major players are offering operators increased performance and increased productivity from their hammer, breaker and drilling products

According to a new report by Freedonia, investment in new and replacement off-road equipment featuring state-of-the-art technologies will fuel unit sales growth of 5.5% between 2021 and 2022 to $481 billion, slightly above 2019 levels.

Indian cement major Ambuja Cement has launched Ambuja Plus, a special quality PPC (Portland Pozzolana) cement created with an advanced formula, said to offer greater strength than ordinary Portland Cement.

Lafarge Canada celebrated Earth Day (April 22) by announcing the ambitious goal of doubling Eastern Canada recycled aggregates volumes by 2025 – a set target to supply customers with over 2 million tonnes per year – the equivalent to a train pulling 16,000 fully loaded rail cars.

Swedish drilling equipment manufacturer Epiroc saw a 29% increase in orders received during the first quarter of 2022 to SEK13,818m (€1,335m), an organic year-on-year increase of 18% from SEK10,690m (€1,033m) in Q1 last year.

The latest launches in the crushing and screening sector include a range of track-mounted machines with electric drives that are claimed to lower both environmental impact and operating costs. Liam McLoughlin reports

CEMEX has successfully tested a process that converts flue gases emitted by the cement kiln into carbon nanomaterials, transforming 'bad' carbon into 'good' carbon.

Lippmann has announced its entrance into the UK crushing and screening market.

EvoQuip has launched the Think Green, Think EvoQuip campaign to illustrate its commitment to developing increasingly sustainable equipment as part of global sustainability efforts.

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has officially opened JCB’s newest factory in India as the company strengthens its global manufacturing presence.