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Red Diesel Reform: Will it drive a shift to electric in the UK construction sector, or will it just cause inflation? Alastair Hayfield, senior research director at Interact Analysis, tackles a key question.

The Cement Association of Canada (CAC) says the country's 2030 emissions reduction plan gives the national cement industry welcome "predictability".

The Institute of Quarrying Southern Africa successfully held its annual conference in March following a two-year Covid-19 influenced hiatus. Held under the ‘IQSA Reconnect’ theme, the conference highlighted training and technology as areas of immediate attention. Munesu Shoko attended the event for Aggregates Business

CEMEX, as a member of the Low Emissions Intensity Lime and Cement 2 (LEILAC 2) consortium, has revealed that the project had received funding to build an industrial-scale facility.

The Wirtgen Group will be giving a UK premiere to several new machines at the Hillhead quarrying and construction equipment show in Buxton from 21 to 23 June.

Lafarge says its Richmond, Western Canada plant will manufacture only OneCem, the company's lower carbon portland limestone cement, for use in materials across British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest.

A UK museum detailing the story of the Derbyshire mining and quarrying industry is exploring opportunities to relocate its valuable historical collection to the National Stone Centre (NSC) in Wirksworth.

March data pointed to a continued rise in UK construction output, helped by the fastest increase in new work for seven months. However, escalating inflationary pressures and concerns about the economic impact of the war in Ukraine contributed to a sharp drop in business optimism. The degree of confidence about the growth outlook was the weakest since October 2020.

A Derbyshire-based building design and consultancy practice has been successfully appointed by the Institute of Quarrying (IQ) to reimagine the UK's National Stone Centre (NSC) in Wirksworth.

CEMEX USA says that as part of its efforts to reduce CO2 emissions, the company has increased the production of Portland limestone cement (PLC) at its plant in Lyons, Colorado. The environmentally friendly, lower carbon building material is expected to become the plant’s primary product this summer.

The AED Foundation (AEDF) has announced the accreditation of the Western Equipment Dealers Association (WEDA) Technician programme at Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology. This programme is one of AEDF’s flagship colleges and serves a wide region throughout the Southeast.

Carbon negative aggregate specialist O.C.O Technology has taken top honours by securing a prestigious Gold Award from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) for Health and Safety Excellence.

FB Chain has recently introduced the new RotaLube product line, which automates conveyor chain lubrication.

Caterpillar has launched a range of drop-in engines, which are ready to get to work straight away, thanks to their ease of installation and dependable and robust design.

When it comes to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion (ED&I) across the construction sector, the time to act is now. At the start of 2021, major UK building materials supplier Aggregate Industries launched a five-point ED&I strategy designed to promote a positive, inclusive culture, adopting a zero-tolerance approach to discrimination, and committing to creating more opportunities to attract, shortlist and hire diverse talent.

From its early days as a family-owned business in the 1920s, The Malcolm Group has become one of the leading providers of logistics, construction and maintenance services in the UK.

The U.S. construction industry added 19,000 jobs on net in March, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Liebherr says it has experienced a significant boost in turnover for 2021. The firm achieved a turnover of €11.639 billion, an overall increase of €1.298 billion or 12.6% from 2020. The Liebherr Group could almost match its previous record year in 2019 in terms of annual turnover.

HeidelbergCement has announced that its North American subsidiary Lehigh Hanson, Inc. has acquired all assets of Meriwether Ready Mix, a leading producer of ready-mixed concrete with a well-established residential and commercial customer base in the Metro Atlanta area.