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Building materials provider Heidelberg Materials North America has entered into a definitive purchase agreement to acquire Carver Sand & Gravel, the largest aggregates producer in the Albany area of New York.

Flexicon Corporation, a privately-held firm and leader in bulk handling equipment and systems, is commemorating its 50th anniversary in 2024.

The World Cement Association (WCA) has welcomed Afghanistan-based mining and construction materials production company Alfalah ul Alami (AuA) as an associate corporate member.

With the construction sector in East Africa seeing an upswing, Chryso East Africa says it has grown its offerings to the market while ensuring its admixture solutions are targeted at local conditions.

Swiss building materials giant Holcim achieved record profitable growth in the first half of 2024.

Rokbak Customer Support Manager Garry Moore explains how customers can harness the company’s simple-to-use, connected telematics system to get more efficiency and productivity from their articulated haulers.

Cummins has revealed that in the five years since Stage V was initially introduced in 2019, the company has produced over 115,000 Stage V engines for over 14,000 installations.

TITAN Group is introducing the TITAN Edge family of products and the TITAN Premier family of services.

Despite flat global sales, Cemex posted a 2% Q2 2024 increase in EBITDA to US$965mn, while the company's EBTIDA margin expanded to the highest level since 2016.

EBITDA margin was propelled by favourable price-to-cost dynamics, with prices rising mid-single digits amidst decelerating costs. Net sales of $4,494mn were flat compared to the second quarter of 2023, reflecting difficult weather conditions in key markets offset by pricing momentum.

Aggregate Industries has taken another step forward on its carbon capture journey by welcoming a specialist project lead.

Heidelberg Materials has commissioned an innovative recycling plant for selective separation at its production site near Katowice, Poland.

Rohrdorfer has successfully started ethylene production from carbon dioxide (CO2). In a newly developed process, CO2 generated during cement production is recovered and converted into ethylene.

After nearly two years at the Mineral Products Association (MPA), chief executive Jon Prichard has announced he will step down for personal reasons. Jon will be leaving the organisation and moving on with immediate effect.

A new carbon-negative aggregate is being trialled on a stretch of motorway by National Highways as part of the firm’s drive to ustilise new and innovative solutions to help reduce its carbon footprint.

Metso maintained "robust profitability" in Q2 2024 despite declining sales due to tough market conditions.
The Finnish quarrying and mining machine and linked technology giant reports that customer activity remained at the previous quarter's level due to further delays in investment decision-making.

Breedon, the FTSE 250 vertically-integrated construction materials group in Great Britain, Ireland and the United States, has posted resilient H1 2024 results.

CRH has acquired Ary Corporation, a leading provider of building materials solutions headquartered in Canon City, Colorado.