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Building materials company CEMEX has signed two global initiatives to achieve carbon neutrality - the Business Ambition for 1.5°C commitment and the Race to Zero Campaign.

Sibelco has transferred nearly half the land at its Heerlen quarry to Netherlands nature conservation organisation Natuurmonumenten.

Command Alkon is offering a solution to digitise material and haul tickets that enter a production facility or jobsite by extracting data through optical character recognition technology.

The global construction aggregates market is predicted to expand by 6.8% over the next decade, driven by increasing urbanisation and rapid construction sector expansion in emerging nations.

Delivered volumes of heavyside mineral products in the UK broke records in the second quarter of 2021, pointing to robust construction and manufacturing activity despite reports of material and staff shortages.

Eagle Materials has reported a record revenue of $476 million, up 11%, for the first quarter of fiscal 2022 ended 31 June 2021. 

With demand for aggregates swelling from infrastructure projects, North India’s crushing plant owners are opting for rapid capacity expansion and embracing cutting-edge production technology

Boral, Australia’s largest construction materials and building products supplier, has announced changes to its board of directors.

Concrete and asphalt plant manufacturer Lintec & Linnhoff has appointed Lebanon-based equipment dealer Jallad Group as a distributor for the Lebanon, Jordan and Palestine markets.

Off-road engine manufacturer Cummins made revenues of US$6.1bn in the second quarter of 2021, up by 59% from the same quarter last year.

Superior Industries has appointed Brett Casanova product manager for wet processing where he will join a group who specialise in washing, classifying and dewatering technologies.

Construction output in the UK is forecast to rise by 14% in 2021 and 6.3% next year, according to the newly-published Construction Products Association (CPA) summer forecast.

Building materials giant Holcim says its growth momentum continued in the first six months of the year with a more than 16% increase in net sales on the first half of 2020.

Ritchie Bros has confirmed it sold more than $50 million of equipment at an online auction held at its site in Fort Worth, Texas. 

Tarmac is celebrating after landing an internationally recognised award for demonstrating high health and safety standards which has included successfully adapting its operations to the challenges of COVID-19.

Demand for recycled and secondary aggregates is strong and growing in the UK and other parts of Europe and the wider world

CEMEX says it saw strong results in the second quarter of 2021 with EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) growing in all regions.

HeidelbergCement, the German building materials giant, has announced "excellent" first half of 2021 trading results with group revenue up 11% on a like-for-like basis to €8.938bn.

CEMEX is converting its fleet of company cars and vans to hybrid and electric versions in its EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) region.

Terex Finlay has appointed Philip Berresford regional sales manager for the Western States of the United States and Canada to help grow its operations in North America.