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A major project to construct several sections of the Pan-Borneo Highway in the Sabah and Sarawak areas of Malaysia is employing asphalt plants from German manufacturer Lintec & Linnhoff.

The Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) and World Economic Forum have launched Concrete Action for Climate (CAC), a collaborative platform designed to help drive the industry’s journey to carbon neutral concrete by 2050 as part of the Mission Possible Partnership.

Terex Materials Processing (MP) is to acquire fellow Irish company MDS International (MDS), a manufacturer of heavy duty and recycling trommels, apron feeders and conveyor systems, based in Co. Monaghan.

The Mineral Products Association (MPA) believes that new requirements for biodiversity net gain, and application of the ‘Metric’, could lead to worse outcomes for nature than those delivered through the current UK minerals planning system.

The Portland Cement Association (PCA) has confirmed the winners of the 2021 Chairman’s Safety Performance Awards, which recognise outstanding safety performance in the manufacturing of portland cement.

Aggregate Industries has sold the Dartmoor Line to Okehampton station in Devon, south-west England, to Network Rail.

Volvo CE has launched the new EC530E and EC550E excavators, the first it has produced in the 50-tonne class.

Holcim has reached an agreement to acquire Heinrich Teufel & Co, a regional player in aggregates and ready-mixed concrete in southern Germany.

CEMEX has launched a new multi-service plant in the centre of French capital Paris, focused on the circular economy.

SBM Mineral Processing is providing plant and material for a major dam project in the Swiss Alps.

MDU Resources has been ranked 486 on the 2021 Fortune 500, which recognises the largest US companies based on 2020 revenues.

Metso Outotec and Hispano Japonesa de Maquinaria S.L. (HJM) have agreed on an expansion of their distribution contract in Spain.

Aggregate Industries has appointed Claire Horsfall as the new general manager of Witherley Services, its loose aggregates and muck shifting business based in Kettering, England.

The European Rental Association (ERA) has introduced a new tool to help equipment rental companies assess their current approach to sustainability performance reporting and rate how well they perform against an industry framework.

Regulatory scrutiny, investor pressure and societal awareness are likely to accelerate the building materials sector’s decarbonisation drive, according to Fitch Ratings.

The Portland Cement Association (PCA) has applauded the White House and the bipartisan group of 21 senators for reaching a deal on a $953 billion infrastructure package.

Members of Parliament have formed a new All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Mining and Quarrying, supported by the Mineral Products Association (MPA).

Brazil-based cement-manufacturer Votorantim Cimentos, through its Spanish subsidiary Corporacion Noroeste, has signed an agreement for the full acquisition of Cementos Balboa.

Exactly a year ago, Metso and Outotec merged and created a major new player in the mining, aggregates and metals refining industries by combining expertise that covers the full spectrum of products, services and solutions from ore bodies to metals.

EvoQuip has launched its Falcon 1220 and Falcon 1230 finishing screens in the US, providing a solution for scalping, screening and stockpiling in self-contained units.