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Building materials company Tarmac has congratulated the young winners of the Solutions for the Planet (S4TP) Big Ideas Competition 2021 following its virtual national final this month.

Sandvik Mobile Crushing & Screening is now offering its Premium data subscription on new equipment and retrofit packages complimentary for seven years to mark the 1,000th mobile unit connected with My Fleet to leave its factory.

IRock has expanded its North American distribution network by partnering with Arizona-based dealer Road Machinery.

CEMEX is setting a new, more aggressive target to be below 475kg CO2, a near 40% reduction in CO2 emissions, by 2030. This new goal is aligned to the Well Below Two Degree scenario of the SBTi (Science Based Targets initiative).

A partnership between Lintec & Linnhoff and Shanghai's Fudan University ensures that contractors who rely on the company's Lintec asphalt plants will not risk losing business by falling foul of China's increasingly stringent air quality regulations.

The production of asphalt mixes for the construction market is changing quickly. Now, the trend is to use as much recycled material as possible, significantly reducing the environmental impact of asphalt production.

Recovery in the UK and Irish aggregates sectors has begun following the pandemic and the outlook is broadly positive, but there remains a lot of industry caution stemming from uncertainties around the implementation of major infrastructure projects and renewed COVID-19 outbreaks.

Aurélie Delannoy is the director of Economic Affairs at the MPA (Mineral Products Association) and the Economic Committee chair at UEPG (European Aggregates Association). She spoke to Guy Woodford about the current health of the UK and wider European mineral products industry and highlights the big industry issues her vital work is helping to address

The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has confirmed a foreman was fatally injured when he was hit by a shuttle car. 

As part of its pledge to become a leading sustainable business, including the improvement of resource efficiency through reuse, recovery and recycling, the contracting division of leading building materials supplier, Aggregate Industries has opened a pioneering new laboratory for materials testing.

Holcim is deploying its industry-leading Transport Analytics Center (TAC) globally to optimise its logistics for enhanced efficiency, safety and sustainability.

CEMEX Ventures, the open innovation unit and corporate venture capital of CEMEX, says the application phase for its Construction Startup Competition 2021 will close on Tuesday 27th June 2021.

Granite has joined the United Nations (UN) Global Compact sustainability initiative, underscoring its focus on sustainability and environmental, social, and governance issues.

The 21st edition of bauma CTT RUSSIA—the International Trade Fair for Construction Equipment and Technologies— is said to have sent a “positive signal” to the global construction machinery industry.

Holcim has announced the completion of the world's first school built with 3D printing (3DP), developed with CDC Group, the UK's development finance institution.

UK-based Aggregates R Us is the latest company to invest in the Haith mobile bagging system.

Today – June 23rd – is International Women in Engineering Day, an annual day of celebration and awareness for women working in the field of engineering, and the wealth of career opportunities in the industry that are available to girls.

The Portland Cement Association (PCA) Market Intelligence Group has released US regional forecasts that cover cement consumption and construction spending.

In a pledge to reduce its carbon impact and help meet the goals of the Paris Agreement, Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) is announcing the scope of its Science Based Targets (SBTi) commitment – to achieve net-zero value chain emissions by 2040, with significant emission reductions as early as 2030.

South Wales-based Penygrose Concrete Products has once again chosen Tennant UK as their preferred cleaning machine supplier after their previous Tennant ride-on sweeper is now due to retire…..after 30 years of cleaning!