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HeidelbergCement is upgrading its plant on the Swedish island of Gotland to become the world’s first carbon-neutral cement plant.

More than 50 industry leaders took part in the World of Concrete Asia Awards (WOCA Awards) launch conference on 31 May 2021 at the Intercontinental Shanghai Wonderland Hotel.

DEUTZ has revealed that Ardan Livvey Investors (Ardan Livvey), a private investment boutique headquartered in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, has completed the acquisition of a minority 3.9% stake in the German off-highway equipment diesel engine maker.

Some of the leading manufacturers of surface drilling rigs have in recent years invested and developed automated drilling systems to drill more rapidly, and effectively, whilst at the same time improving operational safety. These developments are highly significant in quarries and surface mines, as automated drilling can deliver significant performance improvements to the drill and blast excavation process. Here, Roger Murrow looks at some of the developments and how they are revolutionising global mineral excavations

Proterra, a supplier of commercial vehicle electrification technology, and Komatsu will work on the equipment maker’s first battery-electric middle-weight excavator.

The World Cement Association is today (2nd June) holding a Virtual Open Day from 8am to 6pm UK time.

The European Quality Association for Recycling (EQAR) is offering the European Innovation Award for Construction Materials Recycling in Europe for the fourth time.

Doosan Infracore has announced that the company has manufactured the battery pack prototype no. 1 that it developed in-house. The prototype is expected to help Doosan Infracore accelerate its battery pack business and motorised product development.

The Dig Assist suite of tools from Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) has proven itself able to deliver excavation accuracy in a fraction of the normal time. Now upgraded to include a host of new features, Dig Assist raises the bar once again – maximizing productivity, efficiency and safety in digging operations

Jordan's highest court has accepted an insolvency filing by Lafarge Jordan Cement, according to news sources in the country.

Hanson has donated crushed basalt from a Welsh quarry for use in a field trial to measure the impact it can have on removing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere.

Construction company BAM Nuttall has completed what it says is the UK’s largest single pour of an innovative new cement-free concrete on behalf of Network Rail at Chatham Station in Kent.

Terex Materials Processing (MP) has purchased a new facility in the Jiading district of Shanghai to manufacture Powerscreen equipment for the domestic China market.

Tarmac has opened a new occupational health and wellbeing facility at its industry-leading National Skills and Safety Park training facility in Nottinghamshire, central England.

High-quality screening media is vitally important to operational efficiency at any aggregates-processing site. Guy Woodford looks at some of the latest solutions and learns how a partnership approach can be the key to success in this area of the equipment market

Tarmac, a leading UK sustainable construction solutions and building materials company, has successfully supplied and installed a specialist asphalt surface course to the largest infrastructure project East Cheshire has seen to date.

Caterpillar has launched the new 980 and 982 range of 9- to 11-tonne medium wheeled loaders in Europe and North America.

After an increase in water-related deaths last year, the Mineral Products Association is one of over 50 organisations that are for the first time issuing coordinated water safety advice for those visiting waterways and coastlines.

In line with HeidelbergCement's 'Beyond 2020' strategic targets, the German building materials giant's supervisory board has decided to establish two new positions on the managing board to further drive the company's major transformation in sustainability and digitalisation.

Oxbotica and TRL have piloted the use of the first Code of Practice for the safe and cost-effective deployment of autonomous vehicles in unstructured off-highway environments, with a live trial conducted in a UK quarry using several off-road vehicles.