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Haver & Boecker Niagara, in partnership with the University of Toronto’s Lassonde Mineral Engineering Program, hosted a one-day course in screening basics and mechanical performance for its students.

Terex Finlay continues to expand its global dealer network by adding SEEMANN Baumaschinen to its German dealerships.

Quarrying and construction equipment distributor SMT has reinforced its presence in Cameroon with a new centre in the country's administrative capital Yaoundé.

India-based ACC has supplied its ready mixed concrete (RMX) product for the construction of what is said to be the tallest temple in Asia.

Aggregates and building materials supplier Hanson has informed customers that it is reducing allocations of bagged cement due to the UK's current cement shortage.

Aggregate Industries has appointed Dragan Maksimovic as its new CEO, effective 1 June 2021.

The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has issued a fatality alert after a shuttle car operator was struck by a second shuttle car. 

As part of its innovative Vertua low-carbon product portfolio, CEMEX has launched its new high-performance grey cement type II 52.5 R.

The ready-mixed concrete sector in Qatar and the wider GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) region is developing rapidly, both in terms of product quality and durability, as regional producers adopt the latest technologies to meet growing local demand. One such leading producer in this market is Aamal Company (Aamal). V L Srinivasan spoke to Aamal’s chief executive officer and managing director, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Faisal Al Thani, about the firm’s strategic growth in the last few decades, how it is successfully overcoming the impact of COVID-19, and its switch to more sustainable green concrete for increasingly environmentally minded customers

UK aggregates and waste management services provider CCC has deployed a new waste recycling plant from Northern Irish wet processing company CDE.

Construction materials company Saint-Gobain has entered into an agreement to acquire fellow French company Chryso, a global player in the construction chemicals additives sector.

HeidelbergCement has signed an agreement to sell its business activities in the US West region to Martin Marietta Materials for $2.3 billion. 

SMT GB is the latest machine distributor in the UK to fit CESAR Emission Compliance Verification (ECV) as standard to Volvo's full range of GPE machinery, prepared at the company's facilities at Immingham in Lincolnshire.

Productivity data is often late, unreliable or requires a manual process to gather. Managers often rely on tally sheets, spreadsheets or in-house systems to manage quarry operations, but this isn’t always efficient to manage large data sets. It can be difficult for managers and operators to make informed decisions during the shift that positively influences productivity or production

The UK government is providing a total of £166.5m in new funding for green technologies, including carbon capture usage and storage (CCUS).

The National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association (NSSGA) has issued a statement following the introduction of the  Rebuilding Our Communities by Keeping aggregates Sustainable (ROCKS) Act.

Innovative UK firm Aggrecycle has struck a deal to bring construction material for recycling to its urban quarry in Leicester… by train.

UK-based Tarmac is supporting the National Memorial Arboretum with its plans to create a living memorial commemorating the lives lost during the pandemic.

French low carbon cement manufacturer Hoffmann Green Cement Technologies has partnered with the Cougnaud Group in its first construction project undertaken off-site.

The European construction equipment industry has rapidly turned around from crisis into boom during the second quarter of 2021, according to construction equipment manufacturing association CECE.