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Metso Outotec has convened local trade unions to negotiations concerning the restructuring and operational development of its Rubber and Poly-Met factory in Trelleborg Sweden.

Atlas Copco has acquired Cooper Freer, a UK company whose customers are mainly industrial, water treatment and service companies active in the English Midlands region.

FLSmidth has opened a new "service supercentre" in Kazakhstan for its quarrying, cement and mining industry customers.

Following a review of the Government roadmap to ease COVID-19 restrictions announced on 22 February, The QMJ Group has made the decision to postpone the Hillhead exhibition by 12 months.

To mark International Women’s Day (8th March 2021), the GCCA (Global Cement & Concrete Association) is celebrating the important contribution that women make to the cement and concrete sector. From quarries to kiln operations, from marketing to research, and in sustainability progress women are helping to lead the industry on its sustainability journey.

A focus on improving ease of operation to provide more efficient and safer articulated dump trucks (ADTs) has consistently kept Bell Equipment (Bell) at the forefront of innovation. The global ADT specialist is now achieving success with autonomous vehicle operation where its forward-thinking approach is enabling interoperability between different control systems and the trucks it produces.

Turner Mining Group has opened an operations headquarters near Salt Lake City, Utah, to oversee all aspects of mining operations, including engineering, estimating, planning and field management.

Hima Cement has launched the new Fundi Masonry Cement product on the market in Uganda, a specially formulated reduced CO2 cement for plastering, brick laying and mortar works.

CEMEX is supplying cement for the construction of the Santolea Canyon Dam, one of the most important hydraulic infrastructure projects in Spain.

Alexander Tigges has become the new head of sales at Beumer Group's centre of competence for conveying & loading systems (CL Systems).

CRH CEO Albert Manifold says the Irish building materials giant is "well-positioned to capitalise on growth opportunities that lie ahead" after robust 2020 trading amid the COVID-19 pandemic

The general meeting of VDMA Construction – Equipment and Plant Engineering on Wednesday 3 March 2021 drew a positive conclusion about the past and current year. Central topics were the economic situation, the importance of the European climate goals 2050 for the industry and the development in relations with the USA after the change of government.

Charah Solutions is to sell and market the production of fly ash from NV Energy's North Valmy Generating station in Nevada as part of a five-year deal.

The Mineral Products Association (MPA) has published its Sustainable Development Report 2020, covering a range of data from 2019/20 and aligned with its seven main strategic priorities and the corresponding objectives and targets. Despite challenging circumstances, the report outlines improvements across the mineral products sector.

CEMEX has added the Supaflo Rapide pumpable self-smoothing, levelling screed to its portfolio.

Ian Riley has been a prominent figure in the cement industry for many years, both in senior roles with LafargeHolcim, and now as CEO of the World Cement Association. To achieve its ambitious carbon-emissions reduction targets, Riley told Aggregates Business assistant editor Liam McLoughlin that the cement sector must use a combination of newer technologies including carbon capture and established methods such as clinker reduction

Italian hydraulic attachments manufacturer Simex has opened a branch office in North America.

The UK Institute of Quarrying Benevolent Fund (IQBF) has launched a series of virtual coffee morning events designed to help IQ members, former members and their families who may be experiencing loneliness due to the lockdown.

UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak's decision to continue the freeze in the Aggregates Levy for 2021/22 has been welcomed by the Mineral Products Association (MPA). But the association says future indexation will increase costs for the sector.

The American Concrete Institute (ACI) has released the 2021 ACI Collection of Concrete Codes, Specifications, and Practices.