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Volvo Group says it has created a "business area" to offer its clients battery life-cycle options including disposal and repurposing and to develop charging infrastructure.

Xylem, a leading water and pump technology provider for global industries including quarrying, reported fourth-quarter revenue of US$1.37 billion, and full-year 2020 revenue of $4.88 billion. The figures exceeded expectations on strengthening end-market performance, despite COVID-19 related impacts.

Atlas Copco has announced Mikael Andersson’s appointment as president of Power Technique’s Power & Flow division, effective from 1 February 2021. In this new role, Andersson will lead the global business to strengthen the market position of the division in its three core pillars: power, light, and flow.

Epiroc’s new Office TeleREMOTE product is designed to address the need for increased safety, efficiency and productivity by controlling SmartROC DTH drill rigs, MK I (based on RCS 4 platform) from a remote location.

Major off-highway diesel engine maker Cummins expects good growth in key regional market sales in 2021 after reporting resilient trading in COVID-19-hit 2020.

Cemex is optimising its supply chain to address cement shortages in California, Arizona and Nevada.

Caterpillar is introducing four new next-generation large excavators – the 352, 374 and 395 for Europe, North America, Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand customers; and the 345 GC, 374 and 395 for the Africa, Middle East and Eurasian markets.

Aggregates producer Hanson is marking 20 years of its wetland project with the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) at Ouse Fen in Cambridgeshire, UK with the transfer of a further 80 hectares of restored land from its Needingworth quarry to the nature reserve.

MAJOR has appointed Haver & Boecker Middle East as its new aggregate and mining screen media authorised dealer.

The Associated Equipment Distributors (AED) CEO Brian P. McGuire has issued a statement upon the US Senate’s confirmation of Pete Buttigieg as secretary of transportation.

A leading UK concrete block manufacturer is making a six-figure investment in research and development to enhance its premium products' environmental impact.

Metso Outotec has convened local trade unions to negotiations concerning the restructuring and operational reduction of its operations in Sweden.

Major UK construction materials supplier Aggregate Industries has been re-certified for another three years of ISO 9001 Quality Management System (QMS), after being recognised for continually improving effectiveness and efficiencies across the business.

Liebherr has introduced the new LiTiU tilt unit which extends the swing angle of attachments on wheeled and crawler excavators.

The World Cement Association has made new episodes available in its Clinker Factor podcast series that provides insights and perspectives on how the global cement sector can decarbonise and improve sustainability.

After a steep drop in demand in the first half of 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) says it has recovered well and achieved improvements in both sales and operating income in the fourth quarter of the year.

The market for mineral products including aggregates, concrete, asphalt and mortar saw a sustained recovery in Great Britain during the fourth quarter of 2020, although full-year sales volumes were down on 2019.

FLSmidth has been selected to deliver a grey-to-white cement conversion project at Cimko Cimento’s site in south-eastern Turkey.

Eagle Materials has reported financial results for the third quarter of 2021 ended 31 December, which include a record revenue of $404.7 million, up 18%

The London, England-based Concrete Centre is sponsoring the Best Use of Concrete Technology category for another year in the Offsite Construction Awards. The 2021 entries are now open, with projects and innovations needing to be submitted by the 28th May deadline.