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The Annual LiuGong Global Conference held in Liuzhou, China on 15 December 2020, was attended virtually and physically by nearly 500 delegates and company representatives.

The Mick George Group, a leading supplier to the construction industry in the East Anglia and East Midlands regions of the UK, has received Britain's first new Doosan DL-7 wheeled loaders. As well as four new DL420-7 models, the order includes two DL580-5 and a DL300-5 wheeled loader working at quarries within the Mick George Group, with a further new DL320-7 wheeled loader arriving in mid-January 2021.

The steinexpo quarrying and construction materials event scheduled for April this year has been postponed until September 2023.

Registration is now open for the digital National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association (NSSGA) AGG1 Academy & Exchange, taking place from 22-24 February.

Bamburi Cement has launched the Houses of Tomorrow (HoT) project in Kenya as part of its low-carbon sustainable construction agenda.

The South African national department of health has issued new guidelines for coronavirus infection symptom monitoring and management of workers.

After a fall of 27% in 2020, the value of underlying UK construction project starts is forecast to grow by 17% this year and by 9% in 2022.

A total of 400 million tonnes of essential aggregates, industrial minerals and other manufactured mineral products were produced in Great Britain in 2018, according to the latest figures from the Mineral Products Association (MPA).

The main structure has been completed at the SANY Global Construction Machinery R&D Development Center in Kunshan, China. When fully completed, the centre will be one of the largest single research and development facilities in the country.

Atla Equipment is to acquire assets from Vantage Equipment, an equipment dealer operating three branches across New York State in Batavia, Syracuse and Albany.

Due to a dynamic expansion and the re-alignment of McCloskey International's washing division, the business will now trade under a new name - MWS Equipment.

Jeremy Greenwood has been appointed chair of UK Concrete to work with director Chris Leese to marshall the collective resources within the MPA in The Concrete Centre, MPA Cement, BRMCA and British Precast as part of the roadmap the sector is implementing to go ‘Beyond Net Zero by 2050’.

Construction materials supplier Breedon has appointed James Haluch as managing director of its GB contracting business. He will join in March and report to the group’s chief executive.

Chinese equipment manufacturer Zoomlion has produced the first excavators at its new intelligent production facility in Changsha, Hunan Province.

Trimble has established Sitech technology distributors to serve civil construction contractors in Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia.

CEMEX has announced the pricing of US$1.75 billion of its 3.875% Senior Secured Notes due 2031 denominated in US dollars.

Aker Solutions has secured a contract for engineering, procurement and management assistance to realise the CO2 capture plant at Norcem's cement factory in Brevik, Norway.

In India, Aman Sethi Group has achieved its higher production goal by investing in Metso Outotec’s high-capacity crushing solutions.

Birla Cements’ operation near the city of Chittorgarh, in Rajasthan, northern India, is home to the world’s largest fleet of 17 giant HB 10000 heavy breakers. The company runs a fleet of HB 10000s in its limestone mining works.

German quarrying plant maker Kleemann has launched its first-ever mobile stacker range.