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Mikko Keto has officially taken up his position as Mining President and member of Group Executive Management at FLSmidth. The appointment, first announced in 2019, follows Manfred Schaffer’s decision to retire after more than six years as Mining President.

Eave, a tech startup which has developed a uniquely effective hearing protection system for construction workers, has partnered with VINCI through the Group's prestigious Catalyst programme.

Atlas Copco has acquired the German compressed air distributor and service provider Kawalek Kompressoren for an undisclosed sum.

Command Alkon has acquired Ruckit, a Texas-based transportation logistics platform for the heavy materials and construction industries.

RGB Building Supplies has been holding a series of activities to mark the 30th anniversary of its Launceston branch in Cornwall, UK.

Excavator manufacturer SANY has announced its first-ever attendance at the UK Executive Hire Show, to be held at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry on 28-29 April 2021.

Staff at excavator attachment manufacturer Miller UK have been providing a cash boost to the Cash for Kids Mission Christmas appeal in the North East.

Steer’s first major contract with a quarry partner will see the company develop its technology to use in a fleet of autonomous dump trucks transporting stones in Romarheim’s quarry on the Norwegian west coast.

With its roots firmly entrenched in the waste industry, Egelquip – a machine sales and plant hire company operating throughout Africa – is expanding its reach into the crushing and screening industry following two key dealership agreements with ALLU and ROCO. Group CEO Brendan Geoghegan, who took over the reins in May this year, believes Egelquip is ready to challenge for a sizeable share of the competitive crushing and screening industry in southern Africa.

The UK Institute of Quarrying will maintain its emphasis on health and safety issues in 2021, according to president Martin Riley.

MDU Resources subsidiary Knife River is investing in Blue Planet Systems in a bid to create and market synthetic limestone. 

The US National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association (NSSGA) 2021 Annual Convention & AGG1 Academy are to be held via a digital platform on 22-24 February.

Originally scheduled for March 2021 in Atlanta, GA, the NSSGA says it has worked with members and stakeholders in deciding to conduct the annual meeting and academy digitally rather than in-person for 2021, due to the continuing issues surrounding the current pandemic.

CEMEX USA has delivered grants this year to more than 80 US non-profit organisations to help provide food, shelter, safety and education in communities deeply affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Researchers at Louisiana State University say they have advanced their research into Engineered Cementitious Composites, or “bendable concrete,” by adding a new ingredient to the recipe and replacing the fine river sand used with sugarcane bagasse ash (SCBA).

Cementir will begin distributing its new FUTURECEM low carbon cement from 1 January 2021.

George Apostolopoulos has been highlighting Robit's and his own priorities for 2021 and beyond after being recently appointed as the company's vice president of Global Sales.

A 144-page book called the JCB Scrapbook has been published to celebrate the equipment manufacturer's 75 years in business.

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company and SafeAI, a technology provider for autonomous heavy equipment, have announced a strategic relationship to incorporate tyre intelligence into the programming of autonomous heavy equipment vehicles.

The American Concrete Institute has released its new ACI 301-20 Specifications for Concrete Construction.

UK retail sales of construction and earthmoving equipment in November were 4% below the same month in 2019. This follows a shortfall of 3% in October and suggests that sales are stabilising at just below 2019 levels in the last quarter of the year.