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Pan-United has achieved Singapore's largest two continuous ready-mix concrete pours in casting the raft foundation for a development project in the Labrador area.

FLSmidth, the Danish cement and mining equipment and linked services giant, has agreed to sell fabric filter technology, a non-core business of its advanced filter technology (AFT), to Simatek, a Denmark-based manufacturer of industrial filters.

Caterpillar is collaborating with Guardhat to offer their proven safety solutions to surface mining operations through Cat dealers.

Aggregate Industries, a member of the LafargeHolcim Group, has acquired Northumbrian Roads, a leading independent road surfacing and highway maintenance contractor with a very strong presence in the North East market, due to its two large asphalt plants in the Port of Tyne and the Port of Sunderland.

14Trees, a LafargeHolcim joint venture with CDC Group, the UK’s publicly owned impact investor, is deploying 3D printing technology at scale to build affordable and low-carbon housing and schools in Africa, starting in Malawi.

The World Cement Association (WCA) has added Roland van Wijnen, CEO of Africa’s PPC, and Mahendra Singhi, managing director & CEO of India’s Dalmia Cement, to the association's board of directors.

Construction materials group Boral and its joint venture partner, an affiliate of Lone Star Funds, have agreed to sell the North American-based Meridian Brick business to Austrian brick maker Wienerberger for US$250m.

Lawmakers in America today unveiled a US$2 trillion COVID-19 relief and government funding package that contained several AED (Associated Equipment Distributors) priorities, including an additional US$10 billion for state Departments of Transportation (DOT) to fund road and bridge projects.

Responding to strong customer demand in key metropolitan markets, CEMEX EMEAA (Europe, Middle East, Africa & Asia) is investing in operational improvements and mortar capacity expansions in Spain, the UK and Poland, while also introducing selected mortar solutions in Israel and Egypt.

Hills Quarry Products is bringing a fresh focus to its ongoing Health and Safety commitment in 2021, as the UK company is ‘Targeting the Fatal 6 to achieve Vision Zero’ in collaboration with the Mineral Products Association.

Netherlands-based Dunlop Conveyor Belting has issued an app to give users of its conveyor belts easy access to technical guidance and calculation tools.

Metso Outotec's plan to build a new technology centre in Tampere, Finland, took a step forward on Thursday 17 December when the company's board of directors approved the proposal to buy a 23.4ha building lot in the Lahdesjärvi area from the City of Tampere.

CEMEX has confirmed that the sale of its award-winning Attenborough Nature Reserve to the Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust has been finalised.

CEMEX Ventures, CEMEX's Corporate Venture Capital and Open Innovation unit, has unveiled its TOP50 ConTech Startups list, which includes the 50 most promising new solutions from the 2020 construction ecosystem and the cities of the future.

Tony Kay has become the latest addition to the Construction Alliance North East (CAN) management board as the regional alliance targets procurement opportunities for North East England contractors in 2021.

The Vertua brand of low carbon ready-mix concrete from CEMEX is now available in the US, following its launches in Mexico and Europe.

Continental has set out a new strategic programme for its tyres business area, with a focus on sustainability and digital solutions to differentiate itself from competitors in a fast-changing market environment.

The organiser of INTERMAT Paris says it has taken the decision to cancel the 2021 edition scheduled to be held from 19-24 April, due to uncertainties arising from the Covid-19 pandemic which are likely to persist into the first half of 2021.

The British Aggregates Association (BAA) has awarded its Quarry of the Year 2020 prize to the Gill Mill Quarry operated by Smith & Sons (Bletchington) at Ducklington in West Oxfordshire.

The kiln is the beating heart of a cement plant, on which producers are totally reliant. Historically, however, the kiln has had just a few isolated sensors and has usually undergone a major inspection every two to three years.