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Keestrack has appointed Florin Ioia as the Belgian crushing and screening plant maker’s area sales manager for Russia and South-East Europe as it looks to expand its professional support to its global dealer network.

Martin Lehner is to leave his role as chairman of Wacker Neuson. The Germany-based quarrying and construction equipment manufacturer has also announced that chief financial officer Wilfried Trepels will be stepping down from his position.

Command Alkon, which provides provides a supplier collaboration platform for heavy construction and quarrying work, has bought fellow US company Libra Systems.

Kohler has introduced Engines CheckApp, a smartphone application for the monitoring and maintenance of its engines and which also features a digital shop for Kohler spare parts.

bauma CONEXPO INDIA, the major international trade fair for construction, quarrying and mining machines will take place at the India Expo Centre (IEC), Greater Noida, Delhi, will now take place 20-23 April next year.

Goodfellow Bros has received a commemorative Cat D6 XE Dozer – a high-drive electric drive dozer built to celebrate Caterpillar’s production of 175,000 medium high-drive dozers.

Smiley Monroe, a global market manufacturer of endless conveyor belts and cut rubber parts for original equipment makers within the crushing, screening, recycling, road construction and environmental industries, is staging a free webinar.

Committed to supporting the UK Government’s pledge to provide skills and training for young people, Aggregate Industries has launched its brand new Kickstart Programme 2020, having been approved as an official Kickstart Employer.

NTPC, India’s largest power producer, says it has successfully developed a geo-polymer coarse aggregate from fly ash coal residue.

Bruks Siwertell has announced its latest ship unloader can now offer dry bulk material handling to the cement sector. 

The pilot project 'catch4climate', for which four cement manufacturers have joined forces, is actively tackling the capturing of CO2 and its subsequent industrial use.

A long-time leading global name in premium site analysis software for quarrying and mining professionals, Maptek remains on a firm growth path. Guy Woodford conducted a Q&A with Mark Roberts, Maptek group product manager for mine operations, to learn more about the Australian-headquartered company’s work on drill and blast optimisation

Volvo Construction Equipment has updated its Dig Assist machine control application for excavators with new features that are designed to make it faster and easier to create plans and provide more information for operators.

The Portland Cement Association (PCA) has announced an industry-wide ambition to reduce carbon emissions in the US cement and concrete industry and further address the impacts of climate change.

The newly-published 2020 British Lime Association (BLA) Sustainable Development Report has set out the sector’s performance during 2019 and emphasised the lime industry's important role during the COVID-19 pandemic.

HeidelbergCement’s subsidiary Ciments Calcia has presented the draft terms of its large-scale investment and reorganisation programme for several of its sites in France. The programme is in line with HeidelbergCement’s strategy to create a sustainable low-carbon and high-performance business throughout the Group.

R&M Materials Handling has carried out a case study involving a 20 tonne capacity overhead crane and hoist beneath the surface of a mine in Indiana.

JCB is now offering a new range of fully-electric machines as well as fast-charging systems and battery packs as part of its ‘Road to Zero’ programme. The firm has an electric mini excavator, electric 1-tonne capacity site dumper, two electric forklifts and, most notably, an all-electric telehandler in its construction machine range.

Global building materials heavyweight Votorantim Cimentos has announced its 2030 sustainability commitments. The objective is to align the Brazilian-headquartered company's worldwide operations to current and future needs of society, thereby creating a positive impact on the entire value chain and in the communities where the company operates.

Off-road tyre manufacturer BKT has built and opened a contactless COVID-19 treatment centre and electronic intensive care (E-ICU) unit at its plant in Bhuj, India.