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Global building materials solutions supplier CEMEX has invested over £600,000 into its UK rail network this year, to increase safety standards and reliability while providing opportunities to grow and enhance service levels.

The CMA has imposed fines totalling more than £9 million on two of the UK’s largest suppliers of rolled lead for breaking competition law.

LafargeHolcim is inviting students to take part in a hackathon to pioneer new solutions that use concrete 3D printing technology to achieve more effective and efficient housing construction.

The Mineral Products Association has urged the UK Government to refine and strengthen the existing minerals planning system to ensure there is sufficient supply to meet future materials demand for housebuilding and infrastructure.

The Hillhead Digital event has been announced, taking place exclusively online from 9–10 March 2021.

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The COVID-19 pandemic has caused significant disruption to the lives of Institute of Quarrying (IQ) members and their industry.

Lafarge Canada has acquired the assets of Mixcor Aggregates in Alberta which include 26 sites and 50 employees. 

A state-of-the-art EmiControls' solution is helping Beton Lana successfully combat concrete plant dust and become a model gravel and concrete plant operator in South Tyrol, north-east Italy.

Screen media company Haver & Boecker Niagara has appointed Duncan Hooper as its national sales manager in Australia.

Cement and mining products and services provider FLSmidth has reported a sequential improvement in order intake for the third quarter of 2020 amid continued impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic.

CEMEX has signed an agreement with Carbon Upcycling Technologies (Carbon Upcycling) to improve the processing of residue or by-products of industrial processes, capturing CO₂ emissions to produce nanomaterials with greater reactivity and a lower carbon footprint.

Martin Marietta Materials has reported a third-quarter gross profit of $405 Million; record year to date gross profit of $927 Million.

ASPASA, the world-renowned, South Africa-based surface mining industry association, has transformed the nature of the industry over the past two decades and plans to advance it still further with the mandatory introduction of a tough new Code of Ethics.

Xylem, a leading global water technology company whose product range includes wastewater pumps for quarry applications, has reported third-quarter 2020 revenue of US$1.2 billion, down 6% on a reported basis and 7% organically.

AWV Liezen has recently introduced two new Sennebogen 355 E telehandlers to take on the material handling tasks previously carried out by wheeled loaders at its waste management site in the Austrian state of Styria.

Following major disruptions to construction and manufacturing activity during the COVID-19 spring lockdown, and the associated demand for heavy-side building materials, the latest survey by the Mineral Products Association (MPA) points to a strong recovery over the summer, albeit from a low base. This has now given way to concerns about winter order books.

Hyundai Construction Equipment Americas (HCEA) has expanded its North American authorised dealer network with the addition of Alpine Equipment Repair in Utah. 

Construction machinery sales in Italy have dropped for the first nine months of 2020 compared with the same period in 2019.

German waste handling company BTU Hartmeier has been operating a new Hyundai HL960A wheeled loader in its fleet since the start of 2020.