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Euro Auctions says its latest sale in Leeds, UK indicates that the demand for good quality used equipment has been building following the advent of COVID-19.

Mecalac Construction Equipment UK has started a new promotion for telematics-based fleet management across its portfolio of MCR, MWR, MTX and 15MC excavators.

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reached a settlement with quarry operator Northern Alaska Contractors for violations of Alaska's Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Multi-Sector General Permit requirements.

The team behind Northern Ireland’s only 100% green energy supplier for business, 3T Power, has announced a partnership with Smiley Monroe, the global market manufacturer of endless conveyor belts and cut rubber parts for the materials processing equipment manufacturing sector. This partnership with Lisburn-based Smiley Monroe has resulted in the ‘greening’ of the organisation’s Northern Ireland electricity supply.

Bonfiglioli CEO Fausto Carboni described how the company's trading outlook has improved after a tough period due to the COVID-19 pandemic during a recent digital press event to launch two major new product lines.

More than 400 cement and concrete industry delegates, CEOs, experts and key stakeholders from around the world gathered online for the Global Cement and Concrete Association’s (GCCA) third annual conference.

Environmentally friendly asphalt plants that also boost customers’ bottom lines are in demand.

The UK construction industry is rallying from the aftermath of the lockdown as builders report steady workflow and recovering revenues, according to a survey of 2,000 building companies by construction hire and skip specialist Skrap.

Thirty-three technology projects from 13 countries have been recognised in this year's CEMEX-Tec Award competition.

The World Cement Association has started a knowledge partnership with Decarb Connect, an organisation which supports the scale and acceleration of industrial decarbonisation.

Decarb Connect’s goal is to help drive the most energy-intensive sectors, such as the cement and aggregates industries, towards decarbonisation. It provides access to hard-to-reach information in terms of introductions and solutions, and facilitate network relationships across the industry.

A surge in imported aggregates and minerals has forced US president Donald Trump to declare a national emergency. He wants to see the country expand its aggregates and domestic mining sectors as fast as possible to reduce that nation’s dependence on China for “critical materials.”

The Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) has launched its second annual “Concrete in Life” photography competition.

Led by a renewed government push to develop road and railway infrastructure, demand for aggregates in India continues to remain strong. However, a continuing shortage of finance for the acquisition of newer plant, a dearth of plant operators due to COVID-19, and forthcoming elections in many states are hindering aggregate sector growth. Tough regulations around commercial quarrying and the Indian government’s growing preference to work with steel slag as an alternative material to aggregates for road construction are further challenges facing aggregate product producers.

German construction equipment and plant engineering trade association the VDMA has staged its annual BuB Construction Day which this year highlighted industry progress in digitisation, automation and machine communication.

Mecalac Construction Equipment UK has appointed Gordons Construction Equipment to its national dealer network. The Castle Douglas-headquartered firm will retail Mecalac’s latest models from its head office and five depots across Wigtownshire, Dumfries, Strathaven, Berryhill and Carlisle (based at Rickerby Ltd).

Stanton Bonna, a leading UK manufacturer of precast concrete pipes, manholes and culverts for drainage as part of a comprehensive range of precast offsite solutions for the construction industry, has invested in a Rapid International concrete batching plant for its Derbyshire, England, site to help support its growth plans.

Engcon is now offering its Quick hitch Standard Control (QSC) safe locking system as standard on all tiltrotators with Engcon's control system.

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 large fleet of HB 10000's in its limestone mining works. Thanks to a comprehensive Epiroc maintenance contract with an extensive spare parts inventory, Birla's breakers are up and running 24/7.

Construction materials group Breedon says it anticipates that its finance director Rob Wood will replace Pat Ward as group chief executive next year.

The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has issued a fatality alert following the death of a truck driver, making it the 17th fatality reported in 2020.

The MSHA says the driver attempted to adjust the brakes on his tri-axle truck while the engine was running, the automatic transmission was in drive and the parking brake was not set. The truck moved forward and fatally injured the victim, the association adds. 

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