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Martin Riley, senior vice-president of Tarmac, has been appointed the 69th president of the Institute of Quarrying (IQ), taking over from the previous incumbent, Phil Redmond.

Construction equipment association CECE and the European Materials Handling Federation (FEM) are among 40 European industry groups calling on the European Commission to take decisive action in solving implementation issues within the EU Waste Framework Directive (WFD).

The only operational quarry in the Falkland Islands has invested in equipment from Sandvik Mobile Crushers and Screens to help it meet the South Atlantic Ocean archipelago's increasing demand for aggregates.

The Norwegian government has formally proposed to the national parliament the launch of the carbon-capture project at HeidelbergCement company Norcem's Brevik cement plant.

LafargeHolcim‘s CO2ment Colorado project has received $1.5 million from the United States Department of Energy’s (DoE) National Energy Technology Laboratory.

After a four-month long hiatus, countries in the Middle East region are restarting work on major infrastructure projects.

LafargeHolcim's CO2ment Colorado project has received $1.5 million from the United States Department of Energy’s (DoE) National Energy Technology Laboratory.

The project stems from a collaboration with Svante, Oxy Low Carbon Ventures, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Occidental and Total.

Curry Supply has appointed Will Buddin as regional sales manager to oversee customers positioned in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Florida.

Curry is a manufacturer and dealer of commercial service vehicles whose products include dump trucks, crash attenuator trucks and flatbed trucks.

The company says Buddin will promote and provide opportune work trucks to existing clients while also expanding his reach across the southeast.

A trio of major European crushing and screening plant manufacturers has much to offer when it comes to equipment safety and innovation.

LafargeHolcim has signed a net zero pledge for CO2 emissions by 2030 with the United Nations-backed Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).

Time is running out for the established construction equipment sector order and the winners of tomorrow will be those that bundle today’s emerging trends in the right way. Industry heavyweights Alan Berger (who has lead product development for Volvo CE and was chief technology officer of CNH Industrial) and Carl Gustaf Goransson (who was global president construction for CNH Industrial and has also worked for Cargotec’s Hiab brand and Volvo CE) signpost the way forward in a Q&A session led by Callum Sarsfield, founding partner at Pullmann Global.

Silicon Valley startup Blue Planet has completed a US$10m financing round for its system to produce synthetic limestone that can be used to make carbon neutral concrete.

P&L Barton was established in 1972 when Peter Barton invested in his first digger, a JCB 3C, and set up P Barton Plant Hire. Today almost 50 years later, P&L Barton remains a family run business which ensures existing and new customers continue to receive a consistent high-quality service.

Canadian clean technology company CarbonCure has announced an investment co-led by Amazon and Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV) will be used to tackle the carbon footprint of concrete.

CarbonCure develops carbon dioxide removal (CDR) solutions for the concrete industry.

Building materials giant Cemex has signed an agreement with Carbon Clean to develop an efficient and affordable carbon capture solution by 2021.

UK-headquartered Carbon Clean provides low-cost modular carbon dioxide capture and separation technology, aimed at developing a carbon capture solution for the cement industry that lies below the line of US$30/ton cost of CO2 captured. Cemex is participating through its Cemex Ventures corporate venture capital unit.

Engcon says it is encouraged by its summer period trading, despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

The director of Ukraine's cement producers association says The Big Construction programme for road and bridge building and other infrastructure projects gives hope for growth in the country's cement market.

Terex Finlay has released a video of its new 696 3-deck and 694+ inclined screens working in an aggregate producing train at Breedon Group’s Raisby Quarry in Coxhoe, County Durham, North-East England. The video features footage from the Northern Ireland-headquartered manufacturer’s highly successful 2019 UK Open Days.

As the world adapts to ‘the new normal’, Iain Ormrod, general manager at Chepstow Plant International (CPI), discusses how the Covid-19 pandemic has reshaped the quarrying and aggregates sector so far. Below, he explains his company’s response to the crisis and examines what other businesses could implement in this time of adversity.

2020 will be remembered as the year that Covid-19 turned the world upside down. The unprecedented nature of the pandemic has undoubtedly disrupted businesses across the globe, including our sector.

The Portland Cement Association (PCA) has announced Argos USA, Ash Grove Cement and LafargeHolcim are among the winners of the 2020 Energy and Environment (E&E) Awards.

The PCA says the awards recognise outstanding environmental and community relations efforts completed in 2019.