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Cemex has confirmed its Cemex-Tec Award has received 1,678 entries; the largest number of projects registered in the history of the event.

The Cemex-Tec Award encourages and promotes high-impact sustainable development proposals and projects through innovation and social entrepreneurship.

Cemex opened its call for entries with four categories for the third year.

Macka’s Sand & Soil Supplies counts on a fleet of L220H wheeled loaders from Volvo Construction Equipment to move two million tonnes of sand a year, a task which the reliable and productive machines complete with ease.

An urgent meeting of the technical committee of South African surface mining industry association ASPASA was convened to address inaccurate and procedurally incorrect laboratory tests that are said to be costing the sand and aggregate industry hundreds of millions of Rands every year.

Magna Tyres Group has appointed Ryan Cusick as sales manager of its US office.

Berry Tractor & Equipment has joined the distributor network of crushing and screening equipment manufacturer McCloskey International, serving the Kansas and Western Missouri markets in the United States.

Guidance issued by the UK Health & Safety Executive (HSE) in June 2020 has highlighted the obligations of site managers and safety officers to continue testing and maintaining essential safety equipment during the coronavirus outbreak, writes Nigel Allen, managing director of Hycontrol, a UK-based manufacturer of silo protection, foam control, level measurement technologies for industries including quarrying and aggregates.

A miner loading explosives died inside an aerial lift's basket after it jolted upward into the mine roof, says the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA).

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The ACI Foundation’s strategic development council (SDC) is hosting its first virtual technology forum from. 25-27 August.

The SDC Technology Forum 48 will consist of two separate webinar sessions, which will include four 30-minute presentations. All participants will have the option of requesting a PDH certificate for self-reported credit.

The SDC collaborates across the concrete industry to address technical challenges within the industry and hosts forums for the introduction and nurturing of new technologies.

CRH CEO Albert Manifold has praised the global building materials giant’s robust performance during a period of significant COVID-19-induced disruption but has warned of continuing marketplace uncertainty.

The Crown Estate and the British Marine Aggregate Producers Association (BMAPA) have published the 22nd annual 'Area Involved' report, which details changes in the extent of the seabed area licensed and dredged for marine aggregates during 2019.

Like any other sector of the global economy, the southern Africa quarrying industry is facing unprecedented challenges due to the coronavirus pandemic. Industry stakeholders concur that an imminent restructuring and re-thinking of the quarrying business could be the imperative of our times as the industry plans for the ‘next normal’.

CEMEX has provided more than 70,000 cubic metres of specialised concrete for the construction of Park Garage in the Mexican port of Veracruz.

The annual student Structural Concrete competition held by The Concrete Centre in partnership with Laing O’Rourke has been won by a team from the University of Salford.

Wet processing equipment manufacturer CDE has announced plans to stage a virtual trade event for the materials wet processing industry across the globe.

Guangdong based Long Ying Construction Engineering is the first Chinese customer to purchase the Sandvik Mobile Crushers and Screens QI442 HS crusher.

McNeilus Truck and Manufacturing is transitioning the manufacturing of its concrete mixers to two locations to expand the resources for customers in North America and global markets.

McNeilus Truck and Manufacturing says the concrete mixers will be manufactured at sister company London Machinery's facility in Ontario, Canada, and parent company Oshkosh Corporation’s facility in Wisconsin.

Komatsu is to rebrand its underground hard rock equipment, surface wheel loaders and new line of blasthole drills to reflect its focus on growth in these areas.

Komatsu will retain its P&H and Joy brands for the products longest associated with those names: P&H for its electric and hydraulic rope shovels, draglines, and 320XPC blasthole drill; Joy for longwall systems, and room and pillar equipment.

CEMEX has supplied nearly 15,000 tonnes of cement for the revamped 3.77km runway and taxiway at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.

For over a hundred years, Cummins has developed innovative and dependable power solutions for OEMs and machine operators. With increasing pressures to reduce emissions and maintain critical performance, Cummins continues to grow and adapt.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has ordered JHOS Logistics and Transportation to reinstate an employee who refused to drive what was believed to be an overweight vehicle.

The OSHA also ordered the trucking company to pay more than $190,000 in back wages, $25,000 in punitive damages, $5,000 in compensatory damages and attorney's fees.