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West of England-based Hills Quarry Products has begun operating a ready-mixed concrete plant at The Old Bakery Yard in Lower Tuffley Lane, Gloucester, which the firm recently purchased from Chelmix Concrete.

JCB’s all-electric mini excavator wins major engineering award in the UK. The prize is for engineering innovation and was awarded by the UK’s Royal Academy of Engineering.

The Construction Equipment Association (CEA) has welcomed the European Parliament vote in favour of extending the deadline for transition engines to comply with EU Stage V emissions standards.

German aggregates and building materials giant HeidelbergCement has decided to write off around €3.4 billion before tax due to the coronavirus crisis, according to reports in the German financial media this week.

The write off is said to follow a revaluation of the group's multi-national asset portfolio.

Colombia-based Cementos Argos has entered the FTSE4Good global index for its commitment to sustainability.

María Isabel Echeverri, legal and sustainability vice president of Cementos Argos, says: "It is a source of pride to receive this recognition that highlights our teamwork and the great achievements we have obtained as a company in managing sustainability and creating value.”

Holcombe CVI has announced it is the first member to join the Volumetric Mixer Manufacturer Bureau (VMMB) from the western US.

The VMMB is comprised of five other volumetric concrete manufacturers in the US and Canada, which includes rigorous product quality standards for membership.

In 2006, Brent and Cathy Holcombe purchased the Texas-based company's precursor Quick Mix.

Cemex-Tec 2020 Award organisers say the event's 10th edition received 1,678 entries - the largest number of projects registered in the Award's history.

Information is critical in the fight against COVID-19, which has prompted South Africa surface mining industry association, ASPASA, to spare no effort to ensure that its members and their staff are well informed about the disease.

A planning application has been submitted to Wakefield Council in West Yorkshire, northern England, for a new sand and gravel quarry near Stanley Ferry, which will eventually be used as a recreational site for local residents.

Cemex has confirmed that the measures it put in place to mitigate the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic will not delay the implementation of its Climate Action Strategy.

In February, Cemex established a 2030 target of a 35% reduction of its net specific CO2 emissions per ton of cementitious product compared with its 1990 baseline.

The company is also aiming to deliver a net-zero CO2 concrete globally to all of its customers by 2050.

A new online auction platform has been developed by online tech company Krank, allowing companies to host commission-free machinery sales and build lead generation opportunities at the same time.

The systems allows companies to host their own auctions and sell equipment online with out the need for an auctioneer.

Krank claims that: "The system is secure, with users creating their own private marketplaces, choosing who can participate in the auction and agreeing terms – all with no commission or fees for buyer or seller.

Organisers of the bauma China 2020 exhibition say that the event will now take place as planned. More than 3,000 exhibitors are expected while the exhibition space will total 300,000m² and visitor registration is planned to be open from mid-August 2020.

Aggregate Industries laid a record-breaking 52,000 tonnes of asphalt in one month in the early completion of its works as part of the M23 smart motorway project in southern England. The amount of asphalt laid is a monthly record for a new British smart motorway installation.

The UK-based Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) has launched Phase 1 of its merger inquiry into the anticipated acquisition by Breedon Group of certain CEMEX UK assets.

While the South African construction industry remains in the grips of a long-lasting downturn, worsened by Covid-19 in recent months, ASPASA says there remains no excuse for construction contractors or building material suppliers to excavate sand and aggregates illegally.

New and proven premium crushing and screening plant have been very much to the fore in the first half of 2020.

WCCO Belting’s patent-pending Direct X conveyor belt solution is said to be ideal for the crushing, grinding, sorting, screening, and piling operations in the aggregates and recycling industries.

Superior Industries has developed a series of new conveyors with their own onboard power systems to help remote aggregates sites where access to permanent electrical power transmission is not practical.

Superior says its self-contained TeleStacker Conveyors are designed in 36-inch (914mm) belt widths and fully-extended operating lengths of 110, 130 and 150-feet (34m, 40m and 46m).

According to preliminary data from Brazil's national cement industry union Snic, cement sales in June 2020 increased 24.2% year-on-year, reaching 5.2mn tonnes.

Snic notes that after seeing the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on sales in March and April 2020 the sector started to see recovery in May 2020 and this continued through June 2020, driven by residential and commercial construction and work resuming on real estate projects.

The secretary-general of European construction equipment manufacturing association CECE has highlighted the recent improving trends in the sector's business climate after the disastrous decline in April and May.