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Ritchie Bros. says it has set a new record, selling more than 35,000 equipment items and trucks in 29 online auctions across five countries in five days.

CEMEX has launched a premium single layer asphalt solution for cycle lanes and footpaths, said to have been expertly developed with speed of construction in mind.

VIAPATH can be laid between 25mm and 70mm thick, eliminating the need for multi-layer surfacing which can be costly – both in terms of the materials and labour required.

It also presents significant time savings, which helps to limit the disruption to pedestrians and other road users and achieve a faster rate of job completion.

The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has revealed that 28 aggregates and mining workers have died after falling from heights during the last 10 years.

The MSHA says deaths from falls have increased from 8% to 19% of aggregates and mining fatalities in the last two years.

Common causes include working without fall protection on top of trucks, falling from aerial lift baskets and problems when accessing and egressing other mobile equipment.

Metso Outotec was created on 1 July 2020, after Metso's global Minerals business was combined with Outotec, a leading provider of process technologies and services for the world's metals and mining, industrial water treatment, alternative energy, and chemical industries. Ahead of the company's official launch, Guy Woodford spoke to Metso Outotec's CEO and president, Pekka Vauramo, and the new venture's aggregates business area president, Markku Simula

Metso Outotec, a new company with leadership in sustainable minerals and metals processing and recycling technologies, begins its operations today.

Cement manufacturer Holcim Philippines has appointed new leaders for its plants in Bulacan and Misamis Oriental, while its head of logistics operations has been promoted to senior vice president.

Stimulating the house building market and getting Britain building is vital to keeping the construction industry moving beyond the completion of current projects, says the managing director of Besblock, a leading concrete manufacturer.

CEMEX has launched a premium single layer asphalt solution for cycle lanes and footpaths, said to have been expertly developed with speed of construction in mind.

The UK-based Mineral Products Association (MPA) has cautiously welcomed the Prime Minister's speech and his determination to "build back better" but warned that without a real focus on accelerated delivery it could disappoint and undermine confidence to invest.

Cemex USA has been recognised by the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Energy Star Challenge for Industry for cutting energy use at two cement terminals in Texas.

Cemex says it slashed its energy intensity by 53% at its DeZavala terminal and by 39% at its Tyler terminal.

The building materials giant decreased energy use by replacing equipment at the terminals with more energy-efficient versions while also switching to LED energy-efficient light bulbs.

Turner Mining Group has partnered with construction materials company Knife River to provide greenfield development, plant location grading and settling pond construction.

Ben Schwanberg, business development manager at Turner, says: “We have people and machines readily available which will help Knife River avoid staffing challenges and ramp up quickly to meet deadlines for a large scope of work.

"Turner Mining Group is able to provide Knife River a more efficient contracting solution relative to other options.”

Cement sales dropped 32.8% year-on-year to 648,543 tonnes in Argentina in May 2020.

The country's capital city was especially badly hit.

Mainly because of Covid-19 restrictions, sales dropped 79.9% in the Buenos Aires area.

In the first five months of 2020 cement sales only rose in three regions: Catamarca, Corrientes and Santa Cruz ... by 18.2%, 2.7% and 0.2% respectively.

The figures come from local trade body, the Asociación de Fabricantes de Cemento Portland (Portland Cement Manufacturers Association) which dates back to 1922.

The European Commission has held a Construction High-Level Forum which gathered over 100 participants from the construction ecosystem to plan the sector's recovery from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Titan Cement International saw its January to May 2020 profitability improve to €38.3mn from €36.1mn, while group EBITDA was up 5.5% to €97.3mn compared to the same period of 2019. The rise is said to be due to reduced costs, primarily stemming from lower fuel costs.

Bridgestone has completed the purchase of the iTrack solutions business from UK-based Transense Technologies (Transense).

Equipment distributor Pilot Crushtec International has helped a Nambian quarry triple production and cut running costs ...

The modernisation of a German quarry's high-grade chippings operation was a typical Metso SiteBooster plant optimisation project

CEMBUREAU CEO Koen Coppenholle discusses the association's support for the European cement industry during the COVID-19 pandemic, cement's long-term future and CEMBUREAU's work with policymakers at EU and national level

Innovandi – the Global Cement and Concrete Research Network – has launched its inaugural ‘Kick-off Week’ of online workshops, aimed at accelerating global collaboration on cement and concrete research.