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Recycled and secondary sources of construction aggregates supplied 28% of total demand in Great Britain in 2018, well ahead of the European average.

Chris Thompson is Hyundai Construction Equipment Europe's (HCEE) new Material Handling sales director for the European market.

The TA15 – part of the TARA autonomous transport solution from Volvo Autonomous Solutions – has won a coveted Red Dot Award for product design – the most globally-recognised mark for industrial design quality.

Building activity loses momentum in the Middle East as the region faces the twin challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and plunging oil prices

Cemex USA has reached a key go-ahead milestone with plans to develop its aggregates operations near the San Joaquin River in Fresno County, website The Business Journal reports this week.

Cemex has announced that Fresno County has "deemed complete" its application to modify operations at the Rockfield aggregates plant on Friant Road just north of Willow Avenue, and at its quarry just south of Lost Lake park.

CalPortland has developed a new line of cements containing sustainable materials produced using renewable processes. The range is called Advancement.

According to CalPortland: "This new line of portland-limestone blended cements represents CalPortland’s commitment to providing environmentally friendly products, through the use of sustainable materials and renewable technologies.

"With up to 15% blended limestone by mass, the production of Advancement generates approximately 10% less CO2.

D.A. Mattsson is a family-run company in operation since 1921 and is now managed by the fourth generation of the Mattsson family. Its primary business is landfill and recycling operations.

The Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) today announced the appointment of Dinah McLeod as chief executive. She will take up the role in early July and succeeds outgoing chief executive, Benjamin Sporton.

A new "hygienic fingerprint test" is claimed to enable construction firms to maintain social distancing when carrying out drug tests on personnel.

Tarmat eagerly took on the reconstruction of the Cochin Airport runway, but that doesn't mean the Indian construction company expected it to be easy.

After enduring significant coronavirus-induced disruption, UK and Ireland building material producers will find strong demand for their products once things return to relative normality

France-based construction materials provider Hoffmann Green Cement Technologies has appointed Stéphane Le Prince as technical and commercial promoter for the Grand Ouest (West of France) region.

Colombian cement group Cementos Argos says that its business is recovering from the Covid-19 crisis and that the company can see positive signs for the future.

According to Tomás Restrepo, vice president of Cementos Argos in Colombia: “Volumes are recovering in an important way," despite the fact that "during quarantine we closed more than 100 new infrastructure projects.

"We trust in a positive future, in our resilience and in the ability to face challenges.

Caterpillar has made a key move into the world of autonomous machine technology.

The giant US aggregates and construction equipment manufacturer has acquired the San Francisco-based robot and autonomy technology specialist Marble Robot.

The move forms part of Caterpillar’s strategic approach to automation / autonomy technology.

The company intends to utilize autonomous technologies for the next generation of on-site solutions.

Lafarge Cement, part of Aggregate Industries, has appointed John Mulgrew as the new plant manager of its renowned Cookstown cement plant in Northern Ireland.

Specialist SME lender Paragon is working with excavator supplier Hitachi Construction Machinery (UK) to provide support for UK businesses.

Russia may be short of aggregates for those major infrastructure works put on hold during tougher economic times.

For more than 20 years as director of Aspasa, Nico Pienaar has energetically championed high levels of safer, healthier and more environmentally friendly Southern Africa surface mining practices

The COVID-19 pandemic has created significant challenges for the global cement and concrete sectors. Benjamin Sporton, CEO of the Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA), offers his perspective

National cement consumption in Peru dropped to 298,000 tonnes in May 2020, marking a drop of 69.1% fall on the same month in 2019, according to data presented by trade association Asocem.

This drop has been attributed to the COVID-19 lockdown.

Notably, cement consumption fell by 50.3% and 99.04% in March and April, respectively.

As for cement exports, Peru exported 283,000 metric tonnes in May 2020, marking a drop of 70.5% compared to the same month in 2019.