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Fitch Ratings has revised the outlook for Brazilian cement firm Votorantim Cimentos from Stable to Negative and set its global scale rating at BBB- and national scale rating at AAA(bra).

The results reflect the credit portfolio change by the controller of Votorantim Cimentos, the Votorantim group, which saw its global scale rating revised to BBB-, with a Negative outlook.

Liebherr is starting sales of its new self-service concrete plant for building material suppliers.

The Metso board of directors has elected members of its audit committee and the remuneration and HR committee following the company's annual general meeting held on June 16.

The Concrete Centre is to host a new Sustainability Series online.

An easy-to-install and highly mobile concrete mixing plant is being used in the construction of what is claimed to be the world’s largest lock in the port city of Ijmuiden near Amsterdam.

HeidelbergCement's Norwegian subsidiary Norcem has signed an agreement with engineering company Aker Solutions for the supply of CO2 capture, liquefaction and intermediate storage facility at the Norcem Brevik cement plant in Norway.

Excavator manufacturer Hyundai is working on an eye-catching alternative fuel project as other leading excavator manufacturers around the world put new technologies to the fore. They are keen to help the aggregates industry invest in new technology.

Hyundai Construction Equipment is working on the development of excavators that can use hydrogen as fuel in partnership with Hyundai Motors.

Conveyor and screening equipment specialist ASGCO is building a new headquarters in Nazareth, Pennsylvania, as part of the company's long-term plan to meet growing demand.

ASGCO says: "The new facility will be 194,000 total sq. ft. in size, with 30,000 sq. ft. of offices and training areas. The rest (of the site is) dedicated to fabrication, manufacturing, assembly, distribution and service departments."

Construction of the new facility will begin in July of 2020 and is expected to be completed in the summer of 2021.

Caterpillar has acquired assets from San Francisco-based robot and autonomy technology specialist Marble Robot. This move forms part of Caterpillar’s strategy for automation and autonomy technology. The company intends to utilise autonomous technologies for the next generation of jobsite solutions.

Doosan Infracore has launched its new XiteCloud smart construction solution, initially in South Korea.

JCB Finance has been accredited by the British Business Bank to provide the Government Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) – designed to support the continued provision of finance to UK smaller businesses (SMEs) during the COVID-19 outbreak.

LafargeHolcim, GE Renewable Energy, and COBOD are to co-develop wind turbines with optimised 3D printed concrete bases, reaching record heights up to 200 meters.

Komatsu has approved the E3/L3 and E4/L4 versions of Continental EM-Master tyres for use in applications with different ground conditions.

Liebherr USA has moved into a newly expanded headquarters "campus" in Newport News, Virginia, as part of a $60 million investment.

Dr Torben Reher, managing director, Liebherr USA, says: “Apart from investing in research and design for cutting edge technology, we have a long term focus while looking at our business and the relationships with our customers.

"We want to grow together and our new site is the evidence for this approach.”

Astec Industries has announced plans to cease production at its Telsmith manufacturing facility in Mequon, Wisconsin.

Astec says the decision to close the Telsmith facility follows a desire to simplify and focus business units and develop product lines on a company-wide basis.

Building materials from HeidelbergCement are important components of sustainable construction. To further accelerate developments in this area, the Germany-headquartered, global building products market-serving group has joined the Europe Regional Network (ERN) of the World Green Building Council as official Regional Partner.

Building materials supplier CEMEX UK and rail transport operator GB Railfreight (GBRf) have launched a new service from CEMEX UK's Dove Holes Quarry near Buxton to Crawley. 

Northern Irish conveyor belts manufacturer Smiley Monroe has introduced a new flexible work pattern which will see many employees finish work at 12.30pm on Fridays

How choosing the appropriate screen media for the crushing and screening process can improve production and solve screening problems.

A long-standing legal dispute in Ecuador between Swiss aggregates giant Holcim and a group of former workers over ill-health compensation has entered a new phase as the staff launch a "Graves of cement" campaign.

According to a recent report in El Universo, Holcim has been in a compensation dispute with 315 retired workers over payments are owed since 2000.