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Heléne Mellquist has been appointed the new president of Volvo Penta and a member of the Volvo Group Management team.

Lives will depend on the way our surface mines handle the return to 100% productivity following the COVID-19 lockdown period, according to the industry's association, ASPASA.

The first new Doosan DX350LC-7 36 tonne crawler excavator to operate in Italy has helped to secure the bed of the But creek, a tributary of the Tagliamento river in the province of Udine in Northern Italy.

R Brunone has launched new webinar sessions for customers operating bulk handling equipment in the aggregates and mining industries.

In an interesting move in the UK, which could have ramifications in the US, aggregates giant Tarmac has signed up to EV100 – a global initiative aimed at bringing together businesses committed to accelerating the transition to electric vehicles (EVs).

Tarmac says the move is part of a focus on carbon reduction and follows a company-wide switch to 100% clean electricity which allows all sites in the UK to use electricity supplied through wind and solar sources.

Haver & Boecker Niagara, Haver & Boecker's mineral processing entity, has appointed Fabio Marroni general manager of its Mexican subsidiary.

Marroni brings 17 years of experience to the industry. In his new role, he is to oversee and streamline operations in Mexico operations while continuing to provide new solutions.

BelAZ is working on a new dump truck that will be battery powered. The machine will feature a payload of 90 tonnes, and a South Korean firm is supplying the battery.

JCB has now provided 25,000 meals for those in need as part of its 'Food for our Communities' initiative.

South Africa's surface miners and other industry stakeholders are putting their heads together to devise 'real-world' solutions to COVID-19 related health and safety problems that are being encountered on the country's mines.

Gold Fields has awarded Outotec a contract for the delivery of minerals processing equipment to their Salares Norte greenfield gold project in the Atacama region of northern Chile. The contract value booked in Outotec's 2020 second quarter order intake is approximately €14 million.

Popular for many years in Western Europe and North America, quarrying machine rebuilds are now showing growth in Russia, Africa and the Middle East.

The National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association (NSSGA) has commended the US House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee for introducing an infrastructure bill that includes the ROCKS Act. The time to act is now says the association.

NSSGA president Michael W. Johnson, says: “I commend committee chairman Peter DeFazio and his team introducing INVEST in America Act.

"This is an important step forward. As we continue to review the bill text, we greatly appreciate the chairman’s inclusion of the ROCKS Act.

Aggregates and construction materials supplier Peckham Industries has provided an update on its approach to emerging from the closures resulted from the coronavirus pandemic.

In a statement issued online, the company says it will continue to follow all Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and state-specific guidelines and directives that have been put in place.

“We require that our employees, customers, vendors, and business partners follow all protocols specific to their businesses as well as following our protocols," the statement says.

An Ammann concrete-mixing plant is helping Jilk Construction Co. Ltd. (Jilk) fill a crucial niche in the growing Kenyan building materials market.

Aggregates demand in Indonesia is set to rise after the country's government announced 89 new national strategic infrastructure projects worth a combined IDR 1,422tn (US$101.5bn). All the projects are earmarked to be delivered over the next four years.

DXB Pump & Power has launched its new 300mm, Stage 5 emission-compliant portable pumpset for high-volume dewatering jobs and flood control in quarries and mines. The pumpset integrates the world-class Cornell high-flow pump and a Scania 13-litre 300kw engine to develop over 1700m³/hr flow rates while still passing solids up to almost 100mm, often seen in open-lagoon conditions.

Metso has introduced a drag and drop 3D crushing and screening plant configurator which it says allows users to design more efficient plants on their screens using real-time insights.

Guillaume Lambert, vice president, crushing systems at Metso, says: “Our aim is to help our customers easily test different configurations and operating conditions to see how they affect process performance.

"The tool allows you to either design and simulate a new crushing and screening plant in 3D or test how upgrading your current equipment can improve performance.”

Cemex has joined forces with a range of partners, including Microsoft for Startups, to launch a global "Restarting Together" initiative designed to help projects recover from the Covid-19 pandemic.

Cemex says "Restarting Together" (RT) will promote projects developed by entrepreneurs and SMEs. The idea is that RT will find and boost ideas that can help to speed up economic recovery and create a more resilient society.

CEMEX has identified its key products which can help its customers continue operations while meeting the challenges posed by current site working requirements during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Cleantech provider CarbonCure has joined the World Cement Association (WCA) as a corporate associate member.