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Keestrack, the Belgium-headquartered mobile crushing and screening plant maker, has revealed that its global distribution manager, Michael Brookshaw, is leaving the company after completing a five-year employment contract.

South African surface mining and quarrying association ASPASA says industry operators should take measures to ensure they can effectively deal with the surge in demand for their products once markets reopen.

Egyptians have a strong and long-standing track record of building highly efficient cities, and the present government is leaving no stone unturned in living up to that reputation by constructing a new state-of-the-art capital on an area spanning 714km².

Hyundai Construction Equipment Europe (HCEE) has launched the A-series HX220AL crawler excavator, one of its first Stage V-ready machines.

Demand for aggregates, cement and other construction materials has been rising in Poland over the last couple of years largely thanks to partially EU-funded transport and other infrastructure projects. Lafarge’s Poland business has been among the major domestic players that have benefited from this. Guy Woodford caught up with Lafarge’s executive vice president and aggregates product line director in Poland, Krzysztof Suchorz, to find out more about the current and likely future trends within the Polish building materials supply sector

The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) has chosen Caterpillar's vice president Phil Kelliher to chair CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2023 in Las Vegas.

The AEM says Kelliher is to lead a cross-section of construction equipment leaders to oversee planning of the triannual global gathering place of the construction industry.

Roanoke Cement has announced its Troutville campus has been awarded Gold certification under the TRUE (Total Resource Use and Efficiency) rating system.

Green Business Certification Inc (GBCI) administers TRUE to help facilities pursue and achieve zero waste goals will becoming more resource efficient.

According to GBCI CEO Mahesh Ramanujam: "Zero waste is an important part of any company's sustainability strategy.

San Miguel Corporation (SMC) has abandoned its plan to acquire a majority stake in cement maker Holcim Philippines after failing to gain regulatory clearance.

Epiroc’s PowerROC D55 DTH (down-the-hole) surface drill rig is said to be unlocking the next level of productivity and efficiency at a limestone mine in Nanjing, China.

A new mobile app in development by the UK-based Institute of Quarrying (IQ) has been released early, to enable members to connect digitally with valuable online educational resources during self-isolation and social distancing.

Building materials supplier CEMEX is now able to produce hand sanitisers at its National Technical Centre in Southam, Warwickshire, that it says can help prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Triax Technologies is launching a social distancing and contact tracing Internet of Things (IoT) solution to keep workers safe during the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic.

Triax, a Connecticut-based technology company that develops and delivers IoT technology for the aggregates and construction industries, says Proximity Trace issues distancing alerts and contact tracing through a wearable device.

Edmonton-based aggregates business Athabasca Minerals Inc (AMI) has released its fourth-quarter and year-end 2019 results with group losses still to the fore.

According to a company statement released this week: “Total losses for the three months ended December 31, 2019 (were) $1.1 million compared with a loss of $0.9 million for Q4 2018.”

And for the full trading years “ended December 31 2019 and 2018, the company incurred total comprehensive losses of $2.7 million and $2.5 million respectively.

The Colorado Bureau of Land Management has delayed the potential start date of an environmental review into the expansion of the Mid-Continent limestone quarry until next year.

“We are looking at sometime in 2021 to begin the (environmental impact statement),” said  a recent statement from BLM Spokesman David Boyd.

The proposed expansion of the Mid-Continent quarry, owned by Rocky Mountain Industrials Inc, has drawn criticism from many residents of the nearby Glenwood Springs area in the past two years.

German building materials heavyweight HeidelbergCement has made an encouraging start to 2020 – with its operating result up 4% and COVID-19 triggered expense reductions of €1bn targeted via the company’s COPE action plan.

CNH Industrial posted consolidated revenues of US$5.5bn in the first quarter of 2020, down 15% compared to Q1 2019.

Water and pump technology provider Xylem has reported a 9% fall in revenue for the first quarter, impacted by COVID-19.

A large quarry operator in the Philippines has deployed four PowerROC T35 drilling rigs to operate in severe conditions.

The Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) has published new guidelines aimed at strengthening the biodiversity performance of the industry's quarries.

Wyoming-based aggregates producer McMurry Ready Mix has decided to use Kespry's drone-based aerial intelligence platform for inventory management, mine mapping and auditing.

Rob Jongsma, general manager at McMurry, says: “We needed Kespry because of its ability to help us control inventory and ensure it was accurate, so we could manage costs.

"We crush 1.2-1.5 million tonnes of materials a year. We sell approximately that much every year, too.