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Germany base SBM Mineral Processing has donated an authentic mock-up model of one of its EUROMIX mobile concrete mixing plants to a vocational school for ready-mixed concrete production technology.

Terex MPS (Minerals Processing Systems) has introduced the new MJ55 Modular Jaw Crusher, designed for large quarries or contractors that want a stationary type design without the complexity of a standard stick-built plant.

Scottish company Tayside Contracts has purchased its first new Doosan wheeled loader and excavator as part of a fleet of machines used in its quarrying, recycling and construction operations

Mineral processing technology company TOMRA is providing a material sorting solution to meet the increasing demand for high-quality quartz.

Volvo Construction Equipment president Melker Jernberg says the Swedish off-highway machine giant is gaining confidence from its active customer base and the fact that the manufacturer's products and services will be vital in building sustainable future infrastructure after a COVID-19 pandemic disrupted start to the year saw the company's machine sales drop 17% and order intake dip 7% in Q1 2020.

The UK-based Institute of Quarrying (IQ's) has produced an eye-catching short video showcasing all the elements that make up an efficient and highly productive quarrying operation.

In a recent blog, that we are republishing on the Aggregates Business website, Hazen Bowskill, Quarry Operations manager at Aggregates Industries’ Heights Quarry, and Institute of Quarrying (IQ) North of England branch chairman, gave an inspirational first-hand account of how UK quarrying professionals are supporting the NHS during the Covid-19 pandemic

ALLU Group has created a new company to develop future attachment technology, solutions and equipment.

The ALLU Innovation and Research Center Oy will be independent from the group's existing manufacturing, production and operational structure.

ALLU says that the move represents the cornerstone of the Lahti, Finland-headquartered firm's R&D program.

Chinese equipment manufacturers have pressed the "fast forward button" to resume production in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, according to national trade association the CCMA (China Construction Machinery Industry Association).

Chinese excavator manufacturers sold a total of 49,408 products in March 2020, an increase of 11.6% year-on-year according to CCMA data. Domestic market sales accounted for 46,610 units in March, a year-on-year increase of 11.2%. Meanwhile, export sales were 2,798 units, a year-on-year increase of 17.7%.

Sandvik Mining & Rock Technology (Sandvik M&RT) saw its operating profit fall 9% in the first quarter of 2020 to SEK 1,661mn (€151.88mn).

Tunisia-based aggregates supplier Carthage Cement posted a revenue increase of 6% to TD63.6m (US$21.99m) for the first quarter of 2020.

Eagle Materials has sold its Western Aggregates and Mathews Ready Mix operations for US$93.5mn to Teichert, a California-based construction company.

Chinese equipment manufacturer SDLG says it is implementing strict safety measures as the company reopens its factory, which had been closed since early February following the COVID-19 pandemic.

Campbell Contracts Ltd, a family-owned and managed business headquartered in Tempo, a small village on the outskirts of Enniskillen in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, is said to have doubled its materials processing capability since commissioning a new CDE wet processing plant.

Cyprus has a rich aggregates production history with its 25 quarries spread across the island known for their high-quality diabase-based, limestone and calcareous limestone mineral products.

Industry lobbyists, the Highways Materials Group (HMG), has written to both houses in Washington asking for "the immediate use of $49.95 billion in flexible federal funding to offset the significant revenues shortfalls facing state Department of Transportation (DoT) budgets."

International cement and building materials provider Titan Cement Group increased its revenue by 8% in 2019 to €1,609.8m and EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Tax, Depreciation and Amortisation) by 2.8% to €267.1m as its operations in the US performed well.

Terex MPS (Minerals Processing Systems) has introduced an MC320 cone module for its recently-launched MPS TG/TGS Series bushing cone crushers.

The MC320 cone module features the TG320 (or optional TGS320) cone on the same universal base structure as the MC and MV Series modular lines.

Terex MPS says the all electric, pre-engineered solution can be easily transported in standard containers.

CRH chief executive Albert Manifold says he has "no doubt" that the Irish building materials group's financial strength and experienced leadership teams will see it through these "unprecedented and uncertain times".

Peter Grönholm has been appointed as managing director of Finnish material-handling attachments manufacturer ALLU.