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The arrival of GRS Group’s latest batch of Mercedes-Benz trucks means the Group is now running the UK’s biggest fleet of low-entry Econic tippers.

Since 2012, Mendiger Basalt Schmitz Naturstein GmbH & Co. KG has used Epiroc hydraulic breakers in its Basalt quarry in the Eifel region of Germany, for primary breaking. Now, the company is modernising its fleet with an Epiroc HB 7000 equipped with the HATCON fleet management system. Mendiger Basalt is opting for a full-service rental agreement for the first time, covering the equipment's maintenance, wear parts and consumables such as chisels and lubricants.

Over a span of six years, and with a possible two-year extension, Aggregate Industries has secured its contract with London Underground, marking a significant milestone in the supply of loose and bagged rail ballasts.

A tool that helps monitor decarbonisation in the cement industry has now been expanded to include the production of calcined clays, a key cement decarbonisation solution.

Finlay has supported Australian-based OPS Screening and Crushing in the manufacture of a vividly pink machine built to support Australia's National Breast Cancer Foundation in its fight against cancer.

After investing in a new premium plant, Cemex’s Swinderby Quarry is poised to significantly increase its high-quality sand and gravel production. Guy Woodford reports

ABB and Sweden-based greentech company SaltX Technology (SaltX) have signed an agreement to enable the further development of technologies in the Electric Arc Calcination (EAC) process. ABB will also become a minority shareholder in SaltX.

Under the theme of ONWARDS 2024, Develon held the company's first European Dealer Conference in Valencia in Spain in late February 2024. This was also the first European conference under the Develon name since rebranding from Doosan Construction Equipment last year. The company normally organises these meetings every two years and the last one was held in Barcelona in April 2022.

Epiroc, the Sweden-headquartered, global market manufacturer of drill rigs and hydraulic breakers for the quarrying and mining industries, has published its Annual and Sustainability Report for 2023.

Mark Cowan, former director of transport and concrete at the British Aggregates Association (BAA) and creator of MixerSURE training, has called for UK mixer manufacturers and their supplier network to form an association like ALLMI (The Association of Lorry Loader Manufacturers and Importers). 

European construction equipment association CECE says that the industry experienced a year of transition in 2023, marked by significant challenges amidst a severe downturn in the building construction industry and increased geopolitical crises.

Mollo Group has acquired its fellow Italian equipment rental company Tecnostrutture.

Betonwerk Högerle in the south German town of Dietenheim has modernised its production of precast concrete parts with a new Betomat 3-235 concrete mixing tower supplied by Liebherr.

Mineral Products Association (MPA) chief executive Jon Prichard said UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt offered “relatively little” to Britain’s mineral products industry in his spring budget announcement today in The House of Commons.

Breedon Group is acquiring US-based BMC Enterprises (BMC) for $300 million (£238.1mn) and celebrating record annual trading figures.

In response to the growing demand for sustainability, process flexibility and higher capacity, Metso’s Nordwheeler NW Rapid range is expanding with the new NW8HRC, its first portable HRC 8 crusher for manufactured sand.

Heidelberg Materials and Australian environmental technology company Calix Limited have announced that the LEILAC-2 (Low Emissions Intensity Lime And Cement) research project is now planned to be carried out at Heidelberg Materials' Ennigerloh cement plant in Germany.

Quarry Manufacturing & Supplies (QMS) latest highly productive customer-focused solution is the new B-Series modular cone crusher range. One such plant has been installed at Perry Quarry Products' site in County Down, Northern Ireland. As well as delivering accurate and productive aggregate production, its features are estimated to be saving the company £78,000 annually.

McLanahan has appointed Donal McNicholl as its UK and Ireland director of sales.

From 1 April 2024, BGS (British Geological Survey) will apply a 5% increase to its direct licence fees for all data products.