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Breedon Group, a leading vertically integrated construction materials group in Great Britain and Ireland, has opened a new concrete tile production factory in Lisburn, Northern Ireland.

The 12th edition of Excon witnessed high-end machine launches for newer quarries and mining applications.

An assistant training manager from Tarmac has been named Intec Business Colleges' Apprentice of the Year for 2024.

German building materials giant Heidelberg Materials is celebrating record annual trading results. The Group’s 2023 revenue was €21.2 billion (+4% on 2022), with the result from current operations up by an eye-catching 29% to €3 billion.

A pioneering international programme, which brings together tech start-ups and leading cement manufacturers in the pursuit of net zero, has launched.

DEM Hydroboost Pro is RST Solutions’ new advanced product designed to control on-site dust using less water. Designed for use in industries including quarrying, mining and construction, the DEM Hydroboost Pro also preserves product quality, reaching the end user in the same condition it left the supplier.

EvoQuip has appointed Kurimoto as its authorised distributor in Japan.

Heidelberg Materials and BirdLife International, the world's largest network of nature conservation organisations, have extended their longstanding partnership.

Based in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, Rapid International recently supplied Orchard Fencing with a new bespoke static concrete batching plant in Erith, Southeast London. The plant can produce up to 22m3 per hour of concrete. Orchard Fencing aims to produce 1500 precast fencing products per day in addition to interlocking blocks.

As the important mineral component of its cement, limestone will soon be mined from a new deposit by AfriSam’s Ulco cement plant in South Africa's Northern Cape.

Sandvik has extended its dealer agreement between Retec Equipment and Sandvik Mobile Crushing and Screening to cover the whole of the UK and Ireland territory.

In response to the demands of a changing market, Aggregate Industries' Cement business has announced the second in a series of planned import operation investments - with expansion into a major new cement storage facility for deep-sea shipping lines at the Port of Southampton.

Processing specialist materials like incinerator bottom ash (IBA) calls for specialist handling expertise, particularly when operational efficiency and housekeeping standards are as high as they are at Blue Phoenix UK.

An ambitious tiltrotator attachment manufacturer has a new range and big production expansion plans, while another is celebrating a significant order. Meanwhile, a premium screening bucket attachment solves a major quarrying headache in Sicily.

INFORM, an Aachen, Germany-based global pioneer in AI-driven optimisation software, will present its AI-powered Transport Planning and Execution Software at the upcoming AGG1 2024 - Aggregates Academy & Expo—March 25th -27th, 2024, at the Music City Center in Nashville, Tennessee.

Italian off-road tyre retread specialist Marangoni says a new lifecycle assesement shows its Ringtread tyres enable 74% less CO2 emissions and 77% less resource consumption compared with new tyres.

Start today to build a better low-carbon tomorrow by registering to attend INTERMAT 2024, a global event for the building and civil engineering sector from April 24 to 27 at the Paris Nord Villepinte exhibition centre.

Superior Industries has unveiled what it describes as the "most significant redesign to conveyor idlers in decades".