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Smith & Sons (Bletchington) has added two Rokbak RA30 articulated haulers to its fleet at the award-winning Gill Mill Quarry in Oxfordshire, with the trucks impressing at the UK site with their torque, manoeuvrability and low fuel consumption.

Jose Antonio Nieto of Putzmeister Iberica and ANMOPYC is the new president of European construction equipment association CECE.

A 250 tonnes/hour hard rock aggregate plant has been installed by Quarry Manufacturing & Supplies (QMS) in Ghana.

Cummins has a US$580 million plan to develop its Rocky Mount Engine Plant in North Carolina, USA. The firm says the project intends to drive economic and job growth in the Nash County community. This investment is set to generate approximately 80 additional new jobs, fostering both short-term employment opportunities and long-term job stability.

CNH, whose Construction business includes the CASE Construction quarrying and construction equipment brand, has announced a streamlining of its leadership.

CRH and Caterpillar have signed a strategic agreement to develop and deploy electric off-road vehicles and charging solutions. The agreement is focused on accelerating the deployment of Caterpillar’s 70 to 100-ton-class battery electric off-road truck with CRH testing and validating the units at its operations in North America.

The US construction industry added 17,000 jobs on net in December 2023, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) analysis of data released by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. On a year-over-year basis, industry employment has grown by 197,000 jobs, an increase of 2.5%.

BGS marine geoscientists travelled to Ascension Island to support its government with an ongoing, conservation-driven mapping programme.

The France-based National Union of Ornamental Rock and Construction Industries (SNROC) has elected Bertrand Iribarren as its new president.

Aggregate Industries, a member of the Holcim Group, has acquired Eco Readymix, a leading producer of mortar and concrete in the northwest.

Epiroc has partnered with leading mining services company Capital Limited to field test the innovative SmartROC D65 BE, a battery-electric surface drill rig for the mining and construction industry. The battery-electric version of the well-known SmartROC D65 surface drill rig will be tested in Capital Limited's African operations in 2024.

The first DA45-7 articulated dump truck (ADT) from Develon has been sold in Italy and is at work in the chalk basin of Roccastrada. The machine was purchased as it was seen as the best suited for rock movement in the region’s so-called ‘Chalk Valley’ quarries.

Cemex is strengthening its commitment to Health and Safety by implementing new safety assistance systems across all its European Admixtures facilities. This technology was completely installed at most of these sites by the end of 2023, with further plans to be rolled out in the wider EMEA Region during 2024.

A new report setting out the economic and environmental case for more rail freight into Greater Manchester has been published by the Mineral Products Association (MPA) and the Rail Freight Group (RFG).

Develon, formerly Doosan Construction Equipment, has won honours in two of the categories in the CES 2024 Innovation Awards to be announced during the CES 2024 Exhibition, the world’s largest electronics trade show, being held in Las Vegas in Nevada, USA, from 9-12 January 2024. 

Scientists at BGS will lead a new four-year project that will enhance our understanding of gravel barrier systems across the coastlines of the UK.

CRH says it has completed the first phase of the US$1.1bn (€1.006bn) sale of its lime operations in Europe to SigmaRoc.

LKAB has taken an important step towards streamlining surface drilling at the Leveäniemi open pit mine in Svappavaara, northern Sweden, selecting Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions to supply a complete autonomous solution.

A donation of £2,584.00 from Tarmac has supported Barrow upon Soar’s community-managed library to resurface its car park.

Chinese cement production company Huaxin Cement has completed its purchase of the South African operations of Brazil-based InterCement.