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Kendall Group, part of UK building materials major Aggregate Industries, has opened a new ready-mix concrete plant in Shoreham, West Sussex, Southeast England.

The governments of Saudi Arabia and Japan have signed a memorandum of cooperation (MoC) to expand cooperation in the mining and mineral resources sector.

Kleemann has published useful guidance on how technical innovations and good planning guarantee efficient and sustainable quarrying crushing and screening processes, saving fuel and valuable primary aggregate materials.

As the demand for aggregates in the European Union is steadily growing, more and more industry players are considering accelerating their expansion plans by launching new projects and raising their production capacities. One such company is Bontrup Aggregates – a leading producer of aggregates in the Netherlands and the EU and part of the Bontrup Group, an industrial holding with assets in the dairy, logistics and construction sectors.

In a strategic move towards fostering a more sustainable and resilient future, TITAN Group (TITAN) joined the Industrial Transition Accelerator (ITA), an initiative launched during COP28, pledging to accelerate the decarbonisation of heavy industries on a large scale.

Heidelberg Materials North America says its cement plants in Edmonton, Alberta, and Delta, British Columbia, have earned Natural Resources Canada's (NRCan's) ENERGY STAR for Industry Certification, which signifies that the facility performs in the top quartile of similar facilities in Canada and the United States for energy efficiency.

Metso has signed a distribution agreement with Future Tech Service (FTS), a new distribution partner in South Korea, to strengthen its Asia Pacific distributor network. FTS will cover the market for machine equipment, parts, and services. The agreement enables FTS to deliver the Metso crushing equipment and services exclusively in South Korea.

Retail sales of construction and earthmoving equipment in the UK showed another significant fall in November at 33% below the same month last year.

Komatsu, through its wholly-owned subsidiary in the US, Komatsu America Corporation, has agreed to acquire American Battery Solutions (ABS), a battery manufacturer headquartered in Detroit, Michigan.

Cemex Ventures, Cemex's corporate venture capital and open innovation unit, has increased its stake in HiiROC, a world-leading startup with a novel proprietary process for low-cost, zero-emission hydrogen production.

Aggregate Industries has expanded its vehicle fleet after welcoming another electric readymix concrete truck as part of its continued journey to net zero.

Betolar has begun a commercial side stream study commissioned by Eesti Energia to explore using ash from oil shale combustion as a binding agent in concrete. This would make it possible to partially or completely replace cement in concrete. Cement is globally one of the most significant sources of CO2 emissions.

The Mineral Products Association (MPA) has welcomed plans announced today by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to level the carbon cost playing field between UK cement production and imports by introducing a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) by 2027.

After 30 years of service, the Swiss company Steinbruch Mellikon AG has complemented its two longstanding production machines, which are slowly becoming redundant after more than 20,000 hours, with a new Hitachi Construction Machinery (HCM) ZX890LCR-7. This landmark investment in the latest technology is of historic significance, especially for a limestone quarry that was established in 1912 to the northwest of Zurich in the Aargau Jura mountains.

German contractor Stefan Jodlbauer, from Engertsham near Passau, has put his first HD Hyundai HA30 articulated dump truck (ADT) to work in the toughest conditions, hauling six days a week through 500mm deep ruts.