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Metso will launch the first models of its new Lokotrack EC diesel-electric crusher and screener range in spring 2024. The launch event, called Lokolaunch, will take place at the Nokia Arena in Tampere, Finland, on May 14-16, 2024, and it will be the biggest aggregates customer event of the year.

The US-based Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) reports that its Construction Backlog Indicator declined to 9.0 months in September, according to an ABC member survey conducted from September 20 to October 4. The reading is equivalent to one year ago.

The UK’s largest event for the built environment, UK Construction Week (UKCW) Birmingham, made a welcome return to the NEC last week, with attendance up 8% year on year, attracting 24,377 visitors to the three-day show.

The World Cement Association (WCA) has welcomed Chinese building materials company Huaxin Cement as a corporate member.

Sandvik Mobile Crushers and Screens continue to play a major role in the sustainability shift in the crushing and screening industry with the launch of the fully electric UJ443E heavy jaw crusher.

When 'Controlling Complexity' was announced as the theme for the 2023 Maptek Geology Challenge, Caroline Burden, engineering geologist with GMEK, was already dealing with a fascinating dataset at Jubilee Metals Ltd Croydon Project.

As part of its continued commitment to upskilling the next generation, Aggregate Industries has developed a first-of-its-kind vocational qualification designed to equip technical staff with the knowledge and practical skills to develop their career in the construction materials field.

Off-highway engine giant Perkins and Equipmake, the UK-based engineering specialist pioneering the development and production of electrification products across the automotive, aerospace, bus, and coach industries, are collaborating on a new off-highway hybrid system project.

Construction aggregates trading group GRS has acquired a 50% stake in Devon-based secondary materials producer Ocean Blocks and Aggregates Ltd.

"If there's one thing that swayed us towards Hyundai, it's the safety features. The quality of the camera system was a huge factor in us choosing Hyundai for our fleet," said David Johnstone, owner of DA Johnstone Plant Hire. The family-run company, based in Morpeth, Northumberland, supplies machinery for highways, deep drainage, landscaping, earthworks and wind farm projects across the North East and Scotland.

The US construction industry had 350,000 job openings on the last day of August, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) analysis of data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Job Openings & Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS).

Heidelberg Materials has become the first heavy building materials manufacturer in the UK to reach the updated PAS 2080:2023 standard on managing and reducing whole-life carbon in the built environment.

Italian companies Tecnoidea and Ma-estro have collaborated on the new W-Portal automated control system for water and sludge treatment plants, which enables both increased sustainability and cost savings, Liam McLoughlin reports.

Superior Industries (Superior), the Minnesota, USA-based manufacturer and global supplier of bulk material processing and handling systems, says it has finalised its acquisition of Cemco.

HD Hyundai Infracore has won large-scale orders from customers in Saudi Arabia and Brazil and will supply 131 DEVELON excavators and wheeled loaders to meet these orders.

Responding to the needs of the mineral sands sector, process equipment specialist Multotec has developed its first 12-turn spiral concentrator.

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Guy Woodford reports