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Join the prestigious MPA Health & Safety Awards 2024 online at 3pm on Wednesday, 13 November 2024 and celebrate and share the health and safety innovations and achievements from across MPA and the wider UK industry.

Atlas Copco has launched the ECO Calculator, an upgraded Power and Light sizing Calculator version of the earlier Light the Power calculator. This cutting-edge online tool is designed to assist professionals in the construction, events, rental, and mining sectors to accurately determine the optimal power and lighting equipment size for their projects.

Holcim has signed an agreement to acquire OX Engineered Products, a leading U.S. provider of advanced insulation systems for residential and commercial applications, with 2024 net sales of US$136 million.

More than US$3 billion was invested in modernising the ageing plant to reduce odours, better prepare for earthquakes and rising sea levels, ensure operational reliability and efficiency, and maximise biogas utilisation. Built in 1952, the SEP treats 80% of the City's sewage and stormwater flows. Cemex provided about 50,000 cubic yards of Vertua concrete to help fortify and renew the plant. 

With exciting R&D in its DNA, EDGE Innovate has invested in new products and enhanced production capabilities, leaving the Dungannon, Northern Ireland-based manufacturer poised to capitalise on improved global quarrying and recycling machinery market conditions.

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Epiroc, the Swedish global market manufacturer of drill rigs and hydraulic breakers for the quarrying, mining and construction industries, and the Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) have signed a 10-year sustainability-linked loan agreement.

Metso and Korund have signed a contract covering the distribution of Metso's solutions in the Central Asia region (Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan).

The American construction industry added 25,000 jobs on net in September, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) analysis of new data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. On a year-over-year basis, industry employment is up by 238,000 jobs, an increase of 3%.

Heidelberg Materials UK CEO Simon Willis has welcomed the UK government's pledge of £21.7bn to fund projects that capture greenhouse gases from polluting plants and store them underground as it races to reach strict climate targets.

engcon, a leading, global manufacturer of tiltrotators, quick couplers and accessories for excavators, is constantly working to improve its products, with the end customer always in focus. As another step forward to enhance the end customer experience, Strömsund, Sweden-headquartered engcon is launching a new, improved machine coupler size S70 for 20-30-ton excavators.

The world's green building materials market was valued at US$310.25 billion in 2023 and is expected to reach $618.89 billion by 2029, according to new research by Arizton, a major business market intelligence consultancy.

Rokbak has appointed Machinery Exchange as its new Zimbabwean dealer.

ABB has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Carbon Re, an industrial artificial intelligence provider, to assess ways to accelerate the decarbonisation of cement production while improving productivity. Together, they will explore a joint go-to-market solution for the cement industry, which will potentially unite ABB’s domain expertise and experience in delivering successful global automation and advanced process control (APC) projects with Carbon Re’s advanced artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML) and cement expertise.

Smiley Monroe, 'The Giants of Belting', has unveiled a new brand identity this month, marking a statement of intent and continued commitment to the conveyor belt maker's growth plan.

Caterpillar and Trimble are extending their long-standing technology joint venture. The agreement includes expanded distribution of grade control solutions in the construction sector to accelerate innovation and customer adoption.

After completing the full acquisition of US-based ASI Mining earlier this year, Epiroc has announced that it will no longer market its surface autonomous business under the ASI Mining name, but solely under the Epiroc brand.