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Cemex has inaugurated its new construction, demolition, and excavation waste recycling facility in Tel Aviv, Israel. To mark the facility's operational start, the site was visited by a group of senior representatives from the Cemex EMEA management team.

The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) welcomed 13 new members in August 203.

Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) reports that its Construction Backlog Indicator declined to 9.2 months in August, down 0.1 month, according to an ABC member survey conducted from Aug. 21 to Sept. 6. The reading is 0.5 months above the August 2022 level.

Off-road tyre manufacturer Continental has added recovered carbon black (rCB) to its newly-produced Super Elastic solid tyres at its plant in Korbach, Germany.

Off-highway equipment power solutions giant Cummins and Terex Advance, a major manufacturer of front-discharge concrete mixer trucks, have signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to integrate Cummins' X15H hydrogen internal combustion engines into the Terex Advance Commander Series.

Perkins says it is addressing evolving off-highway machinery industry demands for improved fuel efficiency and performance with its new next-generation 13-litre diesel engine.

The 2023 Cemex Building Award announced the 24 finalist projects that will participate in its National Edition and 31 finalist projects that will compete in its International Edition. Cemex will present the winning projects on 9 November.

Hanson says plans for hydrogen-fuelled net zero asphalt production at scale at its mid-Wales Criggion asphalt plant have taken a major step forward after a £6.1mn commitment by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero* to support the Bay Hydrogen Hub.

Cemex Germany has continued to invest in more sustainable transport for its products by acquiring fully electric truck mixers from Putzmeister. Set to become part of Cemex Germany's Berlin truck mixer fleet, the iONTRON machines were presented to the company by Putzmeister at its facility in Wandlitz in Brandenburg.

Chinese off-highway machinery major XCMG saw a 33.5% year-on-year increase in overseas sales revenue in the first half of 2023 to 20.9 billion yuan (US$2.85bn). Total sales revenue for the half-year was worth 51.28bn yuan (US$6.98bn).

Summit Materials and Argos North America Corporation (Argos USA) are combining in a cash and stock transaction deal worth around US$3.2bn.

Two Rokbak haulers have been busy transporting earth, rubble and construction materials in France for 18 months, supporting Ferrand TP on a variety of public works jobs.

UK-based Hills Quarry Products says that more mammoth fossils continue to be excavated at its quarry site near Swindon.

DEVELON, formerly Doosan Construction Equipment, has completed the launch of the 19-strong latest generation ‘DX-7M’ range of tracked excavators from 2 to 53 tonnes for Tier 2 and Tier 3 markets worldwide. The new excavators are designed for a wide range of markets, from construction, rental, recycling, waste processing and utilities to mining and quarrying.

Cemex will provide over 200,000m3 of Vertua lower carbon concrete for the development of the topside infrastructure for the expansion of the Khalifa Port in the United Arab Emirates, part of AD Ports Group and one of the largest port infrastructure projects in the world.

In addition to achieving decarbonisation targets, cement producers are facing major challenges around price pressures and profit levels. Ahead of its October Annual Conference in Dubai, World Cement Association CEO Ian Riley spoke with Liam McLoughlin about how the industry can achieve profitability alongside its climate goals.

Accelera, Daimler Trucks & Buses US, and PACCAR are partnering to start battery cell production and a battery supply chain in the US.