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Richard Li has been appointed as the new managing director of Keestrack Construction Equipment Company based in Chuzhou, China.

Having taken the reins as the new director of ASPASA in January this year, Letisha van den Berg has reiterated her commitment to giving a voice to small-scale miners. Driving the industry’s quest for zero harm, ensuring environmental compliance, and skills development are some of her immediate key focus areas. Munesu Shoko reports

Lafarge Africa says its road cement brand Roadcem has been approved for use by the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing in Nigeria.

Continental has opened a new TechCenter for hydrogen technologies at its site in Hamburg-Harburg, northern Germany. In the future, the ContiTech group sector will use the TechCenter as a collaborative platform for knowledge exchange in this area. Innovations and the transfer of existing technical solutions for new applications in the field of hydrogen technologies are to be promoted.

The UK’s claimed new largest waste-washing plant is opening in Merseyside, northwest England, revolutionising the region’s recycling capacity for recycled aggregates. 

National US nonresidential construction spending decreased 0.2% in May, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) analysis of data published by the US Census Bureau. On a seasonally adjusted annualised basis, nonresidential spending totalled $1.06 trillion.

Spending declined monthly in nine of the 16 nonresidential subcategories. Private nonresidential spending fell 0.3%, while public nonresidential construction spending increased 0.1% in May.

CleanTech company Progressive Planet has signed a purchase agreement with Lafarge Canada.

Northern Ireland-headquartered Rapid International was the number one choice to supply a new batching plant for Lincolnshire-based start-up business Geo Concrete Products, a subsidiary of Geo Quarries Ltd, which operates a quarry at Little Ponton north of Colsterworth near Grantham. 

Cemex has reached a sales milestone for Vertua net zero CO2 concrete in Colombia, surpassing 100,000 m3 of this product, enough to fill 40 Olympic-sized swimming pools. This achievement showcases progress towards Cemex's ambitious goal for its Vertua lower-carbon cement and concrete products to reach more than half of all cement and concrete sales by 2025.

In 1984, Caterpillar, Eder and Zeppelin Baumaschinen, the Cat dealer in Germany, introduced a new wheeled excavator line, offering four models under the Cat Eder brand. Eight years later, the line became a 100% Cat product with a designated wheel excavator team. Twenty-eight years later, in 2012, Caterpillar celebrated production of its 25,000th wheel excavator. This year, Caterpillar announces production of its 50,000th wheeled excavator, a Cat M318 Next Gen model, adding another 25,000 units to the total in just 11 years.

MDS, a leading global provider of heavy-duty rock trommels and conveyors, has appointed ELB Equipment (ELB) as its official distributor for South Africa.

Aggregate Industries says it has completed a record 750m3 weekly concrete pours over the course of eight weeks to support the turbine infrastructure of the new multi-million pound Longhill Burn wind farm project in Scotland.

Off-road engine manufacturer Deutz has presented Professor Wan Gang with the Nicolaus August Otto Award that recognises visionaries and promotes innovative ideas in the fields of classic and alternative drive technology.

The Slovakian aggregates industry is confronting many challenges and has shown great resilience in recent years. Eugene Gerden learned more about the country’s aggregate marketplace by speaking to Ludovít Kováč, chairman of the Slovak Aggregates Producers Association.

CDE, a major supplier of sand and aggregate washing solutions for the waste recycling and natural processing sectors, is commissioning a new state-of-the-art plant near Lake Zurich in Switzerland.

Aggregate Industries and its Lafarge Cement business have partnered with hauliers Simon Gibson Transport and Lomas Distribution to produce a new training package to address a significant industry gap for cement tanker driver training.

Cemex’s circular waste management business, Regenera, is expanding its operations in Mexico by opening a new facility in partnership with leading waste collection company PASA. The partnership between Regenera and PASA will support the central Mexican city of Puebla’s efforts to become a zero-waste city.

UK retail sales of construction and earthmoving equipment in May fell behind the levels seen in the same month last year.

National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association President & CEO Michael Johnson issued the following statement on Friday's release of the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s (MSHA) proposed silica rule.

For over a hundred years, Cummins has developed innovative and dependable power solutions for OEMs and machine operators. With increasing pressures to reduce emissions and maintain critical performance, Cummins continues to grow and adapt.