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Talbert Manufacturing, a North American leader in specialised heavy-haul solutions, names Hale Trailer Brake & Wheel, headquartered in Voorhees, New Jersey, as its top dealer for 2022. This marks the 15th consecutive year Hale earned the top Talbert dealer spot. Hale continues to excel in trailer sales, service and parts. In addition to the leading dealer award, Hale makes Talbert's top parts seller for the year award. 

Metso Outotec’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) yesterday approved the Board of Directors’ proposal to change the company name to Metso Corporation.

Italian Infrastructure & Transport Minister Matteo Salvini praised the positive work of the country's construction sector during a speech on the first day of the 31st edition of the triennial SaMoTer construction and quarrying machinery exhibition.

The global construction industry’s growth is forecast to remain sluggish in 2023, expanding by just 0.8%. Excluding China, the industry will contract by 0.1% due to the weak economic backdrop and additional challenges specific to the global construction industry, notably high construction material costs and labour shortages, says GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. 

Off-road drive systems company DEUTZ says that it has finalised the comprehensive cooperation with Daimler Truck that was first announced in January. 

On 15 June 1858, Eli Whitney Blake of New Haven was granted US patent No. 20,542 for a ‘machine for crushing stone’ – a magnificent design that was well ahead of its time. Since then, apart from small incremental improvements, the same basic design principle exists in all modern jaw crushers today. That was until now and the development of the Hypro-Crush.

SaMoTer is back with its 31st edition, hallmarked by innovation. The triennial international construction machinery exhibition runs from today until Sunday, 7 May, at Veronafiere: the five-day event with 536 sector companies at the forefront (115 international from 23 countries). Visitors can tour six halls for a total show area of more than 50,000m2, joined by three outdoor areas for displays and dynamic demo areas.

Cummins reports strong results for the first quarter of 2023. The first quarter revenues of US$8.5 billion increased 32% from the same quarter in 2022. Sales in North America increased 39%, and international revenues increased 24% due to the addition of Meritor and strong demand across all key global markets.

Heidelberg Materials has completed the purchase of The SEFA Group Inc., the largest recycler of fly ash sold for use in concrete products in the United States. This acquisition further strengthens the company’s cementitious footprint in the key Southeastern US market and provides a solid platform for growth on the path to carbon neutrality.

Major global market crushing and screening plant manufacturers were out in great numbers at the recent CONEXPO/CON-AGG 2023 exhibition in Las Vegas, USA, to highlight new solutions and comment on evolving market trends. Guy Woodford reports

Italy's energy independence must also involve photovoltaic systems in quarries and the consequent positive economic, environmental and social effects. This emerged on 18 April 2023 during the fifth and last webinar in the run-up to the 31st edition of SaMoTer (3-7 May) titled Photovoltaics in quarries: regulatory aspects, investment opportunities and case histories.

Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) has released its 2023 Safety Performance Report, an annual guide to safety best practices on construction job sites and a comprehensive study of the impact of the STEP Safety Management System.

SCPR (Sociéte de Concassage et de Préfabrication de la Réunion) aims to treble its production of alluvial gravel and sand products thanks to its major investment in a new and bespoke Metso Outotec crushing and screening plant for its 2020-established Pierrefonds site in La Réunion, an island and overseas department and region of France in the Indian Ocean. Guy Woodford reports

It is known that within the quarry industry screening problems related to media are generally accepted. This was confirmed recently at CONEXPO-CON/AGG, Las Vegas when a production manager stated “screening difficulties we face is keeping the deck clean, we need to reduce pegging and blinding, which is an issue for everyone”. Based on more than 50 years of experience within screening media, Metso Outotec knows this is not true. They have not found the right solution yet.

The AEM (Association of Equipment Manufacturers) is highlighting the association's policy priorities for 2023.

Epiroc had a strong first quarter with a record order intake valued at SEK 15,148mn (€1.331bn +10%), including a strong contribution from acquisitions. 

A lively global mineral washing plant market is good news for customers and a range of premium solution manufacturers

Lafarge Canada has announced its acquisition of Westridge Quarries operations.

In a wide-ranging and enjoyable conversation with Aggregates Business editor Guy Woodford, new Institute of Quarrying (IQ) president Viv Russell and his two predecessors, Martin Riley and Phil Redmond, discuss the UK mineral products industry’s big next-generation education challenge, the importance of the IQ in addressing it and other key industry issues, and what serving as IQ president has meant to them

The National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association (NSSGA) met in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA, to convene the Young Leaders Annual Meeting. Held 23-26 April, the event attracted a record attendance of more than 325 participants, who heard from industry leaders, participated in networking activities, and welcomed their new Committee leadership.