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Building materials giant Holcim has launched what it says is the world’s first cement plant digital twin, a real-time 3D virtual model accurately replicating one of its sites in Switzerland. 

Irish building materials major CRH says the group’s integrated solutions strategy underpinned its strong 2022 performance.

Atlas Copco has developed a new range of electric surface self-priming dewatering pumps for a wide variety of applications. 

Hanson has launched a new Collect & Go app for asphalt customers across the UK.

UK aggregates industry bodies the Mineral Products Association (MPA) and the Quarries National Joint Advisory Committee (QNJAC) have jointly launched updated versions of Safequarry and the QNJAC websites at the industry’s Strategic Safety Forum held on March 1. 

Volvo Penta has expanded its genset range and launched its most powerful engine to date with the introduction of the D17. The new power generation engine delivers an exceptional power-to-weight ratio from the same footprint as the proven, compact D16 – providing customers with an excellent alternative to other engines in its class.  

North America dominates the global industrial construction project pipeline, accounting for 21.7% or $1.03 billion of the pipeline in Q4 2022, an increase of 5.1% from the previous quarter, says GlobalData. The leading data and analytics company notes "re-shoring" and large-scale stimulus packages in the US have accelerated the pipeline of industrial projects in North America. 

The Lintec CSM4000HRC containerised asphalt batch plant operated by Lu An Highway Industry in China has mixed more than two million tonnes of hot mix asphalt with a high percentage of Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP). 

Volvo Penta is expanding its power generation business into battery energy storage systems (BESS) with OEMs. Volvo Penta's modular and scalable solution is intended for integration into manufacturers' BESS applications to accelerate market entry. This represents a step towards the company's road to net-zero ambitions.

Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) has released the following statement ahead of congressional Democrats’ reintroduction of the Protecting the Right to Organize Act, set for today (February 28). Among what ABC says are its many harmful provisions, the PRO Act would "violate workers’ free choice and privacy rights, force unions on employees who have voted against such representation, cost millions of American jobs and threaten vital supply chains."

Holcim has announced that Beat Hess, chairman of the company since 2016, has decided not to seek re-election to the board of directors at the AGM in May 2023. 

Epiroc is launching an updated version of its SmartROC T45 tophammer surface drill rig, further reducing emissions and boosting productivity while providing valuable data through smart technology and enhanced automation. 

US construction starts fell 27% in January to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $865.6 billion, according to Dodge Construction Network (DCN). During the month, nonresidential building starts fell 38%, residential starts lost 20%, and nonbuilding starts declined by 16%. 

Cummins has approved the use of HVO biofuel for its full off-highway Performance Series engine line-up (3.8 to 15 litres). 

McLanahan, the US quarrying and construction equipment solution giant, is pleased to welcome Bulldog Plant & Equipment Ltd. as its newest partner in the UK. The two companies are coming together to offer more complete services to their customers. 

The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has validated Heidelberg Materials’ 2030 carbon reduction targets under its new 1.5°C framework. 

Hyundai Doosan Infracore (HDI) is to mass produce hydrogen internal combustion engines (ICE) from 2025. The new units will be installed on commercial vehicles such as trucks, large buses, and construction equipment for validation by 2024, and full-scale mass production is planned for 2025. 

Building materials giant achieved its highest ever net sales of CHF29.2bn (€29.45bn) in 2022.

CEMEX has signed an agreement with ETFuels to transform CO2 from CEMEX’s Alicante cement plant in Spain into green fuels.