Concrete Plants, Equipment & Applications

HeidelbergCement has reduced its stake in Moroccan company Ciments du Maroc as part of its action plan to optimise its portfolio and improve cash generation.

The sale by the German global building materials giant of around 1.1 million shares representing 7.8% of Ciments du Maroc’s share capital generated around €140 million. The shares were sold to certain Moroccan institutional investors through an off-market block trade. Following this transaction, HeidelbergCement will retain a controlling stake of 5

Longfloor, part of the UK-based Longcliffe Quarries group, has appointed Stuart Little as account manager.

Based in Hertfordshire, he will work primarily in London and the Home Counties, which Longfloor says are key markets for its liquid cement screed products.

Longfloor says the appointment will boost sales and technical back up to its stockists and screed contractors.

Little comes to Longfloor with a background in concrete and specialist cement products gained at Lafarge and Tarmac. He is a qual

Chinese cement and plant construction group CNBM and France-based engineering firm Fives have signed an international cooperation agreement.

The two companies have defined areas of collaboration where each can benefit from the other's expertise and technologies. These include opportunities to partner in plant upgrade, plant expansion and new plants to implement Fives' technologies, such as FCB Horomill grinding system, FCB Pyro-line and Pillard burners to reach the highest level of energy efficiency, emi

Surging mortar sales suggest that housebuilding in Great Britain remained buoyant in 2018.

That is one of the indications of the latest data from the Mineral Products Association (MPA), which records mortar volumes at their highest level since records began in 2004.

Year-on-year volumes increased by 14.3%, despite tailing off in Q4 with a 1% decline. The majority of mortar sales take place within six months of housebuilding projects starting, with increased volumes indicating that new starts were posi

CEMEX is contributing to the renovation and recovery of Manuel Ávila Camacho Boulevard in Veracruz, Mexico.

The boulevard is one of the city's main tourist attractions and has been renovated to include new recreational spaces for the local population and visitors.

Building materials company CEMEX collaborated with the local government to design the work and placement of special products to renovate more than 13,000m2 of sidewalks and 8,000m3 of fittings, with approximately 10,900m3 of concrete suppli

HeidelbergCement says it has been ranked the leading company in the cement sector for sustainability for the second year in a row.

The building materials manufacturer received the ranking from international non-profit organisation CDP (formerly Carbon Disclosure Project), which has published the results of its company sustainability ratings for 2018. As in 2017, HeidelbergCement received scores of A- in the categories of “climate change” and “water”.

CDP rates the commitment and transparency of compan