Boulonnais targets Rhône-Alpes acquisitions

France-based Carrières du Boulonnais has said that it is planning to grow its business in the Rhône-Alpes area through acquisitions. The company bought out the 200,000tonnes per year Carrières Blanc as well as two Normandy-based quarry operators last year.

April 2, 2012 Read time: 1 min

SigmaRoc steps up growth drive with two further acquisitions

SigmaRoc, the London, England-headquartered, AIM-listed quarrying and materials group, has continued its acquisition spree with two further northern European transactions.

March 5, 2012

High value materials drive production

Demand for ornamental blue limestone also drives Carrieres du Hainaut's production of 2.2million tonnes of aggregates each year. While the focus for many quarries is to produce high quality aggregates, for some the aggregates are a by-product of the quest to produce higher value materials. For Belgium-based Carrieres du Hainaut, this means moving 300,000m3 of overburden and 2.2million tonnes of limestone aggregates to extract just 200,000m3 of the prized Pierre Blue limestone.