Russian site for Saint-Gobain gypsum project

A Hercules HT182C heavy duty trommel screen, manufactured in Shropshire, England, by Stelex Construction Equipment Ltd, has been installed at Saint-Gobain Formula’s (Formula) Bantycock Quarry near Newark, Notts as part of SGF’s £7 million investment in the site. The newly-installed 77tonne trommel will support one of Formula’s key objectives of reducing airborne dust emissions from the site, having been fitted with additional spray bar dust suppression units and bespoke extended side panel screens to partia

French building materials supplier Saint-Gobain is to acquire Swiss building materials and construction chemicals producer Sika. The French company is to take over Sika for €2.29 billion (CHF 2.75 billion), and is to have a 16.1% share capital and 52.4% voting right at the firm. Sika’s management as well as part of the company’s board of directors are reportedly threatening to step down once the transaction has been completed. Pierre-André de Chalendar, the head of Saint-Gobain, is said to have been surpris

Agreements on a host of new construction projects in the Russian Republic of Bashkortostan (Volga) were reached at the Investment Interregional Forum Trans-Ural-2012. Overall investment in the 11 projects will exceed € 170million (RUB 7bn). Among the projects are the construction of a dairy plant in the Baimak district; the development of marble processing production in Abzelilovsky district; the setting up production of 4,000tonnes a year of manganese steel cast products; the reconstruction of a mill for s