News

French building materials giant Lafarge will retain a 20% share in the new partnership following the sale of its gypsum assets in Europe and South America to Etex Group.

Vicat's turnover in the first nine months of 2011 was in line with expectations, according to Exane.

Italian cement manufacturer Ciments Calcia has launched a new cement bag which is biodegradable and compostable.

Ciments Français (Italcementi) has revealed that it will implement savings as it expects its 2011 results to drop compared to 2010.

The Mineral Products Association (MPA) survey results for the third quarter indicate that overall sector demand was relatively flat compared with the same quarter of 2010.

Cemex has sold its Russell Roof Tiles business to a buy-out team backed by investors from Mexico.

An acquisition of the former Eurovia Kamenolomy's three Czech stone quarries by concrete producer Cemex will be soon completed.

The British Marine Aggregate Producers Association (BMAPA) has launched a Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) strategy.

Simon Vivian, chief executive of Breedon Aggregates, has been appointed to the board of the Mineral Products Association (MPA).

In order to reduce the CO2 emission, the Polish cement producer Cemex Polska has so far invested some €18.64 million to replace coal with alternative fuels thanks to which the usage of coal in its two cement factories dropped from 300,000 to 100,000tonnes.

Eurocement is developing a project for the construction of a cement plant with a capacity of 1.3 million tonnes per year in the Blagodarny district of the Stavropol region of Russia.

In the UK, Canary Wharf Group has awarded a contract for the supply of concrete for its Walkie Talkie office development to PC Harrington Contractors.

Finnish infrastructure company Destia's net sales fell to €198 million in the second quarter of 2011.

As part of its ongoing expansion in developing markets, Volvo Construction Equipment has announced it will build a new excavator plant in Kaluga, Russia.