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The Lafarge cement plant at Port-la-Nouvelle, France, has won the 2011 safety award from the French cement industry.

Lafarge Aggregates & Concrete UK says that energy efficiency is reaching new heights at its head office in county Leicesterhsire, England.

The mineral products industry is well placed to help halt biodiversity decline.
That was the message from the chief executive of Natural England, Dr Helen Phillips

Finnish marina developer Marinetek has opened a concrete pontoon plant in Olaine, Latvia.
The company says Latvia's location is good from the perspective of logistics, and the country has a skilled workforce and low production costs.

Cemex says that as a result of a prepayment it has made, it has now reduced the initial
exposure under its Financing Agreement by more than half (50.97%), or about US$7.66 billion.

Cemex UK is the first ever winner of the new Natural England Biodiversity Award for its restoration at Rugeley quarry in County Staffordshire, England, where 80 hectares of high-quality wildlife habitat has been created and restored to lowland dry heathland

Powerscreen has appointed Iain Laidler as the new dealer manager for the Powerscreen brand in Latin America, based in southern Brazil.

Nature After Minerals (NAM) has appointed Dr Carolyn Jewell as its planning adviser following the departure of Charlotte Kinnear, who has now taken on the role of RSPB conservation officer for the counties of Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire, England.

Cemex of France is said to be counting on the future A65 motorway and the future LGV high-speed rail line as outlets for its brand new ready-mix concrete factory in Saint-Pierre-du-Mont in the Landes department, south-west France.

Swiss cement producer Holcim has seen its share price increase following Thomas Schmidheiny's move to increase his stake in the company to 20% and Filaret Galchev's decision to almost double his stake in Holcim to 10.1%.

CDE Global has been awarded the Service and Support Award, one of six categories, at The Construction Recycling Alliance (CRA) Awards 2011.

The Aquitaine agency of Cemex Bétons Sud-Ouest has won an award from the French national union of ready-to-use concrete (SNBPE) for its work on access walkways and road systems at the vineyard Château Pontet-Cantet in Pauillac.

The value of sand and gravel mixtures for the Olympic facilities construction in Sochi, Russia, dropped from €18.51 per 1m³ to €10.5 due to sand extraction at two Sochi-based quarries.