November 26, 2014
The Swiss-owned construction materials company Holcim is said to have decided to sell its Hungarian unit, Holcim Hungary, which has 16 branch offices…
November 26, 2014
Nigeria Cement Holding (NCH), the Nigerian subsidiary of newly-merged Holcim and Lafarge, is to pay NGN 55 billion (€250.88 million/US$310.38 million…
November 26, 2014
The Lafarge-Holcim merger will likely affect competition in India, according to the Competition Commission of India (CCI), which has asked both…
November 25, 2014
FLSmidth has signed an EPC (Engineering, Procurement, and Construction) contract with one of the world's largest cement producers Cemex for the…
November 25, 2014
Breedon Aggregates, the largest independent aggregates business in the UK after the four global majors, says in a current trading performance update…
November 21, 2014
In January-September 2014, the net profit of Mordovcement amounted to RUB 174 million (€3.01 million/US$3.77 million, -35%) while its revenue reached…
November 21, 2014
In Guangzhou, China, a strategic agreement has been signed between China Construction Fourth Engineering Division (China Construction) and Lafarge…
November 21, 2014
In the quarter of July-September 2014, YTL of Malaysia recorded a 13.9% decline in its revenue from MYR 5.21 billion (€1.23 billion/US$1.55 billion)…
November 21, 2014
A municipal solid waste processing project that can handle 300tonnes of waste/day has officially started operation in China's Pingliang city. The…
November 21, 2014
Arkan Building Materials Co has unveiled its AED 1.30 billion (€282.18 million/US$353.94 million) Al Ain Cement Factory. Dubbed as the largest in the…
November 21, 2014
It is reported that HeidelbergCement, having three large cement plant in Ukraine and occupying 23.8% of the local market, has stopped production at…
November 21, 2014
The newly-developed 55kW Hatz diesel engine 4H50TIC is among the TOP 10 of the GreenTec Awards 2015, one of Europe’s most prestigious environmental…
November 21, 2014
The 2014 winner of the international Swedish Steel Prize is Belaz from Belarus. The prize was awarded for the company’s “innovative and new…
November 21, 2014
The UK Mineral Products Association (MPA) played an active and supporting role at the CBI Minerals Group’s Living with Minerals 5’ (LWM5) Conference…
November 20, 2014
The aggregates market in The Netherlands has been given a boost after the Dutch Minister of Infrastructure and Environment and the State Secretary…