July 31, 2014
Komatsu posted a 1.1% gain in first-quarter profit as sales in Europe, Africa and parts of Asia helped overcome a slump in China. The world’s second-…
July 28, 2014
The Mineral Products Association (MPA) has published its Government & Industry Action Plan which sets out key actions for both the next…
July 28, 2014
International construction equipment manufacturer Chicago Pneumatic has appointed Mercury Invest as its authorised distributor in Bulgaria. With a…
July 28, 2014
The Italian marble sector is showing continued success with exports of processed and unhewn products worth €574.5 million during the first four…
July 28, 2014
Over the first six months of 2014, sales of construction equipment in the Italian market have been 3,134, an increase of 16% compared to the previous…
July 28, 2014
Terex Corporation reported second-quarter income from continuing operations of US$87.8 million compared to $20.4 million in the same period last year…
July 28, 2014
Caterpillar has reported earnings of US$999 million for the second quarter, up from $960 million in the same period a year ago. Sales totalled $14.…
July 25, 2014
Lafarge has posted another drop in quarterly sales and profit, saying this is mainly due to adverse exchange rates and its shrinking scale as it…
July 24, 2014
Kenya-based National Cement Company (NCC) is set to receive KES 5.9 billion (US$67.1/€49.85 million) from the International Finance Corporation (IFC…
July 24, 2014
Some 14 years after the project was initially considered, Holcim Granulats is expected to put its limestone quarry in Champ-Carré in Bayel into…
July 24, 2014
Thierry Legrand, who has been the chief executive of Lafarge South Africa for five years, has been appointed as senior vice president of…
July 24, 2014
According to the Cameroon port authority, Autorité portuaire nationale (Apn), cement was the most imported product in 2013, accounting for 16% of…
July 24, 2014
It is reported that Larfarge Ciment, the Romanian subsidiary of the French cement group Lafarge, will pay dividends on 2013 profit of around €10…
July 24, 2014
Oman Cement reported a OMR 9.9 million (€19.09 million) pre-tax profit in the first half of 2014, up 4.3% from the year-ago period. In contrast,…
July 24, 2014
China-based cement producer and trader China Resources Cement Holdings Limited has signed a 36-month loan deal with a bank for an amount of CNY 300mn…