July 4, 2014
With funding available of up to €54,603 (SEK 500,000), academic submissions are now being invited for pre-studies or similar projects that support…
July 3, 2014
Lafarge’s Zambian branch has floated more shares on the stock market, increasing its floating capital to 25%. The French construction materials group…
July 3, 2014
ARM Cement of Kenya has reportedly taken full control of Rwanda-based Kigali Cement. The firm already owns 35% of Kigali Cement, and it has bought…
July 3, 2014
Komatsu, the world’s second biggest maker of building and mining equipment, says its Chinese sales are falling more steeply than anticipated as…
July 2, 2014
HeidelbergCement aims to offload its US and British building products business this year to have the best chance of buying cement assets that Lafarge…
July 2, 2014
Blackstone, Cinven and a Canadian pension fund are said by the UK’s Financial Times (FT) newspaper to be exploring a joint bid for €5 billion worth…
July 2, 2014
Blackstone, Cinven and a Canadian pension fund are said by the UK’s Financial Times (FT) newspaper to be exploring a joint bid for €5 billion worth…
July 1, 2014
Semen Indonesia will next year to set up a new €219.6 million cement plant in Vietnam, according to the Jakarta Post. The new plant will serve the…
July 1, 2014
The first in a series of NAM (Nature After Minerals)/RESTORE 2014 best-practice demonstration events for quarry restoration recently took place in…
July 1, 2014
Urbanisation is driving a rise in construction projects and the need for more Portland cement, according to a new Transparency Market Research (TMR)…
July 1, 2014
Dangote Cement is reportedly set to open its new Cameroon plant in August 2014. It was initially expected to enter service in January 2014, and then…
July 1, 2014
Lafarge, the French concrete and cement materials giant, and Germany-based construction chemicals producer BASF have agreed to set up a joint venture…
July 1, 2014
Long term growth in asphalt demand will be primarily driven by the continuously expanding highways across the world that are needed to accommodate…
June 30, 2014
Leading central England plant hire firm JoinPoint has bought 20 E-series ADTs from Bell Equipment to refresh and expand its fleet. Now in its 25th…
June 30, 2014
Highly efficient quarry and mining equipment operators can now gain the industry’s first ever gold standard accreditation. Launched last week at…