Consent of new aggregates reserves in the UK is failing to keep pace with the rate of consumption, despite the current low level of demand in the…
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April 2, 2012
Russia-based Granit-Kuznechnoye has announced that it has acquired the assets of 436 KNI as part of a €24million deal. The assets include a 1million…
April 2, 2012
The UK’s aggregates organisation the Mineral Products Association has called on government to reduce the level of and re-assess the environmental…
April 2, 2012
Three pan-European extractive minerals organisations have welcomed the publication of the EU’s Communication on the access to raw materials but have…
April 2, 2012
Reducing operational costs was one of the main drivers to Hanson investing in a new wheeled loader for its Ribblehead Works site in Clitheroe, UK.…
April 2, 2012
Breedon Aggregates has reported that it has secured two contracts for work on the A9 trunk road in Scotland worth over £6million for the supply and…
April 2, 2012
Latvia-based paving specialist Silverstone has opened a new production facility in Talsi. The new plant will use sand and gravel from the company’s…
April 2, 2012
Demand for high quality aggregates for road repairs is driving up demand for rail haulage form Welsh quarries, according to haulier DBS. The company…
April 2, 2012
Prepared concrete production was down 42% in the Balearics region of Spain in 2009, with the economic crisis being the main reason given for the drop…
April 2, 2012
Anglo American and Lafarge have signed an agreement that will see their UK operations merged into one business. Under the deal their cement,…
April 2, 2012
French construction materials company Lafarge has merged its Central European cement activities with Strabag, a leading Central and Eastern Europe…
April 2, 2012
Cemex, a cement and concrete producer, has opened a €1.52million ready-mixed concrete factory in York, northern England. The factory will replace a…
April 2, 2012
Germany-based Bunte has announced that it is to invest €4.5million in a new asphalt plant in Georgsheil. Work is due to start on the construction…
April 2, 2012
Europe’s top performing quarry operators have been put in the spotlight by the UEPG’s 2010 Sustainable Development Awards. Thirty companies from 10…
April 2, 2012
On 11 June 2010, the Lafarge quarry in Vimpelles (Seine et Marne), France, will house a ceremony organised by the National Union of Quarries and…
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