March 30, 2012
Hormigones Caleta has announced that it is to streamline its concrete producing business in Spain by absorbing three of its subsidiaries into the…
March 30, 2012
Germany’s Federal Cartel Office has announced that it is to launch an investigation of the country’s concrete products sector to look into price…
March 30, 2012
The Albanian government has announced that it has reached an agreement for development of a new cement plant in part of the national forest. Under…
March 30, 2012
Lafarge has contributed to the project to create beaches along the River Seine in Paris, France for the ninth consecutive year. Since 2002, Lafarge…
March 30, 2012
Germany-based Dyckerhoff is reported to be planning to invest a total of €300million in upgrading a cement plant in the Ukraine, in which it has a…
March 30, 2012
Dalmacijacement has launched a new white cement product for the market in Croatia in a bid to meet demand for high quality decorative materials. The…
March 30, 2012
Joaquín Estrada, the new chairman of Oficemen, the Spanish Association of Cement Producers, has said that the cement industry in Spain is currently…
March 30, 2012
Cemex has blamed lower sales in the US and Europe for drops in both net sales and profits in the second quarter of this year, compared to the same…
March 30, 2012
“The extreme turbulence experienced in financial markets in the second half of 2008 took its toll on world economic activity in 2009, most…
March 30, 2012
The government in Belarus has announced that it is to open the tender process for a granite quarry in Sitnitsa on 10 March. It is estimated that…
March 30, 2012
Construction work on a new cement plant was set to restart this month a year after the project was mothballed. Construction of Atcom’s new plant in…
March 30, 2012
Turnover at Heidelberg Cement is up 10% in the second quarter, compared to the sale period in 2009, and the company has also announced increases in…
March 30, 2012
Lafarge has announced a 5% rise in operating income for the second quarter and a 2% rise in sales, compared to the same period in 2009. Operating…
March 30, 2012
UK-based Mineral Products Association joined forces with a local aggregates producer to promote the dangers of undertaking lorries to cyclists in…
March 30, 2012
Rising sales in the second quarter failed to offset declines recorded by Ciments Français in the first three months of the year, leading to an…