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March 29, 2012
France-based VM Matériaux has announced that it is to merge its Préfa des Pays de Loire (PPL) and Vendée Béton businesses into the operation of the…
March 29, 2012
Finland-based concrete products manufacturer HB-Betoniteollisuus has announced plans to invest €1million at its facility in Somero, Finland. Work in…
March 29, 2012
Holcim has announced that it has promoted Urs Fankhauser to the post of as area manager for Eastern and South Eastern Europe. Fankhauser was…
March 29, 2012
Concrete recovery specialist Clamens is considering launching energy labels for all of its concrete products. The company specialises in recycling…
March 29, 2012
Growth in sales of aggregates, cement and ready mixed concrete in the UK in the third quarter were regarded as a comparative improvement rather than…
March 29, 2012
Caterpillar has announced that it has signed a deal to buy mining equipment producer Bucyrus for US$8.6billion and the company has said that the…
March 29, 2012
Nineteen concrete producers in the Ukraine have joined forces to better represent the concrete sector through formation of a new association under…
March 29, 2012
Tarmac has announced that it is to work with ITM Power during 2011 to trial hydrogen powered vehicles in the UK. Under the deal Tarmac will carry out…
March 29, 2012
Construction of a new railway siding and junction at Cemex’s Dove Holes Quarry in Derbyshire, UK will increase rail capacity by 25% to 2.5million…
March 29, 2012
Lafarge has confirmed that it has issued a new bond issue valued at €1billion with an eight year maturity. The bond is reserved for institutional…
March 29, 2012
Heidelberg Cement’s Romaina subsidiary has announced the appointment of Florian Aldea as its new CEO from 1 January. Aldea takes on the role from…
March 29, 2012
Cemex has announced that it has donated 2500ha of land to the Chingaza National Natural Park in Columbia. The area was previously used for quarrying…
March 29, 2012
US-based Ivy Steel and Wire has been sold by CRH to Insteel Industries for €37million, CRH has announced. CRH said that the company which…
March 29, 2012
Baselcement-Pikalevo has announced that it has started to extract limestone from a new quarry near Leningrad in Russia. The new site at Zapadny will…
March 29, 2012
Changes planned to the system for setting planning application fees in the UK could have serious implications for mineral operators, according to the…
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