March 29, 2012
Cement exports from Russia are expected to grow to 4million tonnes per year following removal of export duties there. Duty rates were previously at 6…
March 28, 2012
Tarmac is celebrating the return of bitterns to its Nosterfield Quarry in North Yorkshire, UK following work to create reed beds at the site. The…
March 28, 2012
As Europe gears up for Easter, the Easter Bunny has already arrived at Lafarge Aggregates and Concrete UK’s Cotessey concrete plant in Norfolk and…
March 28, 2012
Ciments Français has announced that it plans to merge Société Internationale Italcementi France into its business in order to simplify the legal…
March 28, 2012
Sicily-based Calcestruzzi is to the re-incorporated into Italcementi following a decision by the court of Caltanissetta to revoke in full the…
March 28, 2012
Construction of a new precast concrete panel plant for Essentium in Spain could get underway before the end of the year. The Spain-based company has…
March 28, 2012
Italcementi has announced that it raised €500million from the sale of non-core assets in the first quarter of this year and has said it plans to…
March 28, 2012
The markets for aggregates and ready mixed concrete in Europe have declined by 25% since the recession hit the region but improvement is underway,…
March 28, 2012
Cemex Bétons is aiming to improve customer understanding of the latest concrete technology with opening of a new showroom at its French headquarters…
March 28, 2012
Ifsttar is to develop new types of concrete for the two tunnels on the railway being built between Lyon, France, and Turin in Italy. Called the Lyon-…
March 28, 2012
Organisers of Smopyc 2011 say they have reached agreements with groups of buyers and trade missions from “strategic countries” that will make the…
March 28, 2012
In 2010, the net income of Ukraine’s Mikolaiv Cement, which belongs to France's Lafarge, dropped 8.3% year-on-year to €40.82 million. The volume of…
March 28, 2012
Austrian gravel producer Köhler Kiesabbau is reported to have filed for insolvency but has launched a restructuring programme in a bid to keep the…
March 28, 2012
French aggregates association Unicem has announced that Lafarge’s quarry in Fercé-sur-Sarthe, France has achieved level four standard in its…
March 28, 2012
Sberbank has offered to restructure Russia-based quarry operator Pavlovskgranit’s €121million loan in return for a 51% share in the business with a…