March 27, 2012
High inflation and slow recovery in mature markets has prevented Lafarge growing is sales in the second quarter of the year. The company has reported…
March 27, 2012
Efforts to reduce the risk of accidents at Cemex’s Lloseta cement plant in Spain have helped the facility to win an award from the Baleares…
March 27, 2012
Sustained recovery in demand for building materials in Europe and Central Asia helped Heidelberg Cement to record increases in both turnover and…
March 27, 2012
Lithuanian cement manufacturer Akmenes Cementas is said to be negotiating on a contract to supply cement for the construction of the Baltic Nuclear…
March 27, 2012
According to reports, Libya has recommenced importing cement from Albania. The imports stopped around two months ago, affecting business at Albania's…
March 27, 2012
Titan Cement of Greece has seen its revenues drop by 43.3% decrease in the first half of 2011 to €116.90 million, and a 39.7% drop in its EBITDA (…
March 27, 2012
Italian construction material specialist Buzzi Unicem has posted a 9.1% year-on-year increase in turnover to €1.34 billion in the first half of 2011…
March 27, 2012
Building materials group CRH has been told to sell its stake in Secil to its joint venture partner, Portuguese industrial holding company Semapa.…
March 27, 2012
A company that has supplied secondary lightweight aggregate and concrete solutions for some of the most notable design projects in Britain has…
March 27, 2012
CRH has announced 23 acquisition and investment initiatives totalling approximately €0.4 billion undertaken during the second-half of 2011 as part of…
March 27, 2012
A new general manager has been named at cement company Lafarge in Spain. Isidoro Miranda, the current assistant general manager, will take on the…
March 27, 2012
Horseriders and walkers are enjoying fresh views of the County Hertfordshire, south-east England, countryside thanks to a new bridleway. The route,…
March 27, 2012
Poland produced some 220million-230million tonnes of aggregates in 2011, which is a record-breaking result boosted by construction investments,…
March 27, 2012
Swedish demolition and second hand construction materials supplier Byggrecycling is reported to have filed for bankruptcy. The company, based in…
March 27, 2012
In Russia, according to the head of Ministry of Transport Igor Levitin, the cost of construction materials for road construction in regions may…