March 26, 2012
Building materials company, Cemex has compiled its Sustainable Development Update,an interim report updating its environmental, economic and social…
March 26, 2012
FLSmidth has signed a share purchase agreement to acquire 100% shareholding in Phillips Kiln Services, a US-based supplier of kiln services for the…
March 26, 2012
Finning International, represented in the UK by Finning UK and Ireland, and Caterpillar have reached an agreement for Finning to acquire from…
March 26, 2012
The UK’s Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has referred the aggregates, cement and ready-mix concrete markets in Great Britain to the Competition…
March 26, 2012
The UK’s Mineral Products Association (MPA) says it has noted the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) decision to refer the Great Britain aggregates, ready-…
March 26, 2012
Weir Minerals has launched two new sales and support centres in Spain and The Netherlands as part of its strategy to get closer to its customers…
March 26, 2012
Pupils who took part in a road safety campaign run by building materials manufacturer Lafarge Aggregates & Concrete UK, now have a standout…
March 26, 2012
Following the acquisition of Hartl mobile crushers in 2010, Atlas Copco Construction & Mining “intensified its focus on the mobile crushing…
March 26, 2012
IronPlanet, an online market for used heavy equipment, is to host its first onsite and online auction in February in Florida, USA. The auction from…
March 26, 2012
Anchor Bay Construction Products has sold the entire issued share capital of the company to CRH (UK). The provider of reinforcement, formwork and…
March 26, 2012
The building materials sector in France did fairly well at the end of 2011 and Unicem forecasts growth for between 7-8% for the full year 2011. Ready…
March 26, 2012
The German Cement Works Association (VDZ) and the Federal Association of German Cement Industry (BDZ) are combining operations and merging into the…
March 26, 2012
Cemex is launching its second global ready-mix concrete brand, Hidratium. The special ready-mix concrete with self-curing properties is already being…
March 26, 2012
The global market for construction aggregates is expected to increase 5.2% per year through to 2015 to 48.3 billion tonnes. This represents a slower…
March 26, 2012
Anglo American has appointed of Tracey Kerr as group head of exploration. Ms Kerr joins Anglo American from Vale where she was director of…