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Hanson has announced that it has gained the Responsible Sourcing of Materials standard for its cement range and ground granulated blastfurnace slag Regen products, which completes accreditation for the company’s whole product range.

Italmobiliare, the Italian investment holding that controls cement company Italcementi, has posted a turnover of €2.6 billion for the first half of 2011, compared to a turnover of €2.57 billion in the same period of 2010.

Croatia's stone manufacturer Jadrankamen has reported that it predicts to make a profit in 2011, instead of a loss of €10.75 million from 2010.

Shareholders of Russian company Iskitimcement, belonging to RATM holding company, have approved a €49.69 million dividend payment out of the company's undistributed profit, a record-breaking amount for the company.

Lafarge has agreed with Boral to sell them its stake in their common Asian Gypsum joint venture LBGA (Lafarge Boral Gypsum Asia) for €429 million, which represents the enterprise value of Lafarge’s 50%-stake in the jv.

HeidelbergCement has launched an international research competition aiming at finding new ideas for the conservation and promotion of species diversity in quarries and gravel pits.

Russian company Pavlovskgranit has reported that its production volume and sales rose by 17.4% and 10.2% in the first half of 2011 compared with the same period last year.

Samsung IMK Corporation is planning to build industrial enterprises in the Pavlodar region of Kazakhstan. Plants will process wastes from the Aksusky plant of Ferro Alloys and Aluminium of Kazakhstan.

Hungary-based subsidiary Nostra Cement – operated by a joint venture of Lafarge and Strabag - has announced the completion of a new cement plant in Kiralyegyhaza, which is now undergoing a six month-long test phase.

The UK’s Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) has recognised a geologist-turned-quarryman’s outstanding contribution of more than 35 years to safe and healthy working in the quarrying and mineral products sector.

Weir Minerals has launched a new servicing base in Essen, Germany, to support its growing customer base across Central Europe. The company has supplied mineral processing equipment including pumps, valves and filtration systems to the German market for more than 30 years.

Danish company FLSmidth has received a contract worth €147.71 million for the supply of a complete cement plant from Russian company Kaluga Cement Plant.

The President of the French Federation of Road Industry Unions (Usirf), Jean-Louis Marchand, has also been elected President of the European Asphalt Pavement Association (EAPA).

Russia-based Novorocement has announced it has agreed to buy Inteco's cement plants in Atakaycement and Verkhnebakansky. The value of the deal has been estimated to be worth €137million.