February 9, 2016
LafargeHolcim has received a revised order from the Competition Commission of India (CCI) for the divestment of its interest in Lafarge India,…
February 8, 2016
Beat Hess is being backed to become the new Chairman of LafargeHolcim’s Board of Directors after current Chairman Wolfgang Reitzle informed the Board…
February 5, 2016
Cement sales in the Philippines in the fourth-quarter of 2015 stood at 6.08 million tonnes, a climb by 16.6% from 5.21 million tonnes a year ago.…
February 5, 2016
In India, Birla Corp will buy the cement business of Reliance Infrastructure (R-Infra) for INR 48 billion (€652.78 million/US$707.03 million). R-…
February 5, 2016
LafargeHolcim's entire 11 million tonne per annum annual capacity in India is being sold, it is reported. The latest development comes after the…
February 5, 2016
LafargeHolcim is reported as announcing that cement production at the Lafarge plants in the French town of La Couronne in Charente and in Le Havre is…
February 5, 2016
French group Vicat has posted a turnover of €575 million in the fourth-quarter of 2015, stable compared to the previous year, but down by 1.6% on a…
February 5, 2016
CDEnviro has announced has increased its product assembly space by 32% to allow for the production of 60 additional machines/year. The company…
February 4, 2016
Mexican building materials giant Cemex has revealed that its sales increased 2% year-on-year during the fourth quarter of 2015 to US$3.4 billion, and…
February 4, 2016
A key new report shows how critical the UK mineral extraction industry, particularly the non-energy sector, is to the British economy. Prepared by…
February 4, 2016
A six-week public consultation has been launched by Nottinghamshire County Council in the UK over plans to explore potential new gravel quarry sites…
February 4, 2016
LafargeHolcim says it is considering a revised divestment of its interest in Lafarge India, which has an annual cement capacity of around 11 million…
February 4, 2016
The Matanat-A company has opened a new gypsum plant, Yeni Agdag, with a capacity of 400,000tonnes/year in the Qaradag district of Baku, Azerbaijan.…
February 4, 2016
Gilles Bernardeau has been appointed as the new managing director of French concrete research centre Cerib, replacing Marc Lebrun.
February 4, 2016
Credit risk rating agency Standard & Poors (S&P) has ratified Mexican cement company Cemex’s global credit rating at 'B+' with a positive…