April 18, 2012
Cemex, in partnership with contractor Copisa Group, has completed the first stretch of a bridge that will connect the Port of Barcelona with…
April 18, 2012
GSM has had permission to operate an open-air quarry in south-west France withdrawn due to an impact study's perceived failure to sufficiently…
April 18, 2012
The global market for construction aggregates is expected to increase 5.2% per year through to 2015 to 48.3 billion tonnes. The represents a slower…
April 18, 2012
A Finnish concrete element company has developed a new concrete slab for intermediate floors.
April 18, 2012
World demand for cement and concrete additives is projected to increase 8.35% annually to US$15.8 billion in 2015, a significant improvement over the…
April 18, 2012
Cement demand in Germany will not grow in 2012, according to national cement industry association Verein Deutscher Zementwerke (VDZ).
April 18, 2012
According to reports the cement contract for the new £1.5billion (€1.79billion) Forth bridge in Scotland could be awarded to Hochtief from Germany.…
April 18, 2012
On 31 January it was 150 years to the day since Göran Fredrik Göransson's new company was formed in Sandviken, Sweden. At that time, Sandvik was…
April 17, 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…
April 17, 2012
Following the acquisition of Hartl mobile crushers in 2010, Atlas Copco Construction & Mining "intensified its focus on the mobile crushing…
April 17, 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…
April 17, 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…
April 17, 2012
Building materials company, Cemex has compiled its Sustainable Development Update,an interim report updating its environmental, economic and social…
April 17, 2012
FL Smidth has been awarded contracts worth a total of approximately €66.7 million for equipment supplies to a copper producer in South America. The…
April 17, 2012
The concrete industry has hit back at the inaccurate and misleading reporting of the closure of the A4 Hammersmith Flyover, London. The flyover was…