April 2, 2012
France-based Société des Carrières Vauclusiennes (SCV) has announced the opening of a new recycling platform at a site near Avignon. The company has…
April 2, 2012
Iceland-based engineering company Mannvit has revealed that ash from the eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano could be used to improve concrete…
April 2, 2012
Reportable injuries in UK quarries are down 76% from 10 years ago, according to the Health and Safety Executive. The organisation has said that the…
April 2, 2012
UK-based Earthline has expanded its aggregate production capabilities with investment in new processing equipment from Terex Finlay. The Oxfordshire…
April 2, 2012
Leading submersible pump group ITT has announced that it has agreed a deal for US$585million to acquire automatic self-priming pump specialist Godwin…
April 2, 2012
Heidelberg Cement has announced that it has successfully issued €650million of Eurobonds under its EMTN programme. The bonds have a maturity date of…
April 2, 2012
UK-based Yorkshire Aggregates has reported productivity increases and reduced maintenance following delivery of three new Case 821E wheeled loader to…
April 2, 2012
The UK’s Mineral Products Association (MPA) used this week’s Hillhead exhibition in Derbyshire, UK as a platform to launch its new tool to help the…
April 2, 2012
JCB has announced that former Jaguar Land Rover strategic business office director Michael Mohan has joined the company as group engineering director…
April 2, 2012
Turkey’s competition authority Rekabet Kurumu has announced an investigation of three Antalya-based cement companies following a sharp rise in cement…
April 2, 2012
Finlay Hire has boosted its waste management solutions with an agreement to buy a new Airtrac 3200 S from Iona Waste Systems signed at Hillhead last…
April 2, 2012
France-based mineral company Imerys is reported to have launched a takeover bid for the Luzenac talc quarry in Southern France. The company has made…
April 2, 2012
CRH has reported full year sales of €17.17billion for 2010, down just 1% from the previous year, although EBITDA has dropped 10% to €1.61billion for…
April 2, 2012
The impact of the recession is no excuse for quarry firms not to continue building on the solid foundation of health and safety they have developed…
April 2, 2012
Cemex France has celebrated the completion of its new 90m3 per hour concrete plant in Lille, France. The inauguration of the new facility means the…