March 28, 2012
Efforts to reduce carbon emissions at Lafarge’s Teresa cement plant in the Philippines have been officially recognised as having achieved a global…
March 28, 2012
Poor winter trading due to weather conditions has been blamed as UK-based C&G Concrete’s business went into administration this week. The company…
March 28, 2012
Strong growth in demand for cement in Poland in April has led to suggestions that the sector will see 10% growth for the whole year in 2011.…
March 28, 2012
The latest survey of industry sales volumes from the UK Mineral Products Association (MPA) shows a mixed picture in the second quarter of 2011.…
March 28, 2012
Proposals to accelerate carbon reduction plans in the UK may place the energy intensive industries in a less competitive position, according to the…
March 28, 2012
Local media has reported that Lafarge will go ahead with plans to build a new 2million tonne per year cement plant in the Rostov region of Russia.…
March 28, 2012
Improvements in safety and fuel efficiency are promised for Lafarge’s UK aggregates delivery operation with orders placed for 20 new Renault Premium…
March 28, 2012
Capability to load a variety of materials has led UK-based rental firm Arnold Plant Hire to invest in two Volvo wheeled loaders for the first time.…
March 28, 2012
Cement demand in April was at its lowest level in Spain for 22 years, according to the national cement producers association Oficemen. The slowdown…
March 28, 2012
Lafarge’s largest quarry in the UK is gearing up for visits from around 800 school children over the next few months as part of a campaign by the…
March 28, 2012
UK-based Breedon Aggregates has reported a marked improvement in parts of its business in the first quarter of 2011. Speaking at the company’s AGM,…
March 28, 2012
Hungary-based Nostra Cement - a joint venture between Lafarge and Strabag - will officially open its new 1million tonne per year cement plant in…
March 28, 2012
Cimpor CEO Francisco Lacerda has said that the company will offset contracting markets in Portugal and Spain with increased focus on Brazil to…
March 28, 2012
Cemex has completed its nine month-long project to upgrade its ready mixed concrete facility in Grimaud, France. The €1.9million investment enables…
March 28, 2012
Demand for aggregates in Spain was down 14.6% in 2010 on the previous year at 207million tonnes, according to Spanish aggregates association, ANEFA.…