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Cemex presents The IUCN Red List: 50 Years of Conservation

Cemex has released The IUCN Red List: 50 Years of Conservation, the second edition of its Cemex Nature Series.

This inviting and innovative series continues the tradition of excellence that won recognition for the company’s celebrated 20-volume Cemex Conservation Series.

French industrial minerals specialist Imerys has completed a €500 million bond issue due to mature in December 2024 with an annual coupon of 2%, as well as a €100 million tap at 2.5% which is due to mature in November 2020.

Both operations, which were aimed at raising funds to finance the acquisition of S&B's activities, were well received by markets, being 2.5 times oversubscribed.

Imerys recently signed the absorption of Greece’s S&B Industrial Minerals in one of the biggest international deals in t

Hyundai Heavy Industries Europe, located in Geel, Belgium has a new chief executive, J.C. Jung, who fills the shoes of the former CEO and recently promoted S.G. Rhee, who will return to Hyundai Heavy Industries Korea.

Mr Jung was formerly global sales director Forklifts in Korea, and began his career as an industrial engineer at Hyundai, following ten years with the company. He then moved to the sales department where he has been responsible for sales of construction equipment and forklifts.

As the ne

Following a previous attack in November 2014, French construction group Lafarge's cement plant in Ashaka was subject to a new attack by Islamist group Boko Haram on 4 December 2014, according to witnesses.

The militants are thought to have stolen vehicles before being pushed back by Nigerian military forces.

A spokesperson for Lafarge did not confirm the attack but said that there had been 'trouble' in the vicinity of the plant and that there were no victims or damage caused.

According to insiders, the merger of Swiss cement group Holcim and French industrial company Lafarge will probably be approved by the European Commission.

However, it is reported that it could be possible that the companies will have to sell one or two parts.

Holcim and Lafarge have already put some divisions up for sale in different countries amounting to several millions of Euro.

In quarries where roads are not paved, dust and road stability are often a problem, especially with heavy trucks carrying out repeated journeys
on the same stretch of road.

However, NTI Holdings says that while it has found that for the Pavmax® product to have a very effective result the soil has to have a certain level of plasticity, the bond created with the liquid solution and clay gives a strong and durable dust-free layer of terrain, ready for heavy trucks and
busy traffic on a daily basis.
“With

In quarries where roads are not paved, dust and road stability are often a problem, especially with heavy trucks carrying out repeated journeys
on the same stretch of road.

However, NTI Holdings says that while it has found that for the Pavmax® product to have a very effective result the soil has to have a certain level of plasticity, the bond created with the liquid solution and clay gives a strong and durable dust-free layer of terrain, ready for heavy trucks and
busy traffic on a daily basis.
“With

The Vietnam Building Material Association (VBMA) says energy-efficient technologies must be used by foreign investors. In 2015, waste heat recovery (WHR) solutions need to be implemented by cement manufacturers, which have a daily clinker production capacity of at least 2,500 tonnes. The move is part of the government's plan for the domestic cement industry to 2020. Every year, the country has a total capacity of 73.45 million tonnes. By 2015, the capacity is anticipated to increase to 81 million tonnes, ba

Mexican cement giant Cemex is to invest around US$1.1 billion in its home country over the next three years, according to its President Rogelio Zambrano. The country's business environment has improved substantially since the 2008 crisis, Zambrano said, and structural reforms also bolster a positive outlook. The firm's plans involve direct investments and those concerning projects managed by Cemex, such as wind farms. Cemex has invested $200 million to expand the second production line at its Tepeaca plant

A quarry on The Lizard peninsula in Cornwall, Southwest England is a crucial step closer to becoming part of a landmark renewable energy project costing around €1.01 billion (£800 million), reports the West Briton newspaper.

The British Government announced it has started in-depth discussions with Tidal Lagoon Power Ltd, which is aiming to build the world’s first tidal lagoon power plant in Swansea Bay, South Wales.

The scheme would, the West Briton reports, see 1.5 million of Cornish quarry stone shi

Dangote Cement of Nigeria is reportedly considering setting up plants in Myanmar, Latin America, Indonesia and Nepal. The firm could contract China National Materials' unit, Sinoma International Engineering, to build the plants. However, it has not made the final decision yet.

Dangote Cement had pledged over US$5 billion establishing cement plants in Africa 2012-2016. The ambitious company would spend $700 million of the sum in 2015, while another $1.2 billion investment would be made in 2014. It has alr

The Chilean mining suppliers' association Aprimin has awarded Metso with the Annual Safety Award 2014 in the Large Company category. The Finnish firm received this recognition for the second year running for its excellent performance in the prevention of occupational hazards.

Hanson Cement has doubled the workforce at its cement plant in north Wales to around 100, compared with just 50 during the recession.

An investment of €1.5 million in a new packaging line is underway, while plans to further increase output and bring a mothballed rail link back into service are said by the firm to be under consideration.

Hanson said it is benefiting from the ‘booming’ UK housing and construction sectors. The plant at Padeswood employed more than 180 workers at its peak.

Somali al Shabaab militants killed at least 36 non-Muslim workers at a quarry in northeast Kenya, beheading at least two of them in the same area that they hijacked a bus and killed 28 passengers last month.

Gunmen crept up on dozens of workers as they slept in tents around the quarry at about 1 am on Tuesday, 2 December 2014, a village elder at Korome, near the site of the attack close to the Somali border, told Reuters news agency.

"The militia separated the Muslims, then ordered the non-Muslims to