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It has been reported that prices of construction materials in Poland noted an average fall of nearly 3% in the fourth-quarter of 2013 compared to the same period in 2012.

Prices are expected to start rising again in the second-quarter of 2014.

The construction costs of bridges and roads fell by 3.4% and 4.5% respectively, and in addition, the costs of building detached homes and flats noted respective falls of 3.3% and 2.6%.

The construction materials were cheaper in the last three months of 2013

Cement manufacturers are launching projects to install new cement works in Morocco despite poor market conditions.

The CEO of Ciments du Maroc, Mohamed Chaibi, believes that improvements in current demand are temporary, while Dominique Drouet, chairman of the board of directors at Holcim is reprted as anticipating a 12% drop in activity in the cement industry at the end of 2013 and expecting the decline to continue in 2014.

A cement works with a production capacity of 1 million tonnes costs an average

In Russia, Lipetskcement (part of Eurocement Group) produced 1.398 million tonnes of cement and 1.046 million tonnes of clinker in 2013 (23.3% and 2.6%, respectively, up on 2012).

A total of 178,000tonnes of packaged cement was produced (+19%). Cement CEM I 42.5N accounted for 644,500tonnes (+82.5%) and 1.41 million tonnes of cement was shipped to customers (+23.7%), including 896,000tonnes shipped by train (+37.3%).

Titan Cement of Greece has confirmed that Mihalis Kolakidis will take on the role of Strategy Director for the group from 20 January, 2014.

Turkey's natural stones' export revenue increased by 17% from US$1.90 billion (€1.40 billion) to $2.2 billion in 2013, when compared to 2012.

A total of $981.8 million of this amount was made to China, which represents an increase of 25% in comparison to 2012. Turkey sold marble and travertine worth $978.88 million to China.

HAVER & BOECKER the Packing machine specialist and supplier of complex systems and plants for the cement, building materials and minerals, chemicals, and mineral processing industries, has opened a subsidiary company in Lagos, Nigeria.

It says that over the last decade an intensive partnership has developed in the West African country through the Dangote Group. The target of the now ongoing set-up of the subsidiary company HAVER & BOECKER Nigeria is to allow a more rapid and targeted reaction in order to

McLanahan Corporation’s., has received certification in the ISO 9001:2008 Management System for the design, manufacture and service of equipment for the mineral, aggregate, agricultural and industrial industries.

The official registration audit was completed by SRI Quality System Registrar of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, and the company received its official certification in December. The success of the registration evaluation was ultimately the result of the commitment McLanahan employees have to pro

UK brickworks are scrambling to meet growing demand amid a revival in the housing market. Many brickworks were closed or mothballed as a result of the recession but builders are now reporting shortages of bricks and say the supply problems are causing project delays.

A shortage of roof tiles and skilled workers has been highlighted by builder Redrow.

Michelmersh Brick Holdings says it is making as many bricks as possible, while many brickworks across the UK have avoided the traditional end of year st

The factory operated by cement company, Lafarge, in Villaluenga de la Sagra in Spain, contributed €35 million to the regional economy of Castilla-La Mancha in 2013, according to the factory manager, Mariano Garcia Hoyos.

The contribution came through taxes, wages, contracting of services, sponsorship, donations and agreements.

The factory has employed 170 people directly and indirectly, and supplied 60,000tonnes of cement for the Legutiano Tunnel in Vitoria; 23,000tonnes for the construction of wareh

The Uk Mineral Products Association (MPA) is again highlighting the regulatory cost burden on the mineral products sector to government as preparation for the Chancellor’s March Budget takes place.

MPA says its research in recent years has highlighted the ever-increasing scale and cost of this burden on the mineral products industry.

Nigel Jackson, chief executive MPA, said: “MPA remains extremely concerned at the identified cumulative cost burden on our sector arising from environmental and planning

A generational change took place at the helm of Haver & Boecker in Oelde, Germany, when Florian Festge (39) and Dr Fabian Festge (36) took over responsibility for the management of the Machinery Division of the company from their father, Dr Reinhold Festge, who has taken over the position of president at the Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau (Association of German Machinery and Plant Manufacturers) for the next three years.

He will continue to be available to his sons for advising on matters ma