The French National Assembly is considering a tax on recycling construction materials. It is unclear whether the tax will be specific and concern…
February 6, 2013
Portuguese cement consumption fell 26.9% in 2012, according to Portugal's Federation for the Construction Industry (FEPICOP). The year-on-year fall…
February 6, 2013
Leading mobile crushing and screening equipment provider Powerscreen has appointed Colin Clements as its new international sales director. Outside of…
February 5, 2013
Global engineering technology firm Reinshaw has taken complete ownership of UK-based Measurement Devices Ltd (MDL), a company specialising in the…
February 5, 2013
Cement from Lafarge's Aether project could be commercially available from 2014, it has been reported. In 2012, the French construction materials…
February 5, 2013
Italian cement and construction materials group Cementir has posted a preliminary 4.6% year-on-year rise in turnover to €976 million in 2012. The…
February 4, 2013
Renishaw, the global engineering technologies company, has taken full ownership of Measurement Devices Ltd (MDL), following the purchase of the…
February 4, 2013
Johnson Crushers International (KPI-JCI) has been honoured with its first Bronze Hat Award from parent corporation Astec Industries. The award…
February 1, 2013
Siblestorg, belonging to the Russia-based Tomlesdrev group, intends to set up a reinforced concrete structures production facility on the site of the…
February 1, 2013
The Russia-based SU-155 group of companies has acquired Polotnyano-Zavodskoe Kareroupravlenie (PZK) in the central Kaluga region in a €9.55 million (…
February 1, 2013
In association with Unicem, the French federation of quarries and building materials, over 100 quarries are opening their doors to visitors to…
February 1, 2013
Swiss cement group Holcim plans to stop a furnace at its site in Dannes, northern France, due to being overcapacity for clinker production. The Group…
February 1, 2013
The French branch of cement, aggregate and ready-to-pour concrete company Cemex has posted turnover of €973 million, down 2% from 2011. Sales in…
January 31, 2013
Sandvik Mining has selected Volvo Penta engines for its underground vehicles for the global mining industry. Engines meet Tier 4i/Stage IIIB emission…
January 29, 2013
Deutsche Doka Schalungstechnik has bought a 11.4-hectare large plot of land in the industrial park of Apolda, Germany, for €1.10 million. According…