January 2, 2013
Portuguese cement company Cimpor, owned by Brazilian group Camargo Correa, has appointed Luiz Nascimento and Andre Dias as new directors. They…
January 2, 2013
Russian cement consumption will increase by 13% to 65 million tonnes in 2012, according to CMPro. Further annual growth of 5-7% is also being…
January 2, 2013
Atlas Copco is to acquire the MEYCO Equipment business from BASF Construction Chemicals Europe AG. The acquisition extends the Swedish firm’s…
January 2, 2013
CNH Global says that as a result of an ongoing strategic review of its construction equipment business, it is moving into the next phase of…
January 2, 2013
Tata Steel has rounded out an award-winning year by receiving a Gold and Silver certification in Caterpillar's Supplier Quality Excellence Programme…
December 20, 2012
Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe)/(HCME) celebrated its 40th anniversary with a special event in Oosterhout, The Netherlands. HCME president…
December 20, 2012
Danish Environment Minister Ida Auken wants to stop composting of gypsum waste and recommends recycling of gypsum waste to make new gypsum board or…
December 20, 2012
Demand for cement in Spain has been tipped to drop by 33% by the end of 2012 to some 13 million tonnes – which will be the fifth successive double-…
December 20, 2012
Sales at General Beton (GB) in Romania are expected to fall in 2012. The concrete producer, controlled by the Italian group Tonon, expects a turnover…
December 20, 2012
Granite exports from the Galicia region of Spain to Saudi Arabia increased 127% in 2011 to 450tonnes, according to the granite cluster in the region…
December 20, 2012
Swiss cement company Holcim says it plans to scale back its European activities due to a slowdown in the continent’s construction sector. The firm…
December 20, 2012
Gorny is to build a cement plant near the east Russia port city of Novorossiysk in 2013. The company, 99% owned by Trastinvest-V, says the plant will…
December 19, 2012
As part of the Holcim Leadership Journey, the group has introduced a leaner management structure for Europe to better adapt to the lower level of…
December 19, 2012
Holcim Belgium, the Belgian division of Swiss cement manufacturer Holcim, is planning to close its brick grinding centre in Haccourt. The predicted…
December 19, 2012
French ecology minister Delphine Batho says the biodiversity commitments of the national union of aggregates producers (UNPG) conforms to the…