The Mineral Products Association (MPA) is supporting Phase 2 of the Million Ponds Project, coordinated by Pond Conservation. The project is using…
December 3, 2012
In the UK, the Mineral Products Association (MPA) and Bumblebee Conservation Trust (BBCT) have established a new partnership to help conserve bees…
December 3, 2012
HeidelbergCement has commissioned a new cement mill with an annual capacity of 1 million tonnes at its Tema cement grinding plant in Ghana. Capital…
November 30, 2012
Cemex has released A Gift of Nature. Twenty Years of Conservation & Photography, the 20th anniversary edition of its celebrated conservation book…
November 30, 2012
FLSmidth has won a five-year contract worth approximately US$190million/DKK1.1 million (€146 million) from Minera Los Pelambres to supply maintenance…
November 30, 2012
Breedon Aggregates, the UK’s largest independent aggregates business, has welcomed the decision by Transport Scotland to award its trunk road…
November 30, 2012
The UK’s Mineral Products Association (MPA) has offered a cautious welcome to the UK Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Changes’ statement…
November 30, 2012
Cyrille Ragoucy, CEO-designate of the proposed UK joint venture between Lafarge UK and Tarmac’s owners Anglo American, has named his designated…
November 29, 2012
Recipes from British Olympic Games competitors and Euro football stars are contained in the Big Sports Recipe Book, the creation of a group of…
November 29, 2012
A lack of construction projects in Spain has led to cement usage levels being as low as they were in the 1930s, the Spanish cement production company…
November 29, 2012
In the first half of 2012, Titan Cement of Greece posted a 2% drop in its revenues to €548 million, a 21% decrease in its EBITDA (earnings before…
November 29, 2012
Cemex in Israel is supplying 20,000m³ of ready-mix concrete for a new, 800+ megawatt, electric power station south of the city of Ashkelon. It will…
November 29, 2012
Italian cement and construction material group Cementir has applied to the regional authorities in Puglia for permission to invest €140 million in…
November 29, 2012
Italian cement and construction material group Cementir has applied to the regional authorities in Puglia for permission to invest €140 million in…
November 29, 2012
Italian cement and construction material group Cementir has applied to the regional authorities in Puglia for permission to invest €140 million in…