March 30, 2012
Austria-based brick manufacturer is reported to be planning a takeover bid for Heidelberg Cement’s brick business. Australian construction firm Boral…
March 30, 2012
Construction work on a €250million modernisation of Devnya Cement’s plant in Bulgaria is due to get underway this month, according to an announcement…
March 30, 2012
Trading practices in the UK aggregates market are to come under scrutiny after the Office of Fair Trading has announced it is to launch a market…
March 30, 2012
Cement demand in Russia is forecast to continue growing over the next nine years, reaching 100million tonnes a year by 2020, according to investment…
March 30, 2012
Finds from an archeological investigation at Cemex gravel quarry near Marburg in Germany have been put on display, revealing the history of the site…
March 30, 2012
Spain’s cement association Oficemen has reported that demand for cement in Spain increased by 2.73% in February this year – the first increase in…
March 30, 2012
Greater efficiency and higher quality crusher components manufacturing is promised by Sandvik with the announcement plans for investment in a new…
March 30, 2012
Lafarge Cement has announced the appointment of John Lewis as its new health and safety coordinator for its Aberthaw Works site in Wales. Lewis joins…
March 30, 2012
Belgium’s concrete federation has reported that concrete volumes rose by 10% during the first half of the year, however most companies in the sector…
March 30, 2012
Harvest of the latest fruit crops planted in restored areas of Cemex Espana’s El Clotet quarry are now underway and the company is celebrating 25…
March 30, 2012
The British Aggregates Association (BAA) has announced that it has won the case against the exemption or derogation from the Aggregates Levy in…
March 30, 2012
The Bosnian government has announced that it is to re-acquire the building materials business of Granit following embezzlement of some €5.6million by…
March 30, 2012
Cemex France has announced a number of new appointments and job changes following a reorganisation. Christian Béranger is now director of sustainable…
March 30, 2012
Lafarge has expanded its aggregates operations in the Ukraine with the opening of the new Koscheevsky quarry in the Kiev region. The company has…
March 30, 2012
Holcim has announced that it has signed an agreement with the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela on terms for Venezuela’s compensation payment for the…