March 28, 2012
According to CMPro, in 2011 the Russian cement production may grow to 55 million tonnes. In the first quarter of 2011, the output totalled 8.5…
March 28, 2012
Cemex has been informed by the European Commission that it has decided to initiate formal proceedings in respect of possible anti-competitive…
March 28, 2012
Moscow-based Gras has launched a new plant producing Ytong cellular aerated concrete in the Saratov region of western Russia. The project investments…
March 28, 2012
Janos Sarkad, president of the Hungarian Association of Cement Producers (Magyar Cementipari Szovetseg), has revealed that domestic cement…
March 28, 2012
HeidelbergCement has been informed by the European Commission about the decision to initiate formal proceedings in respect of possible anti-…
March 28, 2012
Two graduates from Aalborg University, northern Denmark, have invented a new method for curved concrete casting. Mathias Kræmmergaard Kristensen and…
March 28, 2012
Aardvark Concrete, the UK-based concrete pumping company, is to be wound up. The winding up of the business, which is no longer trading, follows a…
March 28, 2012
Spanish steel company Alfonso Gallardo is selling various assets in Spain to Brazilian steel company CSN for €382 million. The measure is designed to…
March 28, 2012
Building materials company Cemex uses river freight for 48% of its shipments on a tonnes-per-kilometre basis in France. According to the company,…
March 28, 2012
The inclusion of water recycling equipment on washing plant installations has risen dramatically in recent times as operators realise that in…
March 28, 2012
Holcim has announced the buyout of eight quarries and four ready mixed concrete plants in Alsace, France and four ready mixed concrete plants in the…
March 28, 2012
The Lafarge quarry in Château-Gontier, France, has received the highest environmental classification, Level 4, from the French National Union for the…
March 28, 2012
The government of the Republic of Karelia in north-west Russia has developed a draft concept of region's social and economic development until 2015.…
March 28, 2012
The French National Union for Ready Mix Concrete, SNBPE, has predicted that 2010 production levels will be similar to 2009 levels when ready mix…
March 28, 2012
French cement producer Ciments Calcia has leased a new boat, Baptised Sandre, to make cement deliveries from its factory in Gargenville in the Paris…