March 26, 2012
FL Smidth has been awarded contracts worth a total of approximately €66.7 million for equipment supplies to a copper producer in South America. The…
March 26, 2012
Irish group CRH has unveiled plans to expand further into emerging markets, while reporting pre-tax profits of €95 million for the six months to June…
March 26, 2012
Atlas Copco has acquired Perfora, Italy, a company that manufactures and sells cutting and drilling equipment in the dimensional stone industry.…
March 26, 2012
Building materials company, Cemex has compiled its Sustainable Development Update,an interim report updating its environmental, economic and social…
March 26, 2012
FLSmidth has signed a share purchase agreement to acquire 100% shareholding in Phillips Kiln Services, a US-based supplier of kiln services for the…
March 26, 2012
Finning International, represented in the UK by Finning UK and Ireland, and Caterpillar have reached an agreement for Finning to acquire from…
March 26, 2012
The UK’s Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has referred the aggregates, cement and ready-mix concrete markets in Great Britain to the Competition…
March 26, 2012
The UK’s Mineral Products Association (MPA) says it has noted the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) decision to refer the Great Britain aggregates, ready-…
March 26, 2012
Weir Minerals has launched two new sales and support centres in Spain and The Netherlands as part of its strategy to get closer to its customers…
March 26, 2012
Pupils who took part in a road safety campaign run by building materials manufacturer Lafarge Aggregates & Concrete UK, now have a standout…
March 26, 2012
Following the acquisition of Hartl mobile crushers in 2010, Atlas Copco Construction & Mining “intensified its focus on the mobile crushing…
March 26, 2012
IronPlanet, an online market for used heavy equipment, is to host its first onsite and online auction in February in Florida, USA. The auction from…
March 26, 2012
Anchor Bay Construction Products has sold the entire issued share capital of the company to CRH (UK). The provider of reinforcement, formwork and…
March 26, 2012
The building materials sector in France did fairly well at the end of 2011 and Unicem forecasts growth for between 7-8% for the full year 2011. Ready…
March 26, 2012
The German Cement Works Association (VDZ) and the Federal Association of German Cement Industry (BDZ) are combining operations and merging into the…