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Gröfuþjónusta Steins, a contractor based in southern Iceland, has taken delivery of a Case 695ST backhoe loader from newly appointed Case Icelandic sub-dealer Vélaborg Vörumeðhöndlun, in collaboration with Danish dealer S.D. Kjærsgaard.

The two companies have signed an agreement which gives Vélaborg Vörumeðhöndlun direct access to Case equipment, service support and parts backup offered by S.D. Kjærsgaard. Under this agreement, Vélaborg Vörumeðhöndlun is now the sole distributor for Case equipment in Ic

Layoffs at Italian cement maker Italcementi will be 538 not 1,080, according to Italian labour undersecretary Teresa Bellanova.

The deal to halve the number of previously earmarked job losses among Italcementi's workforce of 3,000 was agreed by the government, unions and management ahead of the company’s €3.7 billion takeover by German rival HeidelbergCement, the world's second-biggest cement producer.

The less severe job cuts will allow HeidelbergCement to expand operations in the Mediterranean, inc

Caroline Hempstead has been appointed as head of communication, public affairs and sustainable development of LafargeHolcim effective from 1 December 2015, reporting to CEO Eric Olsen.

Since 2007, Hempstead has been responsible for the global corporate affairs team at pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, where she also chaired the sustainability council.

Prior to joining AstraZeneca, Hempstead spent 10 years in the oil industry at Royal Dutch Shell managing the reputation of Shell's global downstream b

Grab a photo of one of Hope Construction Materials’ (Hope) special festive cement lorries, tweet it and you could win an all-new Apple TV!

Anyone can snap and share images of Hope’s new festive powder tankers – which hit the UK’s roads yesterday (7 December) – to be in with a chance of winning Apple’s state-of-the-art home entertainment unit or a host of runners-up prizes.

BHS-Sonthofen says its founding of BHS-Sonthofen Turkey Makina Sanayi in Istanbul will enable the crushing, mixing and recycling company to offer its Turkish customers expert local advice. The newly established subsidiary is a joint venture developed from a long-standing business relationship with DTR Industries.

A number of BHS-Sonthofen machines and installations have been in operation in Turkey for several years, handling applications such as processing slag and mixing concrete, with the firm’s crushe

Mexican building materials giant Cemex has today announced a number of changes to its senior level organisation, effective 1 January 2016.

Production of pre-packaged concrete in Italy is expected by ATECAP to drop 9.3% year-on-year in 2015 based on production registered in the first nine months of 2015. However, ATECAP, the Italian Technical Economic Association for Ready-mixed Concrete, estimates that concrete production should grow 1.1% in 2016.

Two Algerians have reportedly developed a cement from a mix of sludge taken from the El Ksob dam and clinker. The new kind of cement is said to be almost as resistant as conventional cement and has a much lower CO2 emission rate.

Cement production in the Chinese province of Hubei hit 91.21 million tonnes in the first 10 months of 2015. In October 2015 alone, the province’s cement output stood at 10.54 million tonnes. Hubei's cement production volume is expected to reach around 110 million tonnes in 2015.

Malaysia-based Stone Master recorded a fiscal Q4 2015 year-on-year decline in revenue from MYR 19.63 million (US$4.6 million) to MYR 17.41 million ($4.08 million). The company’s net loss within the same period improved slightly from MYR 2.16 million ($506,550) to MYR 2.15 million ($504,205). For the full fiscal year, the company recorded a year-on-year revenue decline from MYR 80.9 million ($18.97 million) to MYR 76.39 million ($17.91 million), while its net loss grew from MYR 3.26 million ($764,515) to MYR

Caterpillar CEO Doug Oberhelman is tipping revenues for the US construction equipment manufacturing giant to be down for the fourth year in a row in 2016 – what will be an unwelcome first in the company’s 90-year history.

Oberhleman makes the prediction and talks about other key issues affecting Caterpillar trading in a filmed interview with Fortune magazine’s Susie Gharib.

Of Caterpillar’s attempts to increase its market share in China, the biggest construction market in the world, where the US firm

LafargeHolcim intends to invest €300 million in its Algerian operations in 2016. Some of the money will go on starting production at its Biskra factory which will have an output capacity of 2.7 million tonnes of cement/year.

Meanwhile, LafargeHolcim will also create a 'construction laboratory' in Rouiba, in order to change its economic model from 'product seller' to 'solutions provider' - providing construction technology solutions for affected companies.

The Group also aims to direct its surplus p

According to Uzstroymaterialy chairman Erkin Akramov, Uzbekistan plans to increase its cement output by six million tonnes in the coming five years. Equipment will be upgraded at Kizilkumcement, Bekabadcement, and Kuvasaycement, and new plants will be constructed. Currently, eight cement plants with a total capacity of 8.64 million tonnes are working in the country.