According to a survey conducted by the McGrath Group, almost two-thirds of those involved in the construction industry are unaware that recycled…
March 14, 2013
Holcim and HeidelbergCement intend to balance their respective interests in Cement Australia and to operate the company as a joint venture. Holcim…
March 14, 2013
HeidelbergCement increased revenue and operating income in 2012 while net debt significantly reduced. These are some of the highligfhts in the…
March 14, 2013
The joint venture Fonika Gips (Aksolit's brand) will deliver a gypsum plant in the Kamskoe Ustye district of the Tatarstan Republic (Volga) in July…
March 14, 2013
SCF Betongelement, the Swedish concrete element manufacturer, has been awarded a contract by JM to be responsible for design, manufacture, and…
March 14, 2013
Finnish Ruskon Betoni that makes ready-mixed concrete products is building a concrete plant in Lappeenranta with the aim of making 25,000m³ of…
March 14, 2013
Holcim has seen its 2012 sales of cement and clinker fall by 3.6% on year in Romania. The company’s cement and clinker sales declined by 21.7% on…
March 13, 2013
Despite the fall in income in 2012, Vicat will pay a dividend worth €1.50 per share, unchanged. The French building materials group posted…
March 13, 2013
Massucco T is adding to its fleet of new, used and rental equipment by becoming the official McCloskey International dealer for north-west Italy.…
March 12, 2013
IronPlanet broke its record for the largest single unit ever sold. A buyer from North Carolina won a Marion 7820 Walking Dragline in IronPlanet’s…
March 12, 2013
In Ghana, HeidelbergCement is constructing a new cement mill with an annual capacity of 0.8 million tonnes at its grinding plant in the port city of…
March 8, 2013
Italian building materials group Italcementi has posted a loss of €362.4 million for 2012, down from a profit of €91.2 million in 2011. This is…
March 8, 2013
Danielle McSorley thought she recognised a niche in the market to connect end-users with suppliers in the construction, agricultural, shipping and…
March 7, 2013
Four early Neolithic houses have been unearthed by archaeologists at Cemex’s Kingsmead Quarry in County Berkshire, south-east England, a discovery…
March 7, 2013
Powerscreen has presented awards to three distributors following the use if its dynamic balanced scorecard approach to monitoring dealer performance…