January 29, 2013
Vale, one of the world's leading mining companies, has signed a major contract with Metso to deliver 110 heavy duty slurry pumps to its Moatize coal…
January 28, 2013
The UK Mineral Products Association (MPA) says its MPA sales survey results for 2012 confirm a rapid decline in construction activity in 2012, which…
January 24, 2013
Atlas Copco says it has again been recognised as one of the most sustainable companies in the world in the annual Global 100 list. The list,…
January 24, 2013
McLanahan Corporation, which provides custom-engineered processing solutions to a variety of Industries, and which launched its UK and European…
January 24, 2013
Metso will supply OAO Severstal with a complete rotary drying system for its iron ore plant upgrade project at the Olkon mine in Olenegorsk, Russia.…
January 24, 2013
Saudi Arabian cement demand is expected to increase 9.4%/year to over 80 million tonnes by 2017 as massive infrastructure projects create surging…
January 23, 2013
Finnish concrete company Parma is temporarily laying off around 40 staff at its core slab plant in Forssa in Finland for between five and six weeks…
January 23, 2013
Russia-based Lipetskcement, a part of EuroCement Group, produced 1.13 million tonnes of cement and 1.02 million tonnes of clinker in 2012. Shipping…
January 23, 2013
French building materials group Lafarge is reported to have secured permission to build a cement works in Biskra, Algeria, in conjunction with an…
January 23, 2013
Cemex paid off debts of €1.5 billion to its creditors in advance during the last quarter of 2012, including bonds expiring in 2013, 2014 and 2016.…
January 23, 2013
Lafarge Espana says its Cementos Esfera mill in Tarragona, Spain will stop producing cement and become a distribution centre. The move, which will…
January 23, 2013
Two Exmoor ponies, Patience and Ryburn, are now residents at Cemex’’s Branton Nature Conservation Area, near Powburn County Northumberland, north-…
January 23, 2013
The Court of Appeals of the Belgian city of Mons has approved the purchase of the Belgian quarry company Cimescaut's participation in the Antoing…
January 21, 2013
Aggregates production in Northern Ireland has fallen by 45% since the recession started in 2008, and the situation is particularly acute in sand and…
January 21, 2013
Lafarge has successfully completed an industrial trial for Aether, its new generation clinker formulated for lower carbon cements. The trial…