Oslo City Council has ordered road construction company Oslo Vei to close down its quarry and asphalt plant at Huken before the end of 2014. The…
September 27, 2012
H+H Céska, the Czech subsidiary of Danish group H+H International, has been acquired by H+H's main competitor, German company Xella. Turnover of H+H…
September 27, 2012
Xylem has announced expansions of it dewatering business in several locations this year in order to serve customers in the growing mining sector. The…
September 27, 2012
In Togo, HeidelbergCement is constructing a new US$250 million clinker plant with an annual capacity of 1.5 million tonnes in the town of Tabligbo,…
September 27, 2012
The speed with which construction costs have risen in Finland in recent years is due to slow down, according to the RAKSU working group that monitors…
September 25, 2012
The bank Société Générale has reiterated its 'buy' recommendation for Lafarge stock and raised its target share price for the French construction…
September 25, 2012
The speed with which construction costs have risen in Finland in recent years is due to slow down, according to the RAKSU working group that monitors…
September 25, 2012
The speed with which construction costs have risen in Finland in recent years is due to slow down, according to the RAKSU working group that monitors…
September 25, 2012
Italian exports of stone and marble products rose 7.4% to €835.4 million in the first half of 2012, according to a survey carried out by Italian…
September 25, 2012
Cemex has launched a new high-performance concrete called MicroTech. Coming in four variants, MicroTech is made with microsilica, said by Cemex to…
September 25, 2012
Wirtgen Group joint president Stefan Wirtgen said the German quarrying equipment manufacturer will be looking to develop new mobile screening and…
September 21, 2012
In the UK, Encos is said to have started making a carbon neutral brick range, Encobricks, under a link up with S Morris, a construction materials…
September 21, 2012
It is claimed that Estonian authorities are setting restrictions on mining sand, gravel and other mineral resources as well as hiking excavation…
September 21, 2012
In a charity and solidarity operation between 12-16 November 2012, Holcim France is offering its 1,800 employees the chance to spend a day working…
September 21, 2012
Since 2007, demand for cement in the Spanish region of Catalonia is said now to have decreased to a third of what it was then. Since then, production…