September 14, 2012
Dyckerhoff is planning to invest several million euros in a new construction material production plant with a capacity of 1 million tonnes a year in…
September 14, 2012
Swedish commercial vehicle manufacturer AB Volvo has increased its shareholding in Deutz from 6.7% to just over 25%. Following an announcement in…
September 10, 2012
Libet, the manufacturer of paving blocks based in Wroclaw, Poland, generated a net loss of €1.12 million on revenue of €20.5 million in the first…
September 10, 2012
The Belgian-headquartered construction material producer Etex has raised €400 million through a new bond issue, the maximum amount it intended to…
September 10, 2012
China's CBMI Construction Co and Azerbaijan-based company Akkord have signed an agreement for a €158.34 million cement project in Azerbaijan. The…
September 10, 2012
A total of 17,083 visitors attended Hillhead 2012 compared to 15,558 in 2010. Event director Jack Berridge said: “Despite the challenges facing the…
September 10, 2012
LiuGong Machinery Corporation has officially opened its European headquarters at Almere, 35km from the Dutch capital, Amsterdam. The near-4,000m²…
September 10, 2012
New research from Capital Economics is said to reveal startling statistics highlighting the criticality of the mineral products sector to the UK…
September 7, 2012
Hanson UK has invested £750,000 (€950,000) in two concrete production facilities in city of Glasgow, Scotland, to take advantage of increasing demand…
September 7, 2012
Tarmac is helping customers order and pick up asphalt direct from the plant, with the with the launch of a new collection service. Tarmac2Go offers a…
September 7, 2012
Pre-stressed concrete specialist Eastern Pretech is using newly-installed vibratory pokers to manufacture concrete railway sleepers for Malaysia’s…
September 6, 2012
FLSmidth has signed an agreement to acquire the two Australian service companies MIE Enterprises and Mayer Bulk. The parties have agreed not to…
September 6, 2012
Cemex has reaffirmed its continued commitment to its subsidiary Neoris, a global business and IT consulting company. Neoris grew out of the solutions…
September 6, 2012
According to its consolidated data, Croatia's construction materials company Nexe Group posted a total income of HRK 500 million (€66.93 million) in…
September 6, 2012
Celitement, a company founded by scientists, Karlsruhe Institut für Technologie (KIT) and Schwenk Zement in 2009, hopes to be able to launch the…