JCB has celebrated a manufacturing milestone, the production of the 200,000th JCB Dieselmax engine, the first having rolled off the line in November…
July 23, 2012
Tarmac has worked with construction and infrastructure company Morgan Sindall in the UK to develop a pioneering new system that recycles utility…
July 23, 2012
To mark its 100th anniversary, Holcim is supporting ETH Zurich (science and technology university) with a donation to support an endowed chair for…
July 23, 2012
The Mineral Products Association (MPA) says that data on sales volumes of aggregates, asphalt and concrete in the UK in second quarter show…
July 23, 2012
Cemex’s consolidated net sales reached US$3.9 billion during the second quarter of 2012, an increase of 1% on a like-to-like basis for the ongoing…
July 20, 2012
Concrete pumps manufacturer, Putzmeister Holding, has acquired Intermix, a move that it says strengthens its market position and expands its product…
July 20, 2012
Led by Cemex in Germany, a consortium is supplying ready-mix concrete for the stunning, eco-friendly Kö-Bogen complex in downtown Dusseldorf, one of…
July 19, 2012
Grants totalling £17,000 (€21,600) from building materials firm Lafarge are helping provide super new facilities at a County Staffordshire, England,…
July 19, 2012
According to Oficemen (Spanish Association of Cement Producers) 7.2 million tonnes of cement were consumed in Spain in the first half of 2012. This…
July 19, 2012
John Laing has joined Schenck Process as head of UK sales for the light industries. Schenck Process UK has recently combined with Clyde Process and…
July 19, 2012
The UK’s Mineral Products Association (MPA) says that the new data on energy/climate change policies confirmed what it had been telling government…
July 19, 2012
Breedon Aggregates, the UK’s largest independent aggregates business, is still on the look-out for acquisitions. Its results for the six months to 30…
July 18, 2012
A new Sennebogen 860M is unloading incoming ships at the port in Tiel, Holland. Located on the Amsterdam-Rhine Canal, Tielse Loswal Combinat, a…
July 17, 2012
Anaconda Equipment International, the Northern Ireland based manufacturer of compact screening and conveying equipment, launched the DF512 tracked…
July 17, 2012
The first 70tonne Doosan DX700LC crawler excavator in the UK and Ireland has been sold to Loughran Rock Industries in Armagh, Northern Ireland.…