July 10, 2012
Lafarge has placed, under its Euro Medium-Term Note Programme, a €500 million bond with a seven-year maturity and fixed annual coupon of 5.875% to…
July 10, 2012
Terex Washing Systems has expanded its dealer network by appointing Blue Scotland as its dealer for Scotland. Blue Scotland is part of the Blue Group…
July 9, 2012
AVERY Weigh-Tronix, one of the world’s biggest suppliers of weighing equipment and solutions, has completed the takeover of UK-based weighing…
July 9, 2012
Metso will supply world’s biggest fully mobile, track-mounted crushing plant to Altay Polimetally copper mine in Kazakhstan. The contract also…
July 6, 2012
Finnish concrete company Lujabetoni and Finnish YBT, who manufacture prefabricated concrete elements, have bought Öjeby plant and the Sundsvall…
July 6, 2012
Russian firm Ulyanovskcement, part of the Eurocement group, boosted its cement production by 14.5% to 807,000tonnes in Q1 2012. Its output slightly…
July 3, 2012
Paul Bancroft, sales and marketing director of Continental Conveyor Products has been elected president of the Materials Handling Equipment…
July 3, 2012
Greenroads, a rating system developed at the University of Washington, USA, to promote sustainable roadway construction, has made an award to a…
July 3, 2012
Preferred bidders have been selected for the UK Highways Agency’s €599.17 million pavement and concrete framework. Those chosen to take part in the…
July 3, 2012
Chairman of the Turkish Cement Manufacturers Association (TCMB) Mustafa Guclu believes Turkey’s cement consumption will be around 58.5 million tonnes…
July 3, 2012
British laser measurement technology specialist, Measurement Devices (MDL) has completed the acquisition of its Canadian technical and distribution…
July 3, 2012
The UK’s Competition Commission is expected to publish its final report on the the proposed UK joint venture between Anglo American and Lafarge in…
July 2, 2012
The French cement industry federation SFIC said production of cement in France totalled 19.4million tonnes in 2011, up 8.4% year on year, after a 2.2…
July 2, 2012
The Czech Society for Ornithology (CSO), network partner of BirdLife International in the Czech Republic, and Ceskomoravsky sterk, member of the…
July 2, 2012
WCL Quarries, based in the Midlands region of England, has achieved OHSAS 18001 registration, its third such safety certification in the last four…