April 20, 2012
UK-based landscaping materials specialist Marshalls saw its pre-tax profits increase by 32% to €16.33million in 2011.
April 20, 2012
Italian cement manufacturer Italcementi has inaugurated a new 23,000m² research centre in the technology park of Bergamo, near Milan. The group…
April 20, 2012
Deutz has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding with AB Volvo with the intention to explore the potential to extend their long-term…
April 20, 2012
A pre-pack sale has saved some 24 jobs at Barcon Precast, a Bolton, north-west England-based concrete supplier. Administrators were appointed on 30…
April 20, 2012
Spanish marble manufacturer, Tino Stone, has entered into a scheme of arrangement with creditors.
April 20, 2012
Quarry workers of today will become a living part of a major heritage project capturing the relationship between industry and community in a County…
April 20, 2012
CRH chief executive Myles Lee says the building materials company will continue spending on takeovers in 2012, after 2011 spending helped secure a 5…
April 20, 2012
A pre-pack sale has saved some 24 jobs at Barcon Precast, a Bolton, north-west England-based concrete supplier. Administrators were appointed on 30…
April 20, 2012
Komatsu’s board of directors has appointed Ms Keiko Fujiwara as managing director and CEO, and marketing division president of Komatsu Europe…
April 20, 2012
Rising bitumen prices should be factored in more consistently when awarding highways contract tenders, according to Tarmac National Constructing (TNC…
April 20, 2012
Breedon Aggregates, whose investors include George Soros, can spend £1 billion pounds ($1.6 billion) on assets that may come to the market as…
April 20, 2012
Hitachi Construction Machinery (HCM) has announced plans to significantly boost its global production capacity for mining machines, such as large and…
April 20, 2012
Global consumption of asphalt is forecast to advance 4.1% annually from a very weak 2010 base to 119.5 million tonnes in 2015, equivalent to 725…
April 20, 2012
Semapa, a Portuguese holding company specialising in cement, pulp and paper and the environmental services sector, has issued bonds worth €150million…
April 20, 2012
Italian construction material specialist Italcementi says its net profits fell by over €100million in 2011 - to €91.2million from €197.1million in…