The first Quarry Life Award launched by HeidelbergCement raised strong interest from students and researchers with over 300 project proposals…
April 19, 2012
Caterpillar delivered record-breaking sales and revenues of US$60.1 billion in 2011, an increase of 41% from $42.6 billion in 2010, with profit at $4…
April 19, 2012
Metso has signed a contract with Consorcio Construtor Belo Monte (CCBM) to supply equipment to the construction of the Belo Monte hydroelectric power…
April 19, 2012
Danish industrial firm FLSmidth has posted a record high pre-tax profit of €292million (DKK2.17billion) for 2011.
April 19, 2012
The Competition Commission (CC) has decided provisionally that the proposed UK joint venture between Anglo American and Lafarge could damage…
April 18, 2012
Sure Equipment Spares (SES), part of the Finlay Group, has invested €120,000 to increase stocks to ensure it can continue to deliver to its customers…
April 18, 2012
Chinese construction equipment company Sany is buying Putzmeister, the German manufacturer of concrete pumps, in a deal said to be worth €360-…
April 18, 2012
FL Smidth has been awarded contracts worth a total of approximately €66.7 million for equipment supplies to a copper producer in South America. This…
April 18, 2012
HeidelbergCement’s preliminary and unaudited figures for the fourth quarter and full year 2011 show that in Q4 revenue increased to €3.3billion (+13.…
April 18, 2012
Finning International, represented in the UK by Finning UK and Ireland, and Caterpillar have reached an agreement for Finning to acquire from…
April 18, 2012
Latest figures from Cemex show that the company’s consolidated net sales increased by 6% during the fourth quarter of 2011 to approximately US$3.…
April 18, 2012
The German Cement Works Association (VDZ) and the Federal Association of German Cement Industry (BDZ) are combining operations and merging into the…
April 18, 2012
Pump manufacturer Tsurumi has created a YouTube channel to showcase its products online. The company says the channel (www.youtube.com/tsurumi)…
April 18, 2012
Atlas Copco has acquired Perfora, Italy, a company that manufactures and sells cutting and drilling equipment in the dimensional stone industry (DSI…
April 18, 2012
Weir Minerals has launched two new sales and support centres to get closer to its customers across the Iberian Peninsula and Benelux regions. The…