April 18, 2012
Lafarge’s energy consumption from waste rose to 15% last year, compared to 11.7% in 2010. The French group has spent several years trying to reuse…
April 18, 2012
The Mineral Products Association (MPA) welcomes The Times' [newspaper] Cities fit for Cycling campaign, which broadly aligns with the MPA's Cycle…
April 18, 2012
Cement demand in Germany will not grow in 2012, according to national cement industry association Verein Deutscher Zementwerke (VDZ). In 2011, demand…
April 18, 2012
HeidelbergCement said fourth-quarter profit and sales rose as the company cut costs mild weather helped extend the construction season in some of its…
April 18, 2012
Holcim is to completely replace conventional fuels with waste when making cement at its production plant in Sehnde-Höver near Hanover, in Germany.…
April 18, 2012
Italian cement group Italcementi recorded a 1.3% turnover increase in 2011 to €4.7billion.
April 18, 2012
The UK’s Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has referred the aggregates, cement and ready-mix concrete markets in Great Britain to the Competition…
April 18, 2012
Lafarge is axing 460 jobs as part of a reorganisation of its worldwide corporate division. The French building material group says 90 of the job…
April 18, 2012
The MPQC (Mineral Products Qualification Council), the recognised training provider for the extractives, mineral processing and related manufacturing…
April 18, 2012
Anchor Bay Construction Products has sold its entire issued share capital to CRH (UK), a division of international building group, CRH. Anchor Bay, a…
April 18, 2012
Concrete producer Thébault is looking for a buyer for three of its factories, while bidding for turnover of €24.5million in 2012.
April 18, 2012
Readymix, the Irish building materials and cement producer, has estimated a pre-tax loss of €54million in 2011.
April 18, 2012
Aggregate Processing Solutions is now offering CDE washing equipment to its contract washing customers following the signing of a new agreement. APS…
April 18, 2012
Russia-based Basel plans to start the €319.18million upgrade of its BasilCement plant in Pikalevo, near St Petersburg, in 2012.
April 18, 2012
Sandvik celebrated its 150th birthday on 31 January, 2012 with celebrations in Sandviken, Sweden. When founded, Göran Fredrik Göransson’s company in…