March 30, 2012
Lafarge has announced a 5% rise in operating income for the second quarter and a 2% rise in sales, compared to the same period in 2009. Operating…
March 30, 2012
UK-based Mineral Products Association joined forces with a local aggregates producer to promote the dangers of undertaking lorries to cyclists in…
March 30, 2012
Rising sales in the second quarter failed to offset declines recorded by Ciments Français in the first three months of the year, leading to an…
March 30, 2012
Holcim is reported to be planning the merger of its Indian subsidiaries in order to reduce costs and strengthen its presences in the country. Under…
March 30, 2012
A Bronze Age ‘logboat’ coffin and two swords found during aggregate extraction on Cemex UK sites almost 30 years ago have been donated to Reading…
March 30, 2012
UK-based recycling specialist J O’Doherty Haulage is managing to work more efficicently following delivery of a new screen to its North London site.…
March 30, 2012
Ukraine’s Donetsk region governor Anatoly Bliznyuk has said that he is to grant Heidelberg Cement consent to develop a chalk quarry in Balka…
March 30, 2012
Ireland-based Euro Auctions has announced that it is planning a quarry specific equipment sale later this month – the first the company has organised…
March 30, 2012
Following the acquisition of Béton Saône in Mâcon, France last year, Cemex has announced that it is to invest €300,000 to improve the aggregate…
March 30, 2012
Cemex France has announced that it has sponsored 12 beekeepers’ hives in a bid to protect this important industry and promote biodiversity. The…
March 30, 2012
UK-based Caterpillar dealer Finning International has been appointed as the new dealer for the Northern Ireland region after the previous dealer…
March 30, 2012
Efforts to improve sustainability and encourage ecological preservation have secured one of Cemex’s quarries in Israel an award to celebrate its…
March 30, 2012
Staffordshire Wildlife Trust is now benefitting from lower overheads and closer links with Lafarge now the aggregates company has opened up office…
March 30, 2012
Poland-based Dolnoslaskie Surowce Skalne has announced plans to build a new artificial stone factory following approval of a CCCC$13.6million EU…
March 30, 2012
Sales of building materials in Austria during 2010 generated a turnover of €3.2billion, just 0.05% down on the 2009 level indicating a stabilisation…