March 27, 2012
Cemex has announced the pricing of a US$650million reopening of its 9% senior secured notes which will be due in 2018. The notes were originally…
March 27, 2012
Start of extraction from Ketley Quarry in the Midlands has repositioned owner WCL Quarries as one of the largest independent aggregate, waste and…
March 27, 2012
Metso has signed a contract with Northland Resources for a five-year mill lining service and inspection programme for the Kaunisvaara project in…
March 27, 2012
Failure to match aggregate production with consents for new reserves in the UK is now having a serious impact on the industry, according to a new…
March 27, 2012
Cemex is aiming to improve information available to customers and other key stakeholders in Poland with the launch of a new website. The site – e-…
March 27, 2012
Estonian manufacturers of precast concrete panels and other products will lose export markets in Scandinavia, says Enno Rebane, CEO of the…
March 27, 2012
Holcim’s Spanish subsidiary has announced the appointment of Claudio Boada as its new chairman. Boada takes over the role from Fernando Varela.
March 27, 2012
Supply of cement in the Moscow region of Russia has been boosted with the opening of two new major plants to the south of the city today. Holcim has…
March 27, 2012
Recognition and promotion of sustainable practices across the supply chain is the aim of Cemex’s extension of its Supplier Sustainability Programme.…
March 27, 2012
Tarmac is aiming to improve the efficiency of ready mixed concrete deliveries in the UK with the launch of a new concrete calculator smartphone…
March 27, 2012
Russia-based aggregates producer Pavlovskgranit has released a statement claiming that Sberbank carried out illegal transfers and then organised a…
March 27, 2012
Lafarge has announced that it has agreed to sell its gypsum business in Europe and South America to Etex for €1billion. Under the deal, Lafarge will…
March 27, 2012
Credit rating agency Moody's has downgraded French cement group Lafarge's rating from Baa3 to Ba1, with a stable outlook. The move comes after it was…
March 27, 2012
Plans announced by the provincial authorities for Novara in Italy to produce 18million cubic metres of aggregates between 2009 and 2018 have been…
March 27, 2012
Vicat has announced that it has a three year research deal with the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission, CEA. Under the…