March 9, 2012
Environmental factors have played a key part in design of Lafarge’s newest ready mixed concrete plant in France.
March 9, 2012
Russia-based UMMC is reported to be planning to invest €210million in a new cement plant in the North Osetia region. Work on the new facility is…
March 9, 2012
With consented reserves at Vicat’s Fétaise quarry at Bouvesse-Quirieu, France reaching exhaustion, the company has started the process of gaining…
March 9, 2012
UK-based quarry operator Smiths Bletchingdon officially opened the new nature reserve that has been created by the restoration of Gill Mill Quarry…
March 9, 2012
More than 700 guests assembled at Cemex’s Castillejo cement plant in Toledo, Spain earlier this week to celebrate the site’s 100th anniversary.…
March 9, 2012
Lafarge is to focus on two key areas in order to deliver its new CO2 reduction targets, the company has announced.
March 9, 2012
According to the latest figures from Norway's Geological Survey and the Directorate for Mineral Management, turnover in the extractive industries…
March 9, 2012
Spanish construction materials business Benito Arnó e Hijos has secured a €126million contract to supply material to Spain’s rail infrastructure…
March 9, 2012
Holcim has announced that Virna Viskovic Agusaj has been appointed as the new technical director for the company’s operation in Croatia.
March 9, 2012
After securing access to limestone and clay deposits in the region, LSR has announced that it plans to build a new cement plant close to the new…
March 9, 2012
Restoration of Cemex UK’s sand and gravel quarries in Yateley has taken a step forward with opening of the Copse Lake as a new angling venue.
March 9, 2012
Lafarge is the second largest holder of excess emissions trading systems (ETS) carbon permits in Europe, according to a new report by Sandbag.
March 9, 2012
The European Commission has said that Germany’s Bauregelliste rules for construction materials are in breach of EU Single Market rules and has asked…
March 9, 2012
Efforts to improve maintenance safety across Tarmac West’s sites in the UK over the last two years have been rewarded with the initiative winning a…
March 9, 2012
France’s concrete industry association Fédération de l’Industrie du Béton has announced the appointment of Jean Bonnie as its new chairman.