Bernard Fontana, presently CEO of Aperam, a company recently spun-off from ArcelorMittal, is to assume the position of CEO of Holcim Ltd. He is…
March 5, 2012
Lafarge has acquired a 100% stake in Serbian cement factory Beocinska Fabrika Cementa (BFC) after buying out the company's minority shareholders.
March 5, 2012
Euro Auctions says that it experienced its best sale results ever at the recent unreserved auction at its site in Leeds, northern England, UK.
March 5, 2012
Greece-based cement producer Titan Cement has announced that it is to undertake alternative fuel trials at its plant in Bulgaria.
March 5, 2012
HeidelbergCement has issued a Eurobond under its €10 billion EMTN (Euro Medium Term Note) programme with an issuance volume of €300 million and a…
March 5, 2012
Holcim Belgium, the Belgian division of the Swiss cement manufacturer Holcim, has celebrated its 100th anniversary at its Obourg site.
March 5, 2012
Metso and the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia, have finalised a three-year agreement encompassing joint research and performance…
March 5, 2012
Lafarge has ranked seventh in the UK’s first-ever league table of ‘green’ organisations, which features more than 2,000 businesses, agencies,…
March 5, 2012
Cemex has produced its one millionth tonne of cement at its new plant in Broceni, west-central Latvia, the largest amount of cement produced and sold…
March 5, 2012
The official Hitachi Construction Machinery Europe (HCME) dealer for Portugal and southern Spain, Moviter, is expanding its operations into Africa.
March 5, 2012
Lafarge has unveiled its new organisation project, which it says is more agile and responsive, and is focused on its markets and its clients, and is…
March 5, 2012
At a time of global economic uncertainty, Netherlands-based Dunlop Conveyor Belting is bucking the trend by making the biggest single investment in…
March 5, 2012
A new book on hydraulic excavators is being published containing over 400 photographs. Hydraulic Excavators: Quarrying & Mining Applications has…
March 5, 2012
Asphalt equipment producer Astec has announced the appointment of Sergy Dymov as director of sales for Northern Europe. Dymov joined the company at…
March 5, 2012
Godwin, manufacturer of the Dri-Prime automatic self-priming, dry-running pump, has made the first donation under its newly-formed Charitable…