April 20, 2016
Total sales of cement in South Africa increased by 7.7% year-on-year (y-o-y) to 13 million tonnes in 2015 due to strong demand from the construction…
April 20, 2016
Ecocem has opened its first bulk import terminal in the UK. The Irish company partnered with Peel Ports to open the terminal at Runcorn Docks on the…
April 20, 2016
The volume of supply of rock and aggregate materials on the Russian domestic market exceeded 25.68 million tonnes in the first quarter of 2016. Of…
April 20, 2016
Metso is launching a new generation of upgrades that it says aim to increase the productivity of old crusher models, while also reducing maintenance…
April 20, 2016
Global cement and minerals processing expert FLSmidth, and Kleemann, part of Wirtgen Group, have signed a long-term cooperation agreement on supply…
April 20, 2016
ACC, part of the Lafarge-Holcim Group, is benefiting from the construction boom in India. Because of this, the Indian cement manufacturer has…
April 20, 2016
Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe)/(HCME) has appointed Makoto Yamazawa as its new president and CEO. He is also the new regional CEO of Hitachi…
April 20, 2016
LiuGong has officially signed a global service and service parts agreement with Cummins, renewing an agreement between the two parties originally…
April 20, 2016
The Mineral Products Association (MPA) is launching a new publication, Ready-mixed concrete: Essential, Local, Sustainable, highlighting how…
April 19, 2016
South Africa-based Burgh Plant Hire has become the first customer to place an order for not just one but three of the new Volvo A60H articulated…
April 18, 2016
Tanzania Portland Cement Company (TPCC) achieved a 3% year-on-year net profit rise in 2015 to TZS 56.2 billion (US$ 25.76 million). TPCC's profit…
April 18, 2016
The Cement Company of Northern Nigeria (CCNN) has reported a healthy NGN 13.04 billion (US$65.49 million) turnover for 2015. The firm’s gross profit…
April 18, 2016
A new asphalt plant will be constructed in Kazakhstan’s southern region. The facility will produce 22,000tonnes/year of fine-grained and 7,000tonnes/…
April 18, 2016
CRH chief executive Albert Manifold was Ireland’s highest paid boss in 2015, according to a poll by Irish newspaper the Sunday Independent. The…
April 18, 2016
US-based Astec Inc, an Astec Industries company, celebrated the beginning of the construction of a new manufacturing bay with a groundbreaking…