January 6, 2016
The British Marine Aggregate Producers Association (BMAPA) has published its ninth annual Sustainable Development (SD) report covering the year 2014…
January 6, 2016
The Portland Cement Association (PCA) has announced the ten recipients of the inaugural 2016 Resilience Leadership Awards. The Resilience Leadership…
January 6, 2016
Kevin Parkes will become the new managing director of Finning UK and Ireland on 1 February 2016, when current MD Neil Dickinson retires from the…
January 5, 2016
Iran's annual cement production is likely to fall by around 12% compared to fiscal year 2014/2015, according to the secretary of Iran's Cement…
January 5, 2016
Ethiopia is planning to increase its annual total cement production to 27 million tonnes. Currently, the east African nation’s 20 cement plants…
January 5, 2016
Great strides were made in 2015 by Cemex UK to ensure more subcontractors used by the company met the standards of the Fleet Operators Recognition…
January 4, 2016
West China Cement and Cheetah Cement are linking up to jointly create a US$300 million 1.5million tonnes/year cement plant in Otjiwarongo, Namibia.
January 4, 2016
Saudi Cement, Saudi Arabia’s largest cement firm by market value, has a new chairman. Khalid Abdulrahman Saleh al-Rajhi began his three-year contract…
January 4, 2016
US-based KPI-JCI and Astec Mobile Screens has hired Nate Hicks as a new parts sales development engineer as part of its ongoing strategy to grow its…
January 4, 2016
Turkish cement firm Limak Cimento is reportedly eyeing up a €1.01 billion (US$1.1 billion) African acquisition. National media reports the firm…
January 4, 2016
Metso is axing 44 jobs in its Minerals business in Finland, mostly in Tampere, in response to reduced customer equipment orders. The job losses…
January 4, 2016
Algerian Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal has carried out an inspection of the extension project of the Ain El Kebira cement factory in the Sétif…
January 4, 2016
Thailand’s Siam Cement Group (SCG) is looking to increase investment in its Cambodian operations from US$277 million to $477 million by the end of…
January 4, 2016
South Africa's International Trade Administration Commission (ITAC) had begun enforcing anti-dumping duties ranging from over 14% to 77% on Portland…
January 4, 2016
The ‘adjustment’ in European construction investment is expected to come to an end in 2015, which should allow it to gather pace in 2016 and 2017,…