December 22, 2015
Caterpillar, the world’s biggest construction equipment manufacturer, has been ordered to pay US$73.6 million (€67.6 million) in damages in a lawsuit…
December 22, 2015
Terex Trucks has supplied a leading Zimbabwean granite aggregate producer with its fourth rigid dump truck after its existing trucks proved their…
December 21, 2015
Semem’s new Rembang, Indonesia cement plant is due to begin production within the next 12 months. Work on the IDR 4.60 trillion (US$ 329.46 million)…
December 21, 2015
Sri Lankan concrete manufacturing company Sierra Readymix was commended for best operational practices, processes, systems and initiatives and…
December 21, 2015
Turkish cement firm Limak Cimento is reportedly keen to make an African acquisition worth €1 billion. National media reports the firm possibly buying…
December 21, 2015
Hong Kong-based Energy International Investments Holdings’ (Energy International) CNY 185 million (US$28.54 million) acquisition of Samoa-based…
December 21, 2015
The French building supplies sector could be set for a good recovery in 2016, according to Union nationale des industries de carrières et matériaux…
December 21, 2015
British Gypsum has announced its annual Corporate Responsibility Review, highlighting the firm's latest achievements in economic sustainability,…
December 21, 2015
China-based Huaxin Cement is preparing to invest US$150 million in building a cement production plant in Kazakhstan’s Aktobe region. A linked…
December 21, 2015
Chinese investors are reportedly looking to build a cement plant in the Osh region of the Kyrgyz Republic. The facility will have a 2 million tonnes/…
December 21, 2015
As part of the reparation of the southern dyke of the Port of Le Havre, the Mexican building materials giant Cemex will be providing C40 XS3 - Dmax20…
December 21, 2015
Aggregates producers could be about to see their materials in high demand in Qatar after reports in The Gulf Times that rulers are preparing to…
December 21, 2015
Novoroscement, one of Russia’s major cement producers, may become the general sponsor of the Kuban football club (South). A decision on whether the…
December 21, 2015
Mexican cement giant Cemex has applied a cement price rise of between 10% and 12%. The increase, which took effect from 14 December 2015, affects…
December 21, 2015
Lafarge Zambia (Lafarge), in partnership Congolese Railways and Zambia Railways, has commissioned a new modern rail loading facility in Ndola. The…