July 9, 2015
Research from the Luleå University of Technology (LTU) in Sweden shows that fibre-reinforced polymer can be used to reinforce concrete structures…
July 9, 2015
Domestic cement sales by South African companies totalled 2.87 million tonnes in the first quarter of 2015, according to data by cement maker PPC.…
July 9, 2015
The Algerian Government is aiming to boost national production of construction materials. This is notably the case for cement, as the country only…
July 9, 2015
Spain's Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal presented by cement company, Cemex Espana, against a €502,283 (US$558,264.60) fine imposed by the CNC…
July 9, 2015
Torre Reforma, scheduled for its official inauguration in late 2015, is already an architectural icon in Mexico. Designed by the Mexican architect…
July 9, 2015
A packaging and processing company, that is finding increasing success in the aggregates industry, has completed a major expansion. In the rolling…
July 9, 2015
FLSmidth has signed a contract with the Russian cement and minerals producer Pikalevo Soda for the supply of equipment for a dry sintering alumina…
July 8, 2015
Serbian daily newspaper Vecernje Novosti has reported that the domestic market is flooded with construction materials of suspicious quality. As a…
July 8, 2015
Sievert, the Osnabrück, Germany-based construction materials group, has acquired Ulm-based Schwenk Putztechnik from Schwenk Zement for an undisclosed…
July 8, 2015
Anhui Xinli Investment Group (Xinli Investment) has increased its shareholding in China-based Anhui Chaodong Cement (Chaodong Cement) to 17.34%,…
July 8, 2015
Nigeria-based Dangote Cement plans to set up a 1.5 million tonnes/year plant in Yaoundé, Cameroon for US$150 million (€136.33 million), doubling its…
July 8, 2015
Sandvik Construction has appointed Argico as its new distributor for drill rigs, rock tools and stationary and mobile crushing and screening…
July 8, 2015
The Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) has published the interim results of the public exchange offer initiated by Holcim for the shares of…
July 8, 2015
The Volgograd-based (South) Volma company, Russia, which produces finishing construction materials based on gypsum and cement, has attracted two…
July 8, 2015
The Stroitelnaya Informazia Company expects the demand for aerated concrete in Russia to fall by 14% in 2015, and by 3-4% in 2016. The consumption…