March 17, 2015
Kercim, a French company specialising in cement production and created in late 2012, has been bought Irish company Cement Roaston Holdings, which…
March 17, 2015
It has been reported that the French government is opposed to any absorption of cement group Lafarge by Swiss group Holcim. This follows news that…
March 17, 2015
Italcementi, the world's leading cement manufacturer, is tipping stronger growth of 2-3% cent this year, with the key driver being Asia, backed by…
March 16, 2015
The creation of the world’s biggest cement company through the €42 billion merger of sector giants Holcim and Lafarge is now uncertain after Holcim’s…
March 13, 2015
Caterpillar has entered into a technology and predictive analytics agreement with Uptake, provider of a dynamic analytics and insight platform for a…
March 13, 2015
Plans for a 20 acre expansion of Lafarge Tarmac’s Mountsorrel granite quarry in county Leicestershire, England have been approved. Lafarge Tarmac…
March 12, 2015
Excavator attachment manufacturer Hill Engineering, based in Newry, Northern Ireland, has been recognised for its overall management practices by…
March 12, 2015
CW Research has released its 1H2015 Quantitative Update to the benchmark Global Cement Volume Forecast Report (GCVFR), the advisory and research…
March 12, 2015
Cement giants Holcim and Lafarge are said by the London Financial Times to be in talks to renegotiate the terms of their multi-billion euro merger…
March 11, 2015
A brick production plant is currently under construction in Ipatovo, Stavropol region of the North Caucasus, Russia, with investments estimated at…
March 11, 2015
Estonian producers of building materials are said to be investing in production automation to replace unskilled jobs. This is revealed in a Swedbank'…
March 11, 2015
The purchase of five entities belonging to UK building materials company Hanson Building by US private equity company Lone Star has been approved by…
March 11, 2015
The administration of the province of Davao del Sur, the Philippines, has instructed Philmix Concrete Industries (Philmix) and Q Mix Concrete…
March 11, 2015
The net profit of Saudi Arabia-based Qassim Cement for 2014 amounted to SAR 563.60 million (€138.74 million US$150.30 million), lower than the SAR…
March 11, 2015
Ethiopian cement major National Cement Share Company has entered into an agreement with Egypt-based ASEC Engineering and Management. The one-year…