November 7, 2014
Global construction equipment manufacturer CNH Industrial has appointed Ben Beard to the post of strategic accounts manager for its Case Construction…
November 7, 2014
According to Unicem, in France ready-to-use concrete production was down 12.3% in July 2014 compared with the same period in 2013. For the first…
November 7, 2014
Ashaka Cement, which operates in Nigeria as a full subsidiary of France-based Lafarge, has appointed Bruno Bayet as its chief financial officer (CFO…
November 7, 2014
South African concrete and cement company Sephaku Holdings (SepHold) posted a net loss of ZAR 3.74 million (€270,357.83/US$337,771.13) in the six…
November 7, 2014
The Moroccan government's Quarry Bill, aimed at tightening legislation and simplifying the licence attribution process, is being contested by…
November 7, 2014
Dangote Cement of Nigeria has reduced the price of 32.5-grade cement by 41% to NGN 1,000 (€4.82/US$6.04) for a 50kg bag and the price of 42.5-grade…
November 7, 2014
In the period between January 2014 and September 2014, Suez Cement recorded an annual decline of 14% in net profits from EGP 425.60 million (€47.57…
November 7, 2014
Lucky Cement in Pakistan reported a 5% year-on-year growth in net profit for the quarter to September 2014, reaching PKR 2.55 billion (€19.84 million…
November 6, 2014
To increase its production capacity by another 1.5 million tonnes, Taiwan Cement's Hong Kong-listed unit TCC International Holdings will set up a new…
November 6, 2014
The State Investment Promotion Board (SIPB) of Andhra Pradesh in India has approved INR 92 billion (€1.20 billion/US$1.50 billion) of proposals by…
November 6, 2014
The Vaasa Energy Institute in Finland is planning ways to utilise and store asphalt heat. The plan is to dig horizontal pipes under parking lots and…
November 6, 2014
Following a meeting with local inhabitants, the management of Lafarge Aggregates' Marmagne quarry have said that they will carry out works to prevent…
November 6, 2014
The 2014 EIG Scholarship Award was presented to Kieran Blacker for his extractive industry research at a recent University of Leicester, England,…
November 6, 2014
Cemex has revealed that it has received US$515 million of commitments from banks that have agreed to join the credit agreement entered into on 30…
November 6, 2014
For the third-quarter 2014, turnover for French industrial minerals specialist Imerys was up 2% to €943.80 million (US$1.18 billion), or up 3.9% on a…