July 8, 2014
CECE, the Committee for European Construction Equipment industry, has appointed Sigrid de Vries as its new Secretary General. The partner in the…
July 8, 2014
Astec Industries has named Jeff Elliott as group vice president of the Astec Aggregate Mining Group. His responsibilities will include direct…
July 7, 2014
Mexichem, Elementia and Lafarge were today due to inaugurate the first plant of Cementos Fortaleza. Mexico’s president, Enrique Peña Nieto, and…
July 7, 2014
Lafarge and Holcim have today revealed a list of their proposed €5 billion valued asset sales to help ensure their planned near €30 billion merger.…
July 4, 2014
Volvo Construction Equipment has become the newest corporate member and first OEM to sign up to the Institute of Quarrying’s Corporate Professional…
July 4, 2014
Unicem Aquitaine chairman Patrice Gazzarin is angered by the creation of a new under construction aggregate import terminal in Grattequina, south…
July 4, 2014
Ambitious MTG is to spend €13.5 million on enlarging its plant in Monzón, Huesca, Spain - creating approximately 80 new jobs in the next two years.…
July 4, 2014
Gorazdze, the Polish cement producer owned by HeidelbergCement, aims to increase its annual ready-mixed concrete sales by 1 million m³ to 3 million…
July 4, 2014
Vietnam: Cement consumption, export grew nearly 10% in January-June 2014 Vietnam’s domestic cement consumption and exports rose by almost 10% to 33…
July 4, 2014
Italcementi, the Italian construction material specialist, has achieved a 99.42% subscription for its new share emission worth €497.1 million, La…
July 4, 2014
With funding available of up to €54,603 (SEK 500,000), academic submissions are now being invited for pre-studies or similar projects that support…
July 3, 2014
Lafarge’s Zambian branch has floated more shares on the stock market, increasing its floating capital to 25%. The French construction materials group…
July 3, 2014
ARM Cement of Kenya has reportedly taken full control of Rwanda-based Kigali Cement. The firm already owns 35% of Kigali Cement, and it has bought…
July 3, 2014
Komatsu, the world’s second biggest maker of building and mining equipment, says its Chinese sales are falling more steeply than anticipated as…
July 2, 2014
HeidelbergCement aims to offload its US and British building products business this year to have the best chance of buying cement assets that Lafarge…