June 25, 2014
The Mineral Products Association (MPA) has welcomed government plans to allocate £168 million to councils across England to help repair potholes or…
June 23, 2014
According to the Federal State Statistics Service, Portland cement output rose by 23% to 27.3 million tonnes in Russia in 2013, compared with 2012.…
June 23, 2014
In 2013, cement production in Italy fell by 12% year-on-year to 23.1 million tonnes. Cement sales fell by 15.1% to 21.7 million tonnes. In 2014 a…
June 23, 2014
Over the four years from 2014 to 2017, the higher demand for cement in the Philippines will be met as the expansion of cement plant capacity is…
June 23, 2014
Ekokon group has opened a nano-cement plant in the UAE. The plant will make silicate cement with mineral additives. The group has started building…
June 23, 2014
Swiss cement and construction materials producer Holcim is reported to be requesting over €700,000 state aid for its investment in a new centre for…
June 23, 2014
The government of the Kyrgyz Republic plans to put Kurmentycement factory and a limestone field near it up for sale. The company is undergoing…
June 23, 2014
According to Dwi Soetjipto, managing director of Semen Indonesia, the cement producer has started work on its new cement plant in Rembang. The green…
June 23, 2014
Finnish construction and infrastructure company Lemminkäinen's deputy CEO Casimir Lindholm has been appointed Lemminkäinen Corporation's president…
June 23, 2014
Regulatory approvals for the acquisition of controlling shares in two companies in South Africa have been secured by South Africa-based construction…
June 23, 2014
In France, Cemex has joined the Carbone Local Midi-Pyrénées initiative aimed at allowing entities to offset their greenhouse gas emissions on a local…
June 23, 2014
France's national union of quarry industries and construction materials (Unicem) reports an activity decline of 3.4% in May 2014, confirming the…
June 23, 2014
Raymond Brown Aggregates has won a new long-term contract for incinerator bottom ash (IBA) processing with one of the UK’s leading recycling, waste…
June 20, 2014
French construction materials company Garandeau has acquired Carrières d'Ambazac. The family company, based in Haute-Vienne, comprises three entities…
June 20, 2014
Caterpillar has given dealers and customers a first glimpse of the new Hydex BH40 articulated block handler. Appearing at a demonstration at the…