June 6, 2014
The French union of construction materials and quarry industries (Unicem) awarded its environmental charter's biodiversity mention to the Cemex…
June 6, 2014
Swedish firm Züblin Scandinavia, a subsidiary of STRABAG, will head the joint venture partnership building the Marieholmstunnel project in Swedish…
June 6, 2014
Lafarge will be merging some of its operations in Africa under a new entity called Lafarge Africa. According to Lafarge, the new entity will be…
June 6, 2014
According to Amal Tantawi, CEO of Lafarge Cement Zimbabwe, production at the company will rise to 500,000tonnes/year on completion of the current…
June 6, 2014
Kenyan cement producer, ARM expects to start building a cement plant costing KES 26bn (€218 million) in Kitui in October 2014, according to the…
June 6, 2014
Cemex has opened a new distribution centre in Rubi, Spain. The company expects to generate a turnover of €250 million in Spain during 2014.
June 6, 2014
Eurovia, a subsidiary of French group Vinci, is reinforcing its presence in Canada with the acquisition of Canadian company Imperial Paving which…
June 6, 2014
Testing the knowledge and competence of parts and service personnel worldwide, the team from Volvo Constructioon Equipment’s Warrington, north-west…
June 5, 2014
Roskilde University, the Department of Civil Engineering at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU Byg), Swedish construction company NCC and the…
June 5, 2014
Holcim has received unconditional clearance by the European Commission for its proposed acquistion of Cemex West in Germany. The decision follows a…
June 5, 2014
The previously announced acquisition of Terex’s hauler business by Volvo Construction Equipoment has been completed. The purchase consideration…
June 5, 2014
Experts forecast that concrete prices in the Russian city of St Petersburg will increase by 10-15% by mid-summer 2014. In May 2014, for the first…
June 5, 2014
Cemex and BirdLife Europe have released a joint statement backing the EU’s Nature Conservation Policy. It calls for the strengthening of public…
June 5, 2014
French senator Roland Courteau and MP Marie-Hélène Fabre have told Lafarge they will raise its concerns over claimed unfair competition from rival…
June 5, 2014
Italmobiliare, the Italian investment holding that controls building materials specialist Italcementi, has appointed a new board. Giampiero Pesenti…