March 18, 2014
Vietnamese authorities have told project owners not to start new cement projects because of the country’s current oversupply of the building material…
March 17, 2014
Fourteen cement companies in Saudi Arabia recorded a 4% growth in sales from 53.5 million tonnes in 2012 to 55.6 million tonnes in 2013, according to…
March 17, 2014
Siam Cement Group (SCG) of Thailand is developing a new €288.51 million cement plant in Myanmar. The plant is expected to be ready in 2016 and will…
March 14, 2014
Metso has appointed Juha Silvennoinen as the Finnish company’s new president, services business line in mining and construction with responsibility…
March 13, 2014
Hexagon, a leading global provider of design, measurement and visualisation technologies, has signed an agreement to acquire SAFEmine, a leader in…
March 10, 2014
Cementos Portland has announced a €72 million loss in 2013. The FCC subsidiary managed to cut in half its loss from the previous year. Turnover in…
March 10, 2014
Lafarge Malaysia (Lafarge) registered a net profit of MYR 386mn (€86.28 million) in 2013, while that in October-December 2013 rose 23% on-year to MYR…
March 10, 2014
CRH is set to dispose up to 30% of its subsidiary portfolio, with 20% set to be reviewed for potential restructuring. Any potential sales could…
March 10, 2014
FLSmidth has appointed Lars Vestergaard as new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and member of Group Executive Management. He succeeds Ben Guren who has…
March 10, 2014
The UK cement industry is building on its long established sustainability credentials having published its first Environmental Product Declaration (…
March 10, 2014
Weir Minerals Europe will add three new service centres to its existing Europe-wide network during 2014 as part of its ongoing investment into…
March 10, 2014
Turkish natural stone firms are planning to export to China more products in 2014. Turkish companies' export revenue to China amounted to €714.69…
March 10, 2014
A group of experts has looked at trends in the production and consumption of minerals in the UK over the past 40 years. The headline findings show…
March 10, 2014
The UK’s Mineral Products Association (MPA) is celebrating its fifth birthday. Created in March 2009 by the merger of the Quarry Products Association…
March 10, 2014
Metso's mobile crushing plant, biomass moisture analyser and scrap shear and shredder concept have received prestigious iF Design 2014 Awards. The…