January 15, 2014
Spanish natural stone company, Levantina, is progressing with its commitment to corporate social responsibility (CSR) with the creation of the…
January 15, 2014
Two new Leaders in Development (LIDs) have started their one-year training at Cemex UK. The programme, started in 2013, is aimed at using young…
January 15, 2014
Lafarge has sold five aggregates quarries and related assets in Maryland, USA, to Bluegrass Materials for a total enterprise value of $320 million (…
January 14, 2014
International construction equipment manufacturer Chicago Pneumatic has appointed PML as an authorised distributor of its entire range of…
January 14, 2014
The CDEnviro Recycling plant installed at Eastern Waste Disposal, Brightlingsea, is a UK first as it can recycle road sweepings, gully waste and…
January 14, 2014
Environmental permitting support provided by SLR Consulting for Wolf Mineral’s Hemerdon Tungsten Mine has led to the first environmental permit for a…
January 14, 2014
The UK Competition Commission (CC) is opening the way for a fifth cement producer in Great Britain in order to increase competition in the market. In…
January 10, 2014
Eric Thomas Poupier has been appointed to a newly-created position in Group Executive Management as Group Executive Vice President, Business…
January 10, 2014
Sandvik has agreed to acquire Varel International Energy Services for approximately US$740 million (€544 million), subject to standard regulatory…
January 10, 2014
Italy's marble exports to the US rose by 24% in volumes and by 30% in value in the first nine months of 2013. This means that Italy's stone and…
January 10, 2014
Organisers of the ninth Steinexpo 2014 stone quarry demonstration exhibition, being held at the basalt quarry at Nieder-Ofleiden, Germany, from 3-6…
January 7, 2014
Lafarge announces the sale of its 20% minority stake in European and South American gypsum operations to Etex for an immediate cash consideration of…
January 7, 2014
Danish company FLSmidth has received an order worth approximately €40 million (DKK 300 million) from Indonesian cement producer PT Semen Padang for a…
January 7, 2014
The newly-appointed managing director of RDS Technology is Angela Simkins who has 25 years of general management experience and more recently has…
January 7, 2014
CRH says it made seven acquisition and investment initiatives during the second half of 2013. These transactions, together with the previously…