March 25, 2013
Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) has cut the ribbon on its US$100 million (€77.2 million) expansion programme at its Shippensburg,…
March 25, 2013
Hanson is taking full control of Midland Quarry Products (MQP), a County Leicestershire, England-based asphalt and quarrying company. It already owns…
March 25, 2013
Swiss-based multi-national building materials producer Holcim has announced that Wolfgang Reitzle will take over as chairman in 2014. To ensure…
March 21, 2013
The two Liebherr wheeled loaders, the L 506 Compact and L 576, have received the Red Dot design award in the Product Design category. The award is…
March 21, 2013
A woolly rhinoceros skeleton unearthed at a Lafarge Tarmac quarry is giving scientists new insight into ancient British weather. When it was…
March 21, 2013
Banner Contracts has boosted its fleet of Terex Finlay machines with a new C1540 cone crusher, supplied by Finlay Plant Northern. The delivery of the…
March 21, 2013
JCB has embarked on an £8 million (€9.35 million) investment programme at its British manufacturing plants as the company gears up for future growth…
March 21, 2013
The Mineral Products Association (MPA) has welcomed measures in today’s Budget which taken as a package help boost the outlook for the mineral…
March 21, 2013
A team of pumps from Tsurumi are working at one of Europe’s largest open air copper mines to keep it safe. Operated by Hellenic Copper Mines, the 4,…
March 20, 2013
Weir Minerals has won a £4.4million (€5 million) process equipment supply order for the Bozshakol copper mine sulphide plant in northern Kazakhstan,…
March 19, 2013
Reports say that the ultimate reason for the collapse of the concrete water tower in Jyväskylä in Finland in early November 2012 was delayed hydrogen…
March 19, 2013
In Portugal, Portuguese cement company Cimpor is closing off its Cabo Mondego unit in Figueira da Foz. The factory employs 28 workers. Facilities are…
March 14, 2013
According to a survey conducted by the McGrath Group, almost two-thirds of those involved in the construction industry are unaware that recycled…
March 14, 2013
Holcim and HeidelbergCement intend to balance their respective interests in Cement Australia and to operate the company as a joint venture. Holcim…
March 14, 2013
HeidelbergCement increased revenue and operating income in 2012 while net debt significantly reduced. These are some of the highligfhts in the…