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December 17, 2012
Finnish Elematic is to supply the world's biggest precast concrete plant to Iraq. The near €40 million order has been placed by South Korea's Hanwha…
December 17, 2012
Three workers unions in Spain have signed a collective agreement for the cement sector in Alava, which will include a wage rise of 1.4% in 2013 and…
December 17, 2012
Lafarge has invested €6.2 million (£5mn) in a bid to reduce emissions at its Cookstown Works cement plant in Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The bulk of…
December 17, 2012
Granit is to build a mining and processing plant at its Sitnitskoye deposit in Belarus. The site, which will have three road metal production lines…
December 17, 2012
Finnish concrete company Lujabetoni's new fast-drying concrete is said by the firm to be able to reduce problems with damp and indoor air quality…
December 17, 2012
Finnish concrete company Lujabetoni's new fast-drying concrete is said by the firm to be able to reduce problems with damp and indoor air quality…
December 14, 2012
Russian construction and building materials company LSR plans to upgrade its construction materials plants in the Urals. The company plans to invest…
December 14, 2012
Polish aggregate supplier Dolnoslaskie Surowce Skalne (DSS) recorded a net loss of €5.61 million over the first three quarters of 2012. The loss was…
December 14, 2012
Italian cement producer Italcementi has introduced a temporary lay-off scheme for up to 665 workers in a bid to cut costs. Two-thirds of the scheme’s…
December 12, 2012
In Spain the Escuela Politecnica Superior de Linares, part of the University of Jaen, is developing bricks made from waste paper, which could bring…
December 12, 2012
Castle Hill Quarry has bought the UK’s first Doosan DL420-3 Stage IIIB compliant large wheeled loader. Based in Cannington near the town of…
December 12, 2012
French company Placoplatre (Saint-Gobain) has presented plans for a new open air quarry for gypsum, the mineral which is used to produce plaster. The…
December 12, 2012
According to data provided by the Czech Cement Manufacturers Association, in the first nine months of 2012 some 2.6 million tonnes of cement were…
December 12, 2012
Cement group Cemex is continuing to obtain ISO 14001 environmental certification for its various French sites, with an additional 110 sites certified…
December 11, 2012
JCB has marked the production of its half millionth backhoe loader with a ceremony at its World Headquarters in Rocester County Staffordshire,…
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