August 7, 2012
Despite a slight improvement in 2010 and 2011, UK aggregates markets are going lower in the current year. Last year, the production of sand and…
August 7, 2012
Tarmac’s National Contracting division, one of the UK’s largest maintenance and highways services companies, has secured the prestigious Investors in…
August 2, 2012
Organisers say that managers in a range of industries including waste management, quarrying, demolition and transport and logistics will be able to…
August 2, 2012
Azerbaijan's Azbentonit dry building mix plant in Azerbaijan has opened a new gypsum and gypsum plaster manufacturing line. The cost of equipment,…
August 2, 2012
Weir Minerals has secured a £8.6 million (€11 million) contract to supply pumps for a new 200km-long pipeline project in Morocco which will transport…
August 2, 2012
The Italian Italcementi Group’s results for the six months to 30 June, 2012, show mixed results across its operations with revenue and earnings both…
August 1, 2012
Cesal Oradea, a Romanian construction materials producer controlled by Atlas of Poland, has bought Deutek's adhesives and dry mortar factory at…
August 1, 2012
Nevyansk Ceramic Products Plant will construct a brick production facility in Nevyansk (Sverdlovsk region, Urals), Russia. Installed capacity of the…
August 1, 2012
Cemex has launched its latest global ready-mix concrete brand, Insularis, which is said to offer a portfolio of construction solutions and ready-mix…
July 31, 2012
HeidelbergCement increased revenue and profit in the second quarter of 2012 and has said it intends to increase operating margins while unveiling two…
July 31, 2012
Spanish cement company, Cementos Molins, has reported profits of €19.80 million in the first half of 2012, which was 70.6% up on a year earlier.…
July 31, 2012
LSR group sold 204,000m³ of reinforced concrete items in the first half of 2012, 14% up year on year, including 167,000m³ in St Petersburg; 5,000m³…
July 31, 2012
Cemex UK has put 350 of its quarry plant operators and management from across the UK through the Finning Eco-Drive programme. The scale of the…
July 31, 2012
Italian cement and construction material group Cementir has posted a net profit of €1.8 million for the first half of 2012, up from a loss of €8.7…
July 30, 2012
Carbolite has introduced a new asphalt binder analyser, the ABA 7/35B for the automatic calculation of the asphalt binder content of hot mix asphalts…