July 2, 2012
Turkish State Railways (TCDD), Turkish firm Kolsan, Turkish concrete company Eser Beton and Italian firm Margaritelli have built a concrete sleeper…
July 2, 2012
According to the US-based Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) demand is strong already for stand space at the World of Asphalt and AGG1 2013…
July 2, 2012
The production of 400,000 concrete railway sleepers a year will take place at a new factory in Doncaster, northern England, Network Rail has revealed…
July 2, 2012
Holcim Bétons has been selected to build the Le Havre Stadium access roads. The stadium is due to open on 12 July, 2012. Each road will have a…
June 29, 2012
Agreements on a host of new construction projects in the Russian Republic of Bashkortostan (Volga) were reached at the Investment Interregional Forum…
June 28, 2012
The German construction materials industry expects production to grow by as little as 2% in 2012, following a 10.9% rise in 2011. Revenues increased…
June 28, 2012
Portuguese cement company Cimpor has appointed Ricardo Lima as its new chief executive. Lima is taking over from Francisco Lacerda and after leaving…
June 28, 2012
Russia-based Novoroscement increased its cement plant revenues by 46% up to €282.09million (RUB 11.6bn) in 2011, compared to 2010. Net profits rose…
June 28, 2012
Dutch construction company Ballast Nedam and Dutch concrete company Microbeton are to work together and set up a joint venture named Concrete Valley…
June 28, 2012
Slovak construction firm Doprastav has announced plans to invest in new sites. By the end of 2013 the company plans to build two new asphalt compound…
June 28, 2012
According to data from Confindustria-Marmomacchine, the Italian stones and extraction and processing machinery sector reported an export increase of…
June 27, 2012
Building materials in Finland should be treated equally, according to the Finnish Concrete Industry Association, following rumours of plans for…
June 27, 2012
Plans to scrap the fund generated by the UK's aggregates tax has been criticised by the Minerals Products Association which has said the plan will…
June 27, 2012
Sustainability will be the main focus of Lafarge's participation in the 2011 EcoBuild show in London, UK which is scheduled to take place between 1…
June 27, 2012
The Portuguese cement company Secil has signed a contract to take over the concrete division, Lafarge Betoes, which belongs to the French group…