April 5, 2012
A global leader in dust suppression technology has introduced a new low-turbulence design for applications in which a fan-driven mist would be…
April 5, 2012
Bernard Fontana, Holcim's new chief executive officer, will have to restructure the cement maker’s business in Europe where additional plants will…
April 5, 2012
On a turnover that advanced by 5.2% to €2,787.4 million, Buzzi Unicem’s underlying EBITDA improved by 6% to €422.3 million. With the non-recurrence…
April 5, 2012
KARE Prague, part of the Nezvestice-based APB Plzen group, has taken delivery of two new Doosan DL350 wheel loaders. They were supplied by Bobcat CZ…
April 5, 2012
The first two Italian designed dump trucks have been delivered to the Candiota Mine in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. With a payload capacity of up to…
April 5, 2012
Indian cement company ACC, in which Holcim holds a majority stake, sold 2.34 million tonnes of cement in March this year, an increase of 7.3% over…
April 5, 2012
The Mineral Products Association (MPA) has welcomed the newly published UK National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), a key part of reforms to make…
April 5, 2012
Finedoor has signed a definitive agreement with a local sponsor to form a new joint venture company in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The new…
April 5, 2012
For the first time in 130 years, FLSmidth, a Denmark-based supplier of equipment and services to the global minerals and cement industries, has…
April 5, 2012
Irish building materials group CRH's positive development in turnover and results from the first half of 2011 continued throughout the year, says the…
April 5, 2012
Sandvik Mining has unveiled its new $50 million(€39 million) operation at Heatherbrae, a plant that will employ 750 Hunter area residents when it…
April 5, 2012
The British Aggregates Association (BAA) has won its latest legal battle against the Aggregates Levy and been awarded costs but an increase is still…
April 3, 2012
Plans put forward by Hanson Aggregates to extract 1.5million tonnes of sand and gravel from a new quarry in Oxfordshire, UK are coming under scrutiny…
April 3, 2012
Despite a downturn in the market, Russia’s Eurocement has posted a net profit for 2009 after recording a small loss in 2008. The company has reported…
April 3, 2012
Austria-based Strabag and Polish quarrying business Dolnoslaskie Surowce Skalne are reported to be among the nine companies bidding to buy…