April 3, 2012
Lafarge has started an extensive consultation in the UK in a bid to expand its use of alternative fuels at its Hope Works site in Derbyshire. Under…
April 3, 2012
Cemex Espana has announced plans to install a new €4million bag filter at its Alcanar plant in Tarragona, Spain in a bid to further reduce carbon…
April 3, 2012
Sicily based Calcestruzzi’s business practices have been placed under the spotlight again after some of its staff were arrested in connection with an…
April 3, 2012
Croatia-based cement producer Nasicement has said that it plans to invest around HRK28million (€3.86million) in environmental protection projects at…
April 3, 2012
Spanish cement consumption in the first three months of the year totalled 5.4million tonnes – a 19.4% decrease from the same period in 2009. Cement…
April 3, 2012
The major shareholders in Cimescaut – including the company’s founders the Bertrand family – have said they will oppose the planned takeover of…
April 3, 2012
Despite a 25% fall in demand, approval of new aggregate reserves in the UK is still not keeping pace with consumption, according to a new report from…
April 3, 2012
Lafarge has celebrated the opening of a new quarry in Var, France this week. The new installation at the sand and gravel site represents an…
April 3, 2012
Spain’s cement producers association Oficemen has announced the appointment of Cemex Espana director general Joaquin Estrada as its new chairman.…
April 3, 2012
Local authorities in La Rochelle, France have granted approval of plans from Holcim to develop a new cement unit in the region. Under the scheme, the…
April 3, 2012
Grupo Maresa has officially opened its new €5million concrete plant in Hortaleza in Spain. The company claims that the new facility is the most hi-…
April 3, 2012
France’s national union of quarry and construction materials industries (Unicem) is to join forces with the French aggregates association (UNPG) to…
April 3, 2012
Holcim has reported higher net sales and better operating results for the first quarter of 2010, compared to the same period last year with March…
April 3, 2012
AR Aggregates has said it is aiming for quality rather than quality with it latest equipment purchase for its newest UK operation. The newly formed…
April 3, 2012
Cimpor has announced that it has appointed Castro Guera as its new chairman and former board member Francisco Lacerda as its new CEO. António Carlos…