April 3, 2012
Nordkalk has announced that it has appointed Bjarne Mitts as its new chairman of the board to take over from Björn Mattsson who is stepping down to…
April 3, 2012
Cimpor is expected to raise €58million through the sale of its shareholdings in C+PA and Cementos del Marquesado. The company currently owns a 48%…
April 3, 2012
Finning has announced that it has struck what it calls a ground breaking deal with the Raymond Brown Group for three year service support on nine new…
April 3, 2012
Russia’s Ministry of Regional Development has announced plans to increase its support of the construction materials industry threefold over current…
April 3, 2012
Greece-based Titan has announced that it ahs appointed Vasilios Zarkalis as its new finance director. Zarkalis previously served as executive…
April 3, 2012
Heidelberg Cement has underlined its commitment to the environment with the launch of a new carbon neutral initiative for customers in Benelux. Under…
April 3, 2012
Holcim’s Slovakian subsidiary Slavensko has forecast the construction materials market to stabilise this year after the company saw sales slide by…
April 3, 2012
French aggregate association Unicem has reported a rise in aggregate production for the third consecutive month in March this year. The organisation…
April 3, 2012
Rock blasted from a new cross border tunnel on the new Turin to Lyon rail link is to be crushed and screened as aggregates by Holcim and Vicat.…
April 2, 2012
Improved access to information and easier navigation is promised by Cemex’s new corporate website. The re-designed site is said to feature state-of-…
April 2, 2012
Estonia-based Heidelberg Cement subsidiary Kunda Nordic Tsement is reported to have commissioned Sweco Projeckt to draw up plans to expand its port…
April 2, 2012
Consent of new aggregates reserves in the UK is failing to keep pace with the rate of consumption, despite the current low level of demand in the…
April 2, 2012
Russia-based Granit-Kuznechnoye has announced that it has acquired the assets of 436 KNI as part of a €24million deal. The assets include a 1million…
April 2, 2012
The UK’s aggregates organisation the Mineral Products Association has called on government to reduce the level of and re-assess the environmental…
April 2, 2012
Three pan-European extractive minerals organisations have welcomed the publication of the EU’s Communication on the access to raw materials but have…