April 2, 2012
Reducing operational costs was one of the main drivers to Hanson investing in a new wheeled loader for its Ribblehead Works site in Clitheroe, UK.…
April 2, 2012
Breedon Aggregates has reported that it has secured two contracts for work on the A9 trunk road in Scotland worth over £6million for the supply and…
April 2, 2012
Latvia-based paving specialist Silverstone has opened a new production facility in Talsi. The new plant will use sand and gravel from the company’s…
April 2, 2012
Demand for high quality aggregates for road repairs is driving up demand for rail haulage form Welsh quarries, according to haulier DBS. The company…
April 2, 2012
Prepared concrete production was down 42% in the Balearics region of Spain in 2009, with the economic crisis being the main reason given for the drop…
April 2, 2012
Anglo American and Lafarge have signed an agreement that will see their UK operations merged into one business. Under the deal their cement,…
April 2, 2012
French construction materials company Lafarge has merged its Central European cement activities with Strabag, a leading Central and Eastern Europe…
April 2, 2012
Cemex, a cement and concrete producer, has opened a €1.52million ready-mixed concrete factory in York, northern England. The factory will replace a…
April 2, 2012
Germany-based Bunte has announced that it is to invest €4.5million in a new asphalt plant in Georgsheil. Work is due to start on the construction…
April 2, 2012
Europe’s top performing quarry operators have been put in the spotlight by the UEPG’s 2010 Sustainable Development Awards. Thirty companies from 10…
April 2, 2012
On 11 June 2010, the Lafarge quarry in Vimpelles (Seine et Marne), France, will house a ceremony organised by the National Union of Quarries and…
April 2, 2012
Cemex’s Israeli subsidiary Lime & Stone Production Company Ltd/Ready Mix Industries has just taken delivery of a new prime mover in a bid to…
April 2, 2012
Increased volumes in the final three months of 2010 have helped Lafarge to record a 9% rise in sales to €3.96billion for the period, while operating…
April 2, 2012
Holcim’s Romanian operation has announced that Daniel Bach is to take on the role of managing director from 1 April this year. Bach takes over the…
April 2, 2012
Creditor banks of Spanish natural stone producer Levantina, including Prudential, Bank of Ireland and BNP Paribas, have taken over 82% of the company…
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