March 30, 2012
Spain-based aggregate producer CTH has applied to the business court to try and start negotiation with its creditors in a bid to avoid going into…
March 30, 2012
Tarmac has been awarded the Carbon Trust Standard in the UK in recognition of its efforts to measure, manage and reduce its carbon emissions. The…
March 30, 2012
UK-based Grundon has applied for permission to expand its sand and gravel extraction at Old Kiln Quarry in Chieveley, Berkshire. The company has said…
March 30, 2012
Work on a new sculpture aimed at linking Hanson’s Coldstones Quarry in North Yorkshire with the neighbouring Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB…
March 30, 2012
Portugal-based Lafarge Agrigados has announced plans to expands its quarry in Alenquer from 7ha to almost 25ha in a bid to ramp up production to…
March 30, 2012
Hitachi has announced the delivery of the 10th rigid dump truck to Finland’s Talvivaara Mine near Sotkamo, 600km north of Helsinki. The keys to the…
March 30, 2012
Eurovia will have to sell six aggregate quarries in France in order for the company’s acquisition of Tarmac to go ahead, according to the French…
March 30, 2012
Ireland-based CRH has reported an 8% fall in revenues to €520million for the first six months of the year, compared to the same period last year.…
March 30, 2012
Archaeological excavations at Tarmac’s Bayston Hill Quarry being undertaken by environmental consultants SLR have unearthed remains of an Iron Age…
March 30, 2012
Following a successful trial in its cement business, Cemex UK has announced the roll out of the Epod proof of delivery system to other parts of its…
March 30, 2012
UK-based Finedoor has announced completion of work to commission a new asphalt plant in Nigeria. The company has installed a 200tonne per hour Cesan…
March 30, 2012
Lafarge has announced the launch of a new telephone service for its French employees to help answer queries more quickly. The company’s 8200…
March 30, 2012
Lafarge has re-applied to extend its 200ha quarry in Moisson-Freneuse in Ile-de-France by 65ha in a bid to access a further 6million tonnes of…
March 30, 2012
Austria’s stone and ceramic association - Geschäftsführer des Fachverbandes Steine-Keramik – has reported a rise in turnover in the industry during…
March 30, 2012
Despite growth in recent sales figures, Bank of America-Merrill Lynch has downgraded its status for Lafarge from neutral to underperformance. The…