March 30, 2012
Heidelberg Cement has reported that turnover for the full year in 2010 was up 5.8% on 2009 levels at €11.8billion. The company has also reported that…
March 30, 2012
Online auction house Iron Planet has announced the appointment of Nick Jones as its new UK account manager. Jones joins the company from Ritchies…
March 30, 2012
The cement plant jointly operated by Strabag and Lafarge in Umin Trbovlje, Slovenia has been ordered to stop work by environmental officials. The…
March 30, 2012
Lafarge is reported to be planning to build new cement plants in the Kaluga and Rostov regions of Russia. It is suggested that work on the Kaluga…
March 30, 2012
Higher than average costs for construction materials for the Sochi Olympic project in Russia has led to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev asking…
March 30, 2012
Pinden has broken with its traditional approach to crushing and screening and taken delivery of its first crusher from Kleemann with arrival of a…
March 30, 2012
Brazil-based steel maker Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (CSN) has said that it is considering a new attempt to acquire Portuguese cement producer…
March 30, 2012
JCB has announced that it is to donate equipment to Pakistan in a bid to help speed up the reconstruction following the recent flooding in the…
March 30, 2012
Holcim has said that its investment in its facilities in Romania will reach €1billion by 2020 with upgrades worth €30million per year planned. Since…
March 30, 2012
Quarry operators had the chance to see the benefits of washing crusher dust first hand during an open day held by CDE at Ireland-based Gleeson…
March 30, 2012
UK-based Flannery Plant Hire has boosted its recycling capabilities with delivery of a new Terex Finlay J-1175 Jaw Crusher from Finlay Plant SE. The…
March 30, 2012
Atlas Copco has expanded its offering to the quarrying sector with acquisition of Austria-based mobile crushing and screening manufacturer Hartl…
March 30, 2012
Cemex is aiming to improve productivity across its quarries UK with delivery of 15 new Caterpillar machines from Finning. The order placed consists…
March 30, 2012
Ratings agency Moody’s has downgraded its outlook on Ireland-based CRH from neutral to negative. The organisation has said that it has changed the…
March 30, 2012
France’s quarrying industry association has reported that aggregate production in the country rose 25% to 27.6million tonnes in June, compared to the…