March 26, 2012
Weir Minerals has launched two new sales and support centres in Spain and The Netherlands as part of its strategy to get closer to its customers…
March 26, 2012
Pupils who took part in a road safety campaign run by building materials manufacturer Lafarge Aggregates & Concrete UK, now have a standout…
March 26, 2012
Following the acquisition of Hartl mobile crushers in 2010, Atlas Copco Construction & Mining “intensified its focus on the mobile crushing…
March 26, 2012
IronPlanet, an online market for used heavy equipment, is to host its first onsite and online auction in February in Florida, USA. The auction from…
March 26, 2012
Anchor Bay Construction Products has sold the entire issued share capital of the company to CRH (UK). The provider of reinforcement, formwork and…
March 26, 2012
The building materials sector in France did fairly well at the end of 2011 and Unicem forecasts growth for between 7-8% for the full year 2011. Ready…
March 26, 2012
The German Cement Works Association (VDZ) and the Federal Association of German Cement Industry (BDZ) are combining operations and merging into the…
March 26, 2012
Cemex is launching its second global ready-mix concrete brand, Hidratium. The special ready-mix concrete with self-curing properties is already being…
March 26, 2012
The global market for construction aggregates is expected to increase 5.2% per year through to 2015 to 48.3 billion tonnes. This represents a slower…
March 26, 2012
Anglo American has appointed of Tracey Kerr as group head of exploration. Ms Kerr joins Anglo American from Vale where she was director of…
March 26, 2012
In the first half of 2011, Russian company Pavlovskgranit shipped 4, 915, 000tonnes of aggregates. In August, the flow of truck traffic from its…
March 26, 2012
Sure Equipment Spares (SES) is gearing up for changes to the delivery of parts from overseas, to continue its"prompt service for clients." The…
March 26, 2012
Aggregate Processing Solutions (APS) is now offering CDE washing equipment to its contract washing customers following the signing of a new agreement…
March 26, 2012
According to reports the cement contract for the new £1.5billion (€1.79billion) Forth bridge in Scotland could be awarded to Hochtief from Germany.…
March 26, 2012
According to Anefhop, activity in the Spanish concrete sector decreased 20% during 2011 and is set to fall by a further 20% in 2012. This will mean a…