Russia’s Lukyanovsky plant to up production of quartz sand

The Latvian producer of dry construction mixes, Sakret, has signed a franchise agreement with the Russia's Sakret Russland to build an construction material production plant in Samara, Russia. The new plant will have an annual capacity of 200,000tonnes. Sakret Russland will sell production output mainly in Samara and neighbouring regions and targets a 15%-20% market share. The deal with Sakret Russland is the first step of Sakret's targeted development and expansion plan of Sakret's franchise network in the

It is reported that Cemex has halted production at its mortar plant in Cartagena, Murcia, Spain due to the state of the economy and construction market in Spain. The company has reduced its production capacity in Spain by 60%. A total of €47 million was invested into the plant, which was constructed in 2006. It has the capacity to produce 1 million tonnes of cement and 200,000tonnes of dry mortar per year.

One Russian quarry is working flat out to supply sand and aggregates for infrastructure for the 2014 winter Olympics. Patrick Smith reports. The holiday resort of Sochi is Europe’s longest city and home to what is said to be the continent’s largest construction site.