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HeidelbergCement says its subsidiary HeidelbergCement France has finalised the acquisition of Cemex’s Centre region aggregates and ready-mixed concrete businesses in France.

“With this acquisition, we strengthen our vertically integrated market position in central France,” explains Dr. Bernd Scheifele, chairman of the managing board of HeidelbergCement. “The operations fit very well into our existing network of aggregates and ready-mixed concrete plants in the Paris region, and we expect significant syne

CRH, the Irish headquartered, global building materials group, says Bill Teuber is resigning from the group’s board with immediate effect for personal reasons.

A U.S. national, 67-year-old Teuber was appointed to the CRH board in March 2016. He also served on CRH’s audit committee, finance committee and remuneration committee.

Until September 2016, Teuber was the vice chairman of EMC Corporation. In previous roles he was responsible for EMC’s global sales and distribution organisation (2006-2012) and

The 3.9 billion ton global cement market is being tipped to return to slight growth until 2023 after posting marginal declines from 2013 to 2018, according to a new study by the Freedonia Group (Freedonia).

A forecasted 1% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) in world cement sales during the 2018-2023 period will, Fredonia’s Global Cement report claims, be achieved despite reduced demand for the key building material in China, which accounted for over half of total global cement sales in 2018.

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Mineral Products Association (MPA) chief executive Nigel Jackson has praised major and small and medium-sized UK mineral products sector MPA member companies for their resilience amid huge business uncertainty created by the ongoing Brexit saga.

Speaking at the MPA’s 10th anniversary annual conference – ‘Mineral Products 2019 - Planning Long…Embracing Change - before a packed audience, including many CEOs, from 90 different organisations spanning MPA member companies, NGOs, trade associations, consultant

Building materials giant CEMEX has for the fourth consecutive year been recognised by BMV – the Mexican Stock Exchange - as the company with the highest overall sustainability credentials from a total of 57 listed companies.

As part of this annual assessment, Monterrey, Mexico-headquartered CEMEX also outperformed the average score of its industry.

For the eighth consecutive year, BMV included CEMEX in its Sustainability Index, which comprises the top performers in the three pillars of sustainability

FLSmidth is to supply a major greenfield cement plant to a new customer in Morocco.

The Danish mining and cement plant and services specialist together with Société Générale des Travaux du Maroc (SGTM) yesterday signed a contract with TEKCIM S.A. to co-deliver a full cement plant with a capacity of 3,600 tonnes/day. The plant will be built in Ouled Ghanem in Morocco's El-Jadida province and is scheduled to be fully operational in the third quarter of 2022. FLSmidth's share of the turnkey contract amounts

Leading UK mineral products sector figures were gathering today at the QEII Centre in Westminster, London, England, for Mineral Products 2019.

Hosted by the Mineral Products Association (MPA) and FIGS Events, the British mineral products industry’s annual forum offers the very latest thinking on the economy, political climate and industry innovation. Over 180 attendees representing a broad cross-section of the UK mineral products sector were attending today’s event, facilitated by the BBC’s Sophie Rawor

Rolls-Royce Power Systems and XCMG, a multinational heavy machinery manufacturing company based in Jiangsu, China, have formed a strategic cooperation alliance to further develop the Chinese domestic and export mining and quarrying equipment markets, providing optimised solutions to customers worldwide.

A strategic cooperation agreement was recently signed in Xuzhou, headquarters of XCMG, by senior executives of the both companies. According to the agreement, Rolls-Royce and XCMG are committed to joint e