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CEMEX has signed the final agreement to sell its aggregates and ready-mixed concrete assets in the North and North-West regions of Germany to GP Günter Papenburg AG for approximately €87 million. The Mexican global building materials market giant currently expects to close the sale during the second quarter of 2019.

The CEMEX assets in Germany being divested consist of four aggregates quarries and four ready-mixed concrete facilities in North Germany, and nine aggregates quarries and 14 ready-mixed conc

The CEMEX-Tec Award run by Mexican building materials giant CEMEX is to continue accepting high-impact project proposals in sustainable development from entrepreneurs and social innovators from all over the world until May 31, 2019, after receiving more than 600 proposals to date.

Since the award’s inception, the CEMEX-Tec de Monterrey Center for Sustainable Development has received 2,700 registered proposals from 44 countries in America, Europe, Africa, and Asia, from which 99 projects won awards benefi

LafargeHolcim, the French-Swiss global building materials giant, has signed an agreement with San Miguel Corporation for the divestment of its entire 85.7% shareholding in Holcim Philippines Inc. for an enterprise value of US$2.15 billion, on a 100% basis. Closing of the transaction is expected in Q4 2019 and is subject to customary and regulatory approvals.

The Mineral Products Association (MPA) has published a briefing ‘Sand Supply – a UK Perspective on a Global Issue’ as a contribution to the current global debate regarding the availability, access to and consumption of sand.

In recent years there has been increasing attention on the demand for sand, the potential for global shortages and the consequences of unregulated extraction as the link has been made between the societal demands for homes and infrastructure and the associated pressures that this ca

CEMEX has supplied around 16,000m³ of ready-mixed concrete for the expansion of the Continental Automotive Group’s technology development center in Regensburg, Germany.

CEMEX Germany produced different types of products such as concrete of various compressive strengths and cement with low hydration heat development for the construction project on Siemensstraße in Regensburg. With the biggest order produced by CEMEX during 2018, the total quantity supplied amounted to approximately 16,000m³.

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South African Surface mining association, Aspasa, has called on suppliers of the industry and those who make use of its products to become more involved and assist in the shaping of the industry to meet future challenges.

“We want to be proactive and ensure everybody in the surface mining value chain is directly involved in shaping the industry of tomorrow. As an industry we obviously rely heavily on suppliers and want to encourage healthy two-way cooperation that can improve and support our members’ eff

The Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) recently hosted the European Marine Sand & Gravel Group’s (EMSAGG) latest knowledge-sharing workshop. Aggregates Business editor Guy Woodford was among those attending the event at the GEUS offices in Copenhagen.
The great diversity within Europe when it comes to marine sand and gravel extraction policy and licensing, regulation of the sector, and marine aggregates pricing, is very apparent listening to the various high-calibre speakers at EMSAGG’s work

Following an unexpectedly strong performance at the end of 2018, UK sales volumes of mineral products across markets including aggregates, asphalt, ready-mixed concrete (RMC) and mortar declined in Q1 2019. Seasonally adjusted sales volumes for aggregates had the sharpest decline, down 4.2% compared to the previous quarter, followed by RMC (-4.0%), mortar (-2.8%) and asphalt (-1.9%).

The Mineral Products Association (MPA) results are in line with recently published trends in construction activity. In the

Green cement’s global market value is forecasted to grow from US$21.42 billion in 2018 to US$43.59bn by 2026.

Reports & Data, a U.S. headquartered global business market intelligence consultancy, says the multi-billion dollar rise in green cement sector value will be fuelled by a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.7% during the 2018-2026 period.

The market is said to be primarily driven by the growing construction activities in emerging economies, increased use of alternative fuels from renewable