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LafargeHolcim, the French-Swiss global building materials giant, has closed the sale of Holcim Indonesia with the disposal of its entire shareholding of 80.6 per cent in Holcim Indonesia to Semen Indonesia for US$ 1.75 billion.

The sale of Holcim Indonesia is part of LafargeHolcim’s ongoing portfolio review. The assets sold to Semen Indonesia include the entirety of LafargeHolcim’s operations in Indonesia, which consists of four cement plants, 33 ready-mix plants and two aggregate quarries.

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The British Marine Aggregate Producers Association (BMAPA) and The Crown Estate have published a 20-year review of their ‘Area Involved’ initiative which reports on changes in the area of seabed licensed and dredged. Over the past 20 years the two organisations have been working in partnership, sharing data to help promote and ensure sustainable use of the sea bed.

The original 1999 ‘Area Involved’ initiative committed the marine aggregate industry and The Crown Estate to review all dredging licences ove

SigmaRoc, the AIM quoted buy-and-build construction materials group, says Ronez, its Channel Islands business and the largest producer of heavy building materials in Jersey and Guernsey, will open its new ready-mixed concrete plant in Jersey on Wednesday 13 February 2019.

The new plant, which will be officially unveiled at a ceremony attended by investors, customers, management and employees, is a bespoke design specified to meet the requirements of the island and incorporating state-of-the-art technolog

Hanson UK has completed a major investment has been completed at its Bellshill cement depot in Glasgow – transforming it into a dual product storage and distribution site for the first time.

Pipework has been replaced and a new silo monitoring system installed as part of the £1.1 million upgrade. The site has three silos: two for cement powder, transported by rail from our Ribblesdale plant in Lancashire, and one for the storage and distribution of ground granulated blastfurnace slag (GGBS), manufactured

Huge opportunities are being created for Eastern European aggregates producers as Russian Railways continues its modernisation of the railway infrastructure of Baikal-Amur and Trans-Siberian Railways via the Development of Admissions and Passenger Capacity project.

In 2018, more than 47 billion rubles (€623.47mn) was invested in the infrastructure of eastern railways as part of the project. About 40km of railway lines was built and reconstructed, requiring large volumes of aggregates, and more than 80 ne

LafargeHolcim has been awarded an important contract for the renovation of the Afsluitdijk, one of the Netherlands’ key sea defence infrastructure projects, with a new specially developed solution protecting dykes against strong waves and rising sea water levels. The new Holcim Basalton Quattroblock will cover around 700,000m² of the 32 kilometre-long dam. In addition, LafargeHolcim developed a sustainable and efficient logistics solution where materials are delivered by sea to avoid additional traffic on t

Aggregate Industries is supplying its Lytacrete secondary aggregate solution for the £5m Nene Bridge structural refurbishment project.

Constructed over the River Nene in the 1970s, Nene Bridge in Peterborough, UK is iconic for its ‘v’ shaped pier. It is a major traffic route and provides access to vehicles travelling from the A1 to A47, as well as pedestrians and cyclists going between the north and south of the city. The bridge is currently undergoing extensive renovations, including reinforcing the bri