Quarry Products

The La Croix du Sud Clinic in Toulouse, France, is one of the largest construction projects currently under development in the region. To meet its requirements, Cemex supplied over 20,000m³ of concrete, including a specially formulated self-compacting mix. In addition to 3,000m² of parking lots, the new health clinic comprises seven floors in a 33,000m² area, and is expected to be completed in late 2018.

Aggregate Industries has seen its ground-breaking secondary aggregate, Lytag, shortlisted in two categories in the prestigious London Construction Awards. The awards will be hosted at The Royal Garden Hotel on the 25th October 2017, providing an evening of entertainment and recognition, attended by more than 400 movers and shakers from across the London construction industry. Shortlisted in the ‘Product Innovation of the Year’ and ‘Sustainability Construction’ categories, Aggregate Industries has been selec

HeidelbergCement has reported its results for the second quarter of 2017, saying that the acquisition of Italcementi has strengthened sales volumes, revenue, and result. "In the light of the difficult general conditions, we achieved a good result in the second quarter,” says Dr Bernd Scheifele, Chairman of the Managing Board. “We were able to almost offset the effect of higher energy costs, bad weather conditions, fewer working days, and increased competition in some emerging countries. “The synergies from

Breedon, the UK’s largest independent construction materials group, has completed the acquisition of Humberside Aggregates consideration of £9 million (€10.05 million), subject to completion adjustments. Humberside is a leading independent sand and gravel quarry and aggregates merchanting business based at North Cave near Hull in county East Yorkshire, England, employing around 30 people. It supplies a broad range of customers including ready-mixed concrete and mortar producers, various Government agencies,

Dangote Cement, Africa’s largest cement producer, has announced its unaudited results for the six months ended 30th June 2017, posting a 12.6% increase in sales volume across Africa. The sales volume rise is said by Dangote Cement to indicate the sector giant’s growing gains in the Pan-African market. Revenues from operations in Nigeria increased by 34.5% to ₦291.4 billion, while Pan-Africa revenue increased by 63.7% to ₦124.4B from ₦76.0B mainly as a result of increased volumes and foreign exchange gains

Titan Group, the independent Greek cement and building materials producer, saw its first half 2017 net profit rise 51.4% to €13.9mn, versus €9.2mn over the same period of last year. Titan’s consolidated turnover was €773.8m, posting a 6.9% increase compared to the first half of 2016. Earnings Before Interest, Tax, Depreciation and Amortization (EBITDA), increased by 18.9% reaching €142.1m. The second quarter of 2017 confirmed the first quarter’s trends. Titan’s consolidated turnover for Q2 2017 increased by

CRH, the international building materials group, has announced that Maeve Carton, group transformation director, has informed the directors of her intention to retire from the Board and from CRH on 31 August 2017. Since joining CRH in 1988, Maeve held a number of senior financial roles prior to joining the Board as finance director in May 2010. She was appointed group transformation director in January 2016.

Mexican building materials giant CEMEX saw its year-on-year net income grow 41% in Q2 2017 to US$289 million. The company’s $626 million net income for the first six months of 2017 was also its highest first half-year net income since 2008. CEMEX’s consolidated net sales reached $3.6 billion during the second quarter of 2017, a like-for-like increase of 2%. This was said to be due to higher prices of CEMEX products in its native Mexican market and the US, and higher sales in Europe. CEMEX operating EBITDA d