Quarry Products

Opposition towards new quarries has hardened and it is still the most unpopular form of development in Britain, research by strategy consultancy Development Intelligence has revealed.

DI Tracker, an annual survey commissioned by Development Intelligence, is said to show that three-quarters of people would oppose a new quarry in their local area and just one in ten would support it.

Viet Nam Cement Industry (VICEM) has aimed to produce 22 million tonnes of cement and 17 million tonnes of clinker in 2016. It expects clinker and cement consumption will reach 24 million tonnes. This will result in a profit before tax worth VND 1.80 trillion (€73.57 million/US$80.3 million) and revenue worth VND 33 trillion.

Meanwhile, there was a cement surplus of 30 million tonnes in 2015.

Cement demand expanded by 9.1% from 2014 to 53.18 million tonnes in 2015. Cement output for 2015 stood at arou

The corporate secretary of Semen Baturaja, Zulfikri Subli said that the state cement company has reported sales of 1.53 million tonnes in 2015, a year-on-year growth of 22%.

Retail sales were at 1.04 million tonnes, up 8% from 973,031 tonnes in the previous year.

Sales of bulk cement contributed 69% to 490,554tonnes, compared to 289,676tonnes sold a year ago.

Swedish recycling company IL Recycling will acquire Swedish recycling company Big Bag's activities concerning the managing of containers and front loaders in the Stockholm region as of 1 March 2016.

The deal will enable Big Bag to focus on providing recycling solutions to the construction industry.

The Grace company has partnered with concrete producer Vicat to provide a new environmentally responsible method of placing deactivated concrete, which may be used for the Stylperf Vicat deactivated concrete and the défi.Aquapass pervious concrete range.

The method, which is water autonomous and captures all project waste, thus dealing efficiently with usual problems generated by placing deactivated concrete.

The method has already been displayed in Villeurbanne, France.

The Greek cement company Titan has confirmed that Mihalis Kolakidis was named as its new executive director to replace Mihalis Sigalas, who has resigned from his post.

Cement group Lafarge is seeking to extend the quarry it operates in the French municipality of Fercé-sur-Sarthe.

A public consultation is set to be held on 17 April 2016 regarding the project, following a debate within the municipal council.

Prior to any vote, there will be public meetings and a presentation of the project.