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UK brickworks are scrambling to meet growing demand amid a revival in the housing market. Many brickworks were closed or mothballed as a result of the recession but builders are now reporting shortages of bricks and say the supply problems are causing project delays.

A shortage of roof tiles and skilled workers has been highlighted by builder Redrow.

Michelmersh Brick Holdings says it is making as many bricks as possible, while many brickworks across the UK have avoided the traditional end of year st

The Uk Mineral Products Association (MPA) is again highlighting the regulatory cost burden on the mineral products sector to government as preparation for the Chancellor’s March Budget takes place.

MPA says its research in recent years has highlighted the ever-increasing scale and cost of this burden on the mineral products industry.

Nigel Jackson, chief executive MPA, said: “MPA remains extremely concerned at the identified cumulative cost burden on our sector arising from environmental and planning

FLSmidth has received an order worth US$38 million (approximately DKK 205m) from Omani cement producer Oman Cement Company (SAOG) for the supply of milling equipment for a cement plant located in Rusayl Industrial Area, 60km from Port Sultan Qaboos, Muscat.

The order covers supply of a 150tonnes/hour closed circuit ball mill system including two cement silos, each with a capacity of 8,000tonnes. The scope of supply also includes a high-efficiency central drive for the ball mill and a dynamic separator an

Africa’s leading cement producer, Dangote cement has revealed that it will complete five cement plants spread across five African countries this year, adding about 13.5 million tonnes of cement/year to the existing capacity when completed.

The plants are at various stages of construction, and Africa’s wealthiest man and chief executive of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, says the projects, highlighting company’s pan-African expansion drive, include the 1.5million tonnes/year Zambian plant; Tanzania’s 1.5 mi

Turkish construction company AKG Gazbeton has been awarded by the Ministry of Energy in the 2014 Industrial Energy Efficiency Project contest.

The company's project saves 50% water, energy and heat in construction material Gazbeton production, which amounts to 162,000kcal/hour.

AKG Gazbeton's project can be adapted to other sectors' operations which use water heating.

Herbert Pexider Gesellschaft, the Austrian manufacturer of concrete, cement and calcareous sandstone for construction and wholesaler of building materials and sanitary ceramics, is insolvent.

It has liabilities amounting to €9.8 million and assets of some €2.5 million. Pexider has a debt of approximately €7.3 million and its insolvency affects 88 creditors. Its circumstances are attributed to the difficult climate in the construction and construction materials industry. Pexider has been unable to find a

In Russia, the National Association for Pricing and Value Engineering reports the average wholesale prices for ready-mix concretes and mortars to have grown 2.9% in 2013. Prices for sand grew 7.5%, while prices for crushed rock grew 7.2%. Cement prices grew 1.5%. Walling material prices grew 10.1%. Prices for ferrous rolled building materials reduced 2.5%.

Spanish natural stone company, Levantina, is progressing with its commitment to corporate social responsibility (CSR) with the creation of the Levantina Foundation which will focus on developing social economy and entrepreneurial and corporate spirit. It will also work on disseminating knowledge on the natural stone industry, protecting the environment and generating environmental and social value.

The foundation will mainly be funded by private contributions from Grupo Levantina. Initial work to concent

The CDEnviro Recycling plant installed at Eastern Waste Disposal, Brightlingsea, is a UK first as it can recycle road sweepings, gully waste and trommel fines.
The plant has been installed at Eastern Waste Disposal’s Brightlingsea recycling centre in County Essex, suth-east England, and is capable of processing 50,000tonnes/year.
The effects of the landfill directive along with the annual increase in landfill tax have significantly increased the cost of disposal of road sweepings and gully waste for compa