Quarry Products

According to Anefhop, activity in the Spanish concrete sector decreased 20% during 2011 and is set to fall by a further 20% in 2012.

Haver & Boecker's wire weaving and machinery division is inviting its customers, subsidiary companies and representatives to its Technology Days 2012.

The UK Competition Commission has published an issues statement as part of its market investigation into the supply of aggregates, cement and ready-mixed concrete in Great Britain.

Bernard Fontana, Holcim's new chief executive officer, will have to restructure the cement maker's business in Europe where additional plants will have to be closed, cut costs, and expand the company's business in emerging markets, SonntagsZeitung said, citing criteria set for him by the board of directors.

Gravel output in France reached 349.2 million tonnes in 2011, a 3.7% increase on 336.7 million tonnes in the previous year, according to figures recently disclosed by the French quarry and construction materials industrial union, Unicem.

Italcementi Group will be one of the suppliers for the Jamal Abdul Nasser Street Project, part of a mega infrastructure project in Kuwait City.

Spanish cement firm Portland Valderrivas (PV) will launch new products during Construtec in Madrid, a major construction event being held between 8 and 11 May 2012.