More action is needed when it comes to recycling of building materials in Europe, according to the European Quality Association for recycling. Achieving true sustainability and meeting regional targets means there is a need for higher levels of recycling when it comes to building materials in Europe. That was the main message delivered by a recent conference - Recycling of Building Materials in Europe - organised by the European Quality Association for Recycling (EQAR).
Swiss cement producer Holcim has seen its share price increase following Thomas Schmidheiny's move to increase his stake in the company to 20% and Filaret Galchev's decision to almost double his stake in Holcim to 10.1%.
The Aquitaine agency of Cemex Bétons Sud-Ouest has won an award from the French national union of ready-to-use concrete (SNBPE) for its work on access walkways and road systems at the vineyard Château Pontet-Cantet in Pauillac.
The value of sand and gravel mixtures for the Olympic facilities construction in Sochi, Russia, dropped from €18.51 per 1m³ to €10.5 due to sand extraction at two Sochi-based quarries.
After a 20% drop over the 2008-2010 period as a result to the economic crisis, gravel production in France fell by only 3.5% in 2010 (363million tonnes), though still affected by adverse weather conditions at the end of the year, according to Unicem.
Two years ago the Italian aggregates association identified the need for improvement in organisation and efficiency in the national market. Julie-Anne Ryan takes a look at the progress. The aggregates industry in Italy has never been in danger of monopoly, either by organisation or by region.
Turkey’s Simge Group is unusual in the quarry business - not only does it manufacture asphalt and aggregate equipment, it also operates a network of quarries producing construction aggregates and asphalt. ABE visited its Baskoy Quarry to find out more.
VSK Mining of Austria has announced that its surveys, which cost €20million, have confirmed significant reserves of soapstone, also known as steatite, in Gemerska Poloma in Slovakia.
In Estonia, Kunda Nordic Tsement of HeidelbergCement Group, is projecting a price hike in 2012, forced by growing input prices, such as electricity, oil shale, fuels, and other, says CEO Meelis Einstein.
