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According to Rosstat (Federal State Statistics Service), production of aggregate amounted to 34.6 million m² in January-September 2014 in the North- Western Federal District of Russia.

The figure grew by 13% compared with the same period of 2013

Aggregate Processing Plant (part of Vostokcement) shipped a total of 362,500 tonnes of aggregate by the middle of October 2014, which is 100% of the annual plan.

The figure grew by 6.8%, compared with the same period of 2013. The increase was the result of new contracts and launch of new facilities.

Zvezda shipbuilding facility (Bolshoy Kamen, Far East) is among the major partners of the plant in 2014.

Vostokcement intends to start continued operation at Aggregate Processing Plant due to increases

Jordan-based Anadolu Daglari Madencilik (Anatolia Mountains Marble Company) is planning to invest between US$5 million-$20 million (€4 million-€20 million) in a project in Kahramanmaras, Turkey.

The company is going to explore marble in the city then process it in a factory and export it afterwards.

The company is planning to export to the Middle East, Europe and the US.

French construction materials group Vicat has posted a 6.2% rise in turnover (up 7.4% at a constant scope and exchange rate) for the third-quarter of 2014.

Over a nine-month period, turnover rose by 6.1% year-on-year (up 9.7% at a constant scope and exchange rate) to €1.85 billion (US$2.32 billion).

During this period, concrete and aggregate activity was up 0.9%, other products and services up 1.9%, and cement sales up 15.8% at a constant scope and exchange rate.

The proportion of turnover genera

The winner of the 2014 British Precast Creativity in Concrete Award is William Mitchell, a concrete sculptor and innovator.

Oragnisers British Precast say he has made a great contribution to the world of sculptural concrete for several decades and is well recognised for his use of colour and shape to create distinctive and unique art works throughout the UK and further afield.

He also developed a new carveable concrete, Faircrete, which can be best seen at Clifton Cathedral in the city of Bristol, so

Global construction equipment manufacturer CNH Industrial has appointed Ben Beard to the post of strategic accounts manager for its Case Construction Equipment brand for southern England.

He joins Case from Finning, with whom he had been for 11 years, most recently working in account management covering the south-west.

He said: “I am excited to be joining such a renowned global brand. I am also looking forward to working with the Case team to further develop strategic business accounts across the sout

According to Unicem, in France ready-to-use concrete production was down 12.3% in July 2014 compared with the same period in 2013. For the first seven months, production was down 2.8%, with the yearly trend at -1.1%.

Ashaka Cement, which operates in Nigeria as a full subsidiary of France-based Lafarge, has appointed Bruno Bayet as its chief financial officer (CFO). Bayet succeeded Yusuf Lamuwa.

South African concrete and cement company Sephaku Holdings (SepHold) posted a net loss of ZAR 3.74 million (€270,357.83/US$337,771.13) in the six months to September 2014, against the ZAR 6.26 million profit of the year-ago period.

Pre-tax profit dropped 35.6% to ZAR 10.5 million due to a ZAR 22.3 million non-cash one-off contingent consideration loss on its acquisition of Métier.

Further, the group was taxed ZAR 14.3 million. On the flip side, revenue was up 34% to ZAR 404.2 million, while operating

The Moroccan government's Quarry Bill, aimed at tightening legislation and simplifying the licence attribution process, is being contested by professionals who claim that it is not the same bill that they helped to create.

These professionals have been heard by the Economic, Social and Environmental Committee (CESE), which was called on by the Second Chamber of Parliament to supply its opinion.

The Moroccan Professional Aggregates Association, the National Public Works and Building Federation, and the

Dangote Cement of Nigeria has reduced the price of 32.5-grade cement by 41% to NGN 1,000 (€4.82/US$6.04) for a 50kg bag and the price of 42.5-grade cement fell from NGN 1,700 to NGN 1,150 per 50kg bag.

Dangote produces 32.5-grade cement for rendering or plastering; 42.5-grade for general purpose construction works, and 52.5-grade for sky scrapers, bridges and flyovers.

Nigeria currently has around 38 million tonnes of annual cement capacity and more than US$20 billion (€15.99 billion) has been investe

In the period between January 2014 and September 2014, Suez Cement recorded an annual decline of 14% in net profits from EGP 425.60 million (€47.57 million/US$59.50 million) to EGP 363.80 million.

According to the company, the decline was due to fuel shortages. Suez Cement is one of the largest cement producers in Egypt, with an output capacity of 4 million tonnes/year.

Lucky Cement in Pakistan reported a 5% year-on-year growth in net profit for the quarter to September 2014, reaching PKR 2.55 billion (€19.84 million/US$24.82 million) with earnings per share of PKR 8.62.

Revenue was up 12% to PKR 10.47 billion, but gross margin dropped three percentage points to 42%. Sale volumes and prices were higher than in the year-ago period at +6% to 1.61 million tonnes and +8% to PKR 525 per bag respectively, but lower than in the preceding quarter or forecasts for the current pe

To increase its production capacity by another 1.5 million tonnes, Taiwan Cement's Hong Kong-listed unit TCC International Holdings will set up a new production line in China's Guizhou.
The new production line will be added within November

The State Investment Promotion Board (SIPB) of Andhra Pradesh in India has approved INR 92 billion (€1.20 billion/US$1.50 billion) of proposals by UltraTech Cement and Ramco Cements for greenfield cement plants in the state.

These will employ a combined 4,000 people and produce 12 million tonnes of cement a year.

UltraTech will set up a unit in Petnikota, Kurnool district, and another in Dachepalli, Guntur district, while Ramco will build its facility in Kolimigundla, Kurnool.

The Vaasa Energy Institute in Finland is planning ways to utilise and store asphalt heat.
The plan is to dig horizontal pipes under parking lots and motorways to collect heat in summer and to store it for the winter in heat batteries, that is deep drilled wells.
This is more efficient than traditional ground-source heating.
According to the researchers, asphalt energy is renewable local energy and there are huge amounts of it to be utilised.
The research has been funded by the Finnish Funding Agency for

Following a meeting with local inhabitants, the management of Lafarge Aggregates' Marmagne quarry have said that they will carry out works to prevent trucks speeding on the Camuzeaux access route.
The management intends to put in place a one-way system, as well as to install safety barriers close to homes and narrow the road.
These works should take place at the start of 2015. During this meeting, Lafarge also presented the actions which it carries out to preserve the environment.

The 2014 EIG Scholarship Award was presented to Kieran Blacker for his extractive industry research at a recent University of Leicester, England, geological society lecture.

The Extractive Industry Geology (EIG) award was presented by EIG organising committee secretary Clive Mitchell, and was made in recognition of Kieran’s excellent research, “understanding the degradation of stone by new mineral growth,” which he carried out while an undergraduate at the University of Liverpool.

This was the theme o

Cemex has revealed that it has received US$515 million of commitments from banks that have agreed to join the credit agreement entered into on 30 September, 2014.

Following the completion of customary closing conditions, the banks that provided the new commitments will accede the Credit Agreement as additional lenders, increasing the total amount of the Credit Agreement from $1.35 billion to $1.87 billion.

The incremental amount raised will be applied to partially prepay the Facilities Agreement date

For the third-quarter 2014, turnover for French industrial minerals specialist Imerys was up 2% to €943.80 million (US$1.18 billion), or up 3.9% on a constant perimeter and currency basis compared with the same period in 2013.
Net income was up 6.1% to €75.1 million.
In the third-quarter Western Europe accounted for 45% of sales, followed by North America (24%) and emerging countries (26%).
In terms of revenue by business group, energy solutions and specialities, filtration and performance additives and