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Cemex of France is said to be counting on the future A65 motorway and the future LGV high-speed rail line as outlets for its brand new ready-mix concrete factory in Saint-Pierre-du-Mont in the Landes department, south-west France.

Heidelberg cement's Bernard Mathieu talks to ABE about the need for construction materials businesses to calculate carbon footprints. Mitigation actions for reducing the human contribution to the observed global climate change are in the focus today,"

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%.

Synergies and a strong sense of common purpose have led to the merger of Germany's aggregates federation with its counterpart for sand and gravel, to form a new and expanded MIRO, led by its director general Dr Ulrich Hahn. Jon Masters reports. Amalgamation of MIRO, Germany's Aggregates Federation, with BKS, the German Sand and Gravel Association, took effect from 1 July this year, with minimal fanfare. Preparations for the merging of the two organisations have been under way for several years now. So trans

CDE Global has been awarded the Service and Support Award, one of six categories, at The Construction Recycling Alliance (CRA) Awards 2011.

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.

Recent International UEPG visits will strengthen the recognition and lobbying power of the Aggregates Industy globally, while many of its activities are also seen as examples to be implemented globally. The European Union Raw Materials Strategy (RMS) was the key topic of interest when UEPG president Jim O'Brien visited New Zealand, Australia and Colombia. The three countries have the same challenges of access to local aggregates resources in the major cities, and all three associations decided to emulate th

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.

Steve Claude has accepted the newly-created position of senior vice president, sales and marketing at Astec, an Astec Industries company.

Volvo Construction Equipment Division, Volvo Group UK, has won a Gold Award in the prestigious Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) Occupational Health and Safety Awards 2011.

The upcoming Road Research meeting being run by FEHRL on 18th and 19th October 2011 (FeRRM11) is being held at the Maison de l’automobile in Brussels. This significant event is a key focus for road research infrastructure professionals and attendance is offered free of charge.

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.

BirdLife International, a world leader in nature conservation, and HeidelbergCement have launched a biodiversity partnership.

Spain’s international show of public works, construction and mining machinery - known as SMOPYC - is due to open its doors in April. ABE talks to the team behind the exhibition. With construction equipment manufacturers readying their products for launch at Spain's International Show of Public Works, Construction and Mining Machinery - the SMOPYC exhibition, the organising team has also been hard at work.

Nigel Jackson, chief executive of the UK’s Minerals Products Association (MPA), has called for a calmer and more constructive reflection on the draft National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), which is currently out for consultation in the country.

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.

Euro Auctions says that the Spanish market has “embraced the used plant auction concept to such an extent” that it has expanded its Valencia team with the appointment of two new country sales managers.