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Quality investment

With celebrations planned for the company's centenary, the Marocca Group's Alberto Marocca talks to Claire Symes about plans for the Anagni Quarry's nex..

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Dunduff goes mobile

When the time came to change its old static crushing plant, one Scottish quarry decided to go mobile and bought an entirely new system. Patrick Smith report..

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Private prosperity

Nine years on from privatisation Poland's Kopalnie Porfiru I Diabazu attributes it success to continual investment. Claire Symes visited the site to find ou..

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Cost conscious management

Rebuilding existing equipment and shrewd investment in used machines is helping one limestone quarry in Belgium to maximise the bottom line. Claire Symes repo..

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Latest Business News

15 March 2010

Vicat does not discard acquisitions

The solid financial performance achieved in 2009 (gearing was down again, to 31.4%) will help Vicat reinforce its independence, CEO Guy Sidos announ.. Read more..

12 March 2010

Concrete solution in Stockholm

According to air expert Christer Johansson, concrete walls in the Stockholm Bypass (Förbifart Stockholm) could reduce air particles in the tunnel by 5%2.. Read more..

12 March 2010

Bell rejoins Major Wire

Richard Bell has rejoined Montreal, Canada-based Major Wire Industries, a manufacturer of screen media, as its national accounts manager. Bell is in c.. Read more..

11 March 2010

Nordkalk to reopen limestone quarry

Nordkalk plans to reopen the Ruonaoja Quarry in Kolari in northern Finland because new mining projects in northern Finland will create new markets for limestone.. Read more..

11 March 2010

Keestrack: major share in OMTrack

Keestrack, the Belgian manufacturer of track mobile screening plants has acquired a major share of the Italian manufacturer of track mobile crushers, OMTrac.. Read more..

10 March 2010

Italcementi unveils part of strategic plan

Italian cement group Italcementi CEO Carlo Pesenti has unveiled part of the company's strategic plan that will be presented to investors in September 2010, .. Read more..

10 March 2010

French trio to recycle concrete

Cemex Bétons Sud-Ouest, CEMEX Granulats Sud-Ouest and Roy TP have come together to create a branch in Aquitaine, France, devoted to the recycling of.. Read more..

10 March 2010

Lafarge to expand market presence

The Lafarge Group intends to expand in Russia seeing the local market as "very promising." Alex de Valuhoff, Lafarge Cement CEO.. Read more..