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Joined up planning
While aggregates are fairly common, ensuring access to them that meets regional, national and international demand takes careful planning. ..
Read more..Second hand sale solution
New equipment sales have been hit hard by the recession but used machinery sales are growing. Claire Symes talked to Iron Planet's Tom Cornell about the sec..
Read more..Cat concentrates on customers
Caterpillar has restructured to focus on customer segments. Claire Symes spoke to industry region manager John Calder to find out what this means for quarry..
Read more..Final chapter fortunes
Reaching the end of reserves in a family-owned quarry operation is normally a time to wind down, but Swiss-based Carriers de Lessus has found new opportun..
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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..
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..
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..
Net profits fall at Italcementi
talian cement group Italcementi posted net profits of €71.30 million in 2009, down on the €142.5 million in 2008. The gross.. Read more..
Association for Latvian firms
Latvia's leading producers of construction materials, CEMEX, Sakret, Liepajas Metalurgs, Valmieras Stikla Skiedra, Tenax, Knauf, and Aeroc, ha.. Read more..
Ciments Français's turnover drops
Cement manufacturer Ciments Français saw consolidated turnover fall 11.7% to €4.22 billion in 2009. Turnover rose in countries such as China%.. Read more..
Lurgain proposes 21 job cuts
A labour force adjustment plan (ERE) at the Spanish pre-manufactured concrete products company, Prefabricados de Hormigon Lurgain, will make 21 out of.. Read more..
Vicat's river restoration prize
The Union of Aggregate Producers (UNPG) has awarded its grand prize for environmental work to Granulats Vicat, the aggregates branch of France-based Vic.. Read more..
