Market Report
A review of the aggregates business in countries and regions around Europe
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Declining demand
Staggering growth in the Spanish aggregates industry has curtailed recently due to the housing market fall-off. Adrian Greeman reports.. Read more..
Trouble ahead?
The subprime mortgage crisis is a critical factor for the aggregates industry in the US in the coming 12 months, and to some extent for Canada too. Adrian Greeman looks at the quarrying sector in .. Read more..
Eastern price Promise
Average aggregate prices have risen faster in eastern Europe than anywhere else in the region during 2007. Metso Minerals' Luis Santos talks to Claire Symes about market changes in Europe during t.. Read more..
Local influence
France's aggregates market is dominated by the global players but local companies still play a big role. Paul Howard reports As with many, mature European aggregates markets, the F.. Read more..
Eastern Promise
Aggregates production has been going through major changes in Eastern Europe as industries restructure. Adrian Greeman reports on Poland, the Czech Republic and Romania. .. Read more..
Polish consolidation
Poland has a population of 38.5 million making it by far the largest of the recent new members to the European Union. GDP is $244.3billion and growing at just under 6%. It is a big country.. Read more..
Slovakian demand rises
The second half of the former Czechoslovakia is smaller than the Czech Republic and had less of an aggregates industry but has also been growing relatively well in the recent period. With a populati.. Read more..
Czech Republic recovery
Most prosperous of the central European countries and catching up with western Europe in living standards is the more industrialised Czech Republic with a GDP of €86.4billion on a populati.. Read more..
Rapid Romanian growth
Romania is now beginning to show the pace of development visible earlier in other neighbouring countries. Its 22 million population currently sees a GDP of €58.5billion though this is gr.. Read more..
A premium market
An industry with strong company consolidation and high use of recycled materials is the result of a maturing aggregates market in the UK. Adrian Greeman reports .. Read more..
