http://www.aggbusiness.com/images/rsstitle.gif http://www.aggbusiness.com/ http://www.aggbusiness.com/ Aggregates Business Europe en-us May, 10 May 2007 04:00:00 GMT Tue, 16 02 2010 00:00:05 GMT http://www.aggbusiness.com/market-report/rss.xml aggbusiness.com CMS editor@ropl.com jhoward@ropl.com http://www.aggbusiness.com/article.asp?id=62 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 http://www.aggbusiness.com/rss-comments.asp?id=62 Tue, 26 06 2007 14:45:05 GMT http://www.aggbusiness.com/article.asp?id=98 After a decade of decline the German aggregates industry saw an upturn last year and hopes for quiet improvement. Adrian Greeman reports http://www.aggbusiness.com/rss-comments.asp?id=98 Mon, 23 04 2007 00:05:05 GMT http://www.aggbusiness.com/article.asp?id=217 Aggregates production has been going through major changes in Eastern Europe as industries restructure. Adrian Greeman reports on Poland, the Czech Republic and Romania. http://www.aggbusiness.com/rss-comments.asp?id=217 Mon, 08 10 2007 00:05:05 GMT http://www.aggbusiness.com/article.asp?id=219 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 growing at nearly 8% per year. Companies like Anglo-American, Lafarge and Holcim have been visible in the market in the last two or three years though the latter still only has a small presence at the moment, according to Catalin Tincu, assistant director for aggregates and ready mixed concrete at Holcim. The company has three facilities. "The market is still fragmented at present with a lot of small companies, but is consolidating," explained Tincu. Potential for growth is significant with three major highway projects about to get underway, one for a 430km long route, and a likely three to five year surge in other infrastructure development starting now. "Demand for aggregates is growing fast, perhaps at 15 to 20% in the last two years," said Tincu. "So far it has been created just by industrial and commercial development." Likely growth areas are near the capital Bucharest, around Timisoara and on the Black Sea at Constanta. Though it has plenty of mountainous regions including the famous Transylvania range, most aggregate production is river won at present, according to Tincu, largely because of the huge Danube basin running through many of the more urbanised areas. "We use very little crushed rock because it is cheaper to dredge." Planning permissions and operation have become more difficult in recent years he added, not least because EU regulations now apply. http://www.aggbusiness.com/rss-comments.asp?id=219 Mon, 08 10 2007 00:05:05 GMT http://www.aggbusiness.com/article.asp?id=221 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 population of just http://www.aggbusiness.com/rss-comments.asp?id=221 Mon, 08 10 2007 00:05:05 GMT http://www.aggbusiness.com/article.asp?id=222 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 population of just 5.5million people it has a GDP of €34.4billion and an astonishing 8.3% growth rate in 2006. http://www.aggbusiness.com/rss-comments.asp?id=222 Mon, 08 10 2007 00:05:05 GMT http://www.aggbusiness.com/article.asp?id=223 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 too with a land area of 312,685 km2. Historically it has had a reasonably high level of industrialisation though it also suffers high unemployment, has an underdeveloped and dilapidated infrastructure, and a poorer farming population. According to the European Union of Aggregate Producers (UEPG) for 2005, there were just over 2000 companies in the country operating on 2,600 sites and employing around 60,000 people. "It was originally just 15 enterprises owned by the state" said Krzysztof Maczka of the Polski Zwiazek Pracodawcow Prodducentow Kruszyw - the Polish producers' organisation. "Privatisation led to many small companies and new quarries being opened, "though this process is not yet finished." http://www.aggbusiness.com/rss-comments.asp?id=223 Mon, 08 10 2007 00:05:05 GMT http://www.aggbusiness.com/article.asp?id=304 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 French industry is characterised by the presence of several large, international companies who between them account for the majority of production. This general similarity, however, should not disguise the attributes that are particular to the market in France. http://www.aggbusiness.com/rss-comments.asp?id=304 Thu, 22 11 2007 00:05:05 GMT http://www.aggbusiness.com/article.asp?id=310 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 the last 12 months http://www.aggbusiness.com/rss-comments.asp?id=310 Mon, 26 11 2007 00:05:05 GMT http://www.aggbusiness.com/article.asp?id=1446 Norway has an embarrassment of riches when it comes to hard rock aggregates to the extent that it exports over a quarter of its production each year... http://www.aggbusiness.com/rss-comments.asp?id=1446 Wed, 24 06 2009 00:05:05 GMT http://www.aggbusiness.com/article.asp?id=468 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 North America http://www.aggbusiness.com/rss-comments.asp?id=468 Tue, 04 03 2008 00:05:05 GMT http://www.aggbusiness.com/article.asp?id=564 Staggering growth in the Spanish aggregates industry has curtailed recently due to the housing market fall-off. Adrian Greeman reports http://www.aggbusiness.com/rss-comments.asp?id=564 Mon, 14 04 2008 00:05:05 GMT http://www.aggbusiness.com/article.asp?id=718 Finland has one of the highest aggregate consumption rates per capita anywhere in the world. Heikki Hari takes a look at this unusual market http://www.aggbusiness.com/rss-comments.asp?id=718 Tue, 08 07 2008 00:05:05 GMT http://www.aggbusiness.com/article.asp?id=766 Tight environmental conditions and limited resources make the benelux aggregates market a challenging one http://www.aggbusiness.com/rss-comments.asp?id=766 Thu, 31 07 2008 00:05:05 GMT http://www.aggbusiness.com/article.asp?id=852 Italy is working to try and overcome a legacy of fragmentation in its aggregates industry to find a more efficient future. Adrian Greeman reports http://www.aggbusiness.com/rss-comments.asp?id=852 Thu, 09 10 2008 00:05:05 GMT http://www.aggbusiness.com/article.asp?id=865 High fuel prices look set to become the norm. Bell explains how saving just a litre or two of fuel per hour can reduce the operating costs of an Articulated dump truck http://www.aggbusiness.com/rss-comments.asp?id=865 Mon, 13 10 2008 00:05:05 GMT http://www.aggbusiness.com/article.asp?id=969 The Austrian aggregates industry is in motion - a slight, but constant growth is now being seen after a period of decline. Luise Weithaler reports. Aggregate extraction is an essential industry in Austria - this industry and the companies using its products provide thousands of jobs, often in areas where jobs http://www.aggbusiness.com/rss-comments.asp?id=969 Fri, 21 11 2008 00:05:05 GMT http://www.aggbusiness.com/article.asp?id=998 While the global financial crisis is yet to hit aggregate prices significantly the impact on volumes is already being felt... http://www.aggbusiness.com/rss-comments.asp?id=998 Mon, 24 11 2008 00:05:05 GMT http://www.aggbusiness.com/article.asp?id=1201 Despite the current financial turmoil, Russia's aggregates market looks set for continued expansion. Heikki Harri reports During the last decade the production of aggregates and related products has http://www.aggbusiness.com/rss-comments.asp?id=1201 Tue, 03 03 2009 00:05:05 GMT http://www.aggbusiness.com/article.asp?id=1356 Whatever the future may hold, Ireland is two different countries and two different markets for aggregates and rock. But the crisis is hitting both of them, reports Adrian Greeman http://www.aggbusiness.com/rss-comments.asp?id=1356 Thu, 14 05 2009 00:05:05 GMT http://www.aggbusiness.com/article.asp?id=1559 Like most countries the economic crisis has hit construction in Greece and with it the aggregates industry, though things are holding for the moment reports Adrian Greeman http://www.aggbusiness.com/rss-comments.asp?id=1559 Fri, 14 08 2009 00:05:05 GMT http://www.aggbusiness.com/article.asp?id=1697 Growth of Poland's aggregates sector has been driven by EU funding in recent years, making it an interesting market for acquisitions by Europe's big quarrying groups. Adrian Greeman reports... http://www.aggbusiness.com/rss-comments.asp?id=1697 Fri, 16 10 2009 00:05:05 GMT http://www.aggbusiness.com/article.asp?id=1849 Aggregate prices seem to be stable in Europe despite the financial crisis of the last year. Claire Symes talks to Metso Minerals' Luis Santos about the impact http://www.aggbusiness.com/rss-comments.asp?id=1849 Mon, 04 01 2010 00:05:05 GMT http://www.aggbusiness.com/article.asp?id=1851 Portugal's aggregates producers are hoping that high-speed rail will inject a much-needed boost to their businesses. Lisa Russell reports http://www.aggbusiness.com/rss-comments.asp?id=1851 Mon, 04 01 2010 00:05:05 GMT http://www.aggbusiness.com/article.asp?id=1944 Crushed rock seems the obvious way to make aggregate in rock abundant Scandinavia, but it was not always so. Adrian Greeman reports [1] It is perhaps not surprising that in S http://www.aggbusiness.com/rss-comments.asp?id=1944 Tue, 16 02 2010 00:05:05 GMT