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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

19 March 2010

Cemex launches new rail route

A new rail route for the transportation of aggregates by Cemex, the building materials provider has started. The route from Neath in South Wales .. Read more..

19 March 2010

HeidelbergCement profit down in 2009

Turnover of German construction materials group HeidelbergCement decreased by 21.6% to €11.12billion in 2009. Operating income was down 38.7%.. Read more..

18 March 2010

VM Matériaux had a difficult 2009

VM Matériaux will remain cautious in 2010, as the French group will carry a very selective investment policy entred on eco-construction, public works an.. Read more..

18 March 2010

MPA beats H&S ?Hard Target'

Recording a reduction of 65%, the UK's Minerals Products Association (MPA) has beaten its health and safety ?Hard Target 2009', which aimed to .. Read more..

17 March 2010

Lujabetoni's infrastructure solutions

Finnish concrete element company Lujabetoni, of the Luja Group, is expanding its markets by investing in infrastructure building. The company has develope.. Read more..

17 March 2010

Metso's big Indian investment

Metso's biggest single investment in India, Metso Park, has been inaugurated in the city of Alwar in Rajasthan. Paving the way for an even mo.. Read more..