March 28, 2012
Slovakia’s competition authority PMU has given the go ahead to Holcim’s acquisition of building materials producer Vychodoslovenske Stavebne Hmoty (…
March 28, 2012
Financial organisation Morgan Stanley has maintained its outlook rating for Lafarge at equal-weight because it said the shares do “not show…
March 28, 2012
Spain-based concrete producer Forte Hormigones Tecnologicos has filed for administration due to mounting debts. In a bid to save the business, the…
March 28, 2012
Cemex has announced the launch of two new ready mixed concrete products, which the company has said will help meet the need of niche markets in…
March 28, 2012
Cement demand in Germany is expected to rise 6% to 26million tonnes this year, according to the industry association Bundesverband der Deutschen…
March 28, 2012
Lafarge’s Russian subsidiary Finarge 47 has launched a takeover bid for aggregate producer Sibnerud, according to local media reports. The company is…
March 28, 2012
Holcim has announced that corporate function manager and head of commercial services Stefan Wolfensberger is to leave the company at the end of this…
March 28, 2012
Eastern Europe, along with Switzerland and Finland, are leading the market in terms of growth this year for CRH, according to its latest interim…
March 28, 2012
Road safety will be the focus of a new campaign being piloted by Lafarge Concrete and Aggregates UK over the new few weeks. Under the scheme, Lafarge…
March 28, 2012
Offices belonging to Pavlovskgranit in Moscow have been searched as part of a fraud investigation. The company’s directors are reported to be accused…
March 28, 2012
Construction of Germany’s Kaiserschleuse Bremerhaven is well on the way to completion following delivery of over 48,000m3 of ready mixed concrete to…
March 28, 2012
Lafarge has announced that it is to renew its agreement with Ecole des Ponts ParisTech for the Materials Science for Sustainable Construction (SMCD)…
March 28, 2012
UK Business organisation CBI’s director general John Cridland has said that green taxes places on cement and steel may be double taxing the…
March 28, 2012
UK-based Mineral Products Association (MPA) has launched a new national campaign in a bid to reduce the risk of accidents between cyclists and…
March 28, 2012
Archaeological excavations at Lafarge’s Besthorpe sand and gravel quarry in Nottinghamshire, UK have helped to reveal some of the site’s history.…