September 25, 2015
LiuGong has staged a ceremony at its HQ in Liuzhou, Guangxi province, China to mark the acceptance of an Eritrean government procurement programme…
September 25, 2015
LafargeHolcim is implementing a new three-year strategy in Poland. In line with it, the company will not only sell cement, concrete and aggregate but…
September 25, 2015
Construction of the Hodna Cement Company, a cement factory currently being built in Dehahna (M'sila) in Algeria, is expected to be finished in…
September 25, 2015
Almost QAR 800 million (€193.73 million/US$219.66 million) will be invested by Alkhalij Cement Company on a new production line in Qatar. The new…
September 25, 2015
Tarmac has opened a £6.6 million (€9 million) asphalt plant in County Hertfordshire, England. The facility in Radlett replaces an ageing 1960s…
September 25, 2015
At the beginning of 2016, several Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) for wind power will come into force for Swiss building supplies group Holcim (…
September 25, 2015
Indian and Swiss researchers at the Construction Material Laboratory at Ecole Polytechnique Federale De Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland have developed…
September 25, 2015
Italian cement manufacturer Italcementi has sold its 5.24% stake in West China Cement, which is listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange, through its…
September 25, 2015
Pakistan-based Dera Ghazi Khan Cement (DG Khan Cement) has recorded an 11% rise in its net profit in the April to June quarter of 2015 from PKR 2.02…
September 25, 2015
In the seventh installment of the Caterpillar Built For It Trials series, actor and Europe's reigning Strongest Man, Hafthor "Thor" Bjornsson plays…
September 25, 2015
During the first eight months of 2015, Semen Baturaja has reported sales volume of 922,408tonnes, up from 714,863tonnes. Net sales were at IDR 880.1…
September 25, 2015
According to Citi Research, cement sales in Indonesia were estimated to have risen by 15%/year in August 2015, representing the first rise since…
September 25, 2015
Caterpillar has announced significant restructuring and cost reduction actions that are expected to lower the US construction equipment manufacturing…
September 24, 2015
The Philippines-based San Miguel Corporation is adding a further three cement factories as part of its expansion drive. This would increase the group…
September 24, 2015
According to Ciment Catala, cement consumption in Catalonia, Spain, fell 2.9% during August 2015, following ten months of growth. Figures for the…