March 20, 2015
A new US$300 million cement producing joint venture is to be set up by Nepal-based Shiva Cement and China-based Hongshi Holdings Limited. A total 30…
March 20, 2015
Saudi Arabia’s cement industry is lobbying for the axing of a three-year-old export ban, wishing to supply other countries in the region as well as…
March 20, 2015
The Volvo Group Southern Africa (SA) has inaugurated an upgraded near US$5 million (R60 million) integrated regional parts distribution centre in…
March 20, 2015
Cement giants Holcim and Lafarge have agreed on revised terms to allow their €42 billion merger to go ahead. A statement released this morning by the…
March 20, 2015
A new Terex Finlay 683 Supertrak inclined screen is helping a company ramp up production at its landmark quarry. The plant has been introduced by…
March 20, 2015
A new Terex Finlay 683 Supertrak inclined screen is helping a company ramp up production at its landmark quarry. The plant has been introduced by…
March 19, 2015
Shantui recently successfully shipped the third part of a 152-unit, USD$14 million order to Cuba. Part of an agreement signed in December 2012, 52…
March 19, 2015
Construction Equipment Association CEO Rob Oliver said yesterday’s budget statement by UK Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne contained some “…
March 18, 2015
Camoplast Solideal, an off-highway tyre manufacturer, says it will introduce an up to 10% price increase for its Material Handling and Construction…
March 18, 2015
Growing demand for construction equipment in Thailand has led XCMG, one of China’s biggest construction equipment manufacturers, to establish a…
March 18, 2015
The 2015 World of Asphalt and AGG1 exhibitions kicked off Tuesday, March 17 in Baltimore, USA and had broken all previous attendance records by…
March 17, 2015
Saint-Gobain Weber, the French building materials group, has opened a production plant in Samsun, Turkey. The €10.86 million (TRY 30 million) plant…
March 17, 2015
The India-based Jaypee Group is reportedly in talks with Heidelberg Cement and Sajjan Jindal-led JSW Cement, to form a joint venture which will…
March 17, 2015
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures reveal that UK brick production surged 17% to over 1.8 billion bricks in 2014. The figure marked the…
March 17, 2015
The European Commission has given its approval for the planned takeover of Belgian company Joris Ide Group by Irish company Kingspan Group. Both…