November 6, 2014
The State Investment Promotion Board (SIPB) of Andhra Pradesh in India has approved INR 92 billion (€1.20 billion/US$1.50 billion) of proposals by…
November 6, 2014
The Vaasa Energy Institute in Finland is planning ways to utilise and store asphalt heat. The plan is to dig horizontal pipes under parking lots and…
November 6, 2014
Following a meeting with local inhabitants, the management of Lafarge Aggregates' Marmagne quarry have said that they will carry out works to prevent…
November 6, 2014
The 2014 EIG Scholarship Award was presented to Kieran Blacker for his extractive industry research at a recent University of Leicester, England,…
November 6, 2014
Cemex has revealed that it has received US$515 million of commitments from banks that have agreed to join the credit agreement entered into on 30…
November 6, 2014
For the third-quarter 2014, turnover for French industrial minerals specialist Imerys was up 2% to €943.80 million (US$1.18 billion), or up 3.9% on a…
November 6, 2014
Turkish cement producer Oyak Cimento Grubu's turnover in the first nine months of 2014 increased by 18% to TRY 1.10 billion (€396.77 million/US$500.…
November 6, 2014
Hope Construction Materials, a UK independent supplier of construction materials, has won the industry’s most prestigious health and safety award,…
November 6, 2014
In the Philippines, businessman Ramon Ang is said to have announced that he is giving serious consideration to the acquisition of Lafarge Republic…
November 6, 2014
Swiss cement manufacturer Holcim recorded a turnover of CHF 14.24 billion (€11.81 billion US$14.77 billion) in the nine first months of 2014, down 4.…
November 6, 2014
The Mineral Products Association’s Health & Safety Conference and Awards 2014 took place at the new location of 30 Euston Square, London,…
November 6, 2014
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has officially switched on the new kiln at the Italcementi cement plant in Rezzato, which has undergone an…
November 6, 2014
Highlights of Heidelberg Cement’s third-quarter results show that the group had its best operating income since the financial crisis and there have…
November 5, 2014
HeidelbergCement has confirmed it will not buy any of the businesses that must be sold off as part of its rivals' merger. In a brief statement, the…
November 5, 2014
Lafarge’s third-quarter 2014 figures show that while sales were down 2% to €3,636 million compared to the same period in 2013, they were up 2% like-…