June 12, 2014
Jamshed Naval Cooper has been named chief operating officer of HeidelbergCement India (HCIL). Cooper was formerly director (sales and marketing) for…
June 12, 2014
Lafarge Wapco, the Nigerian subsidiary of French cement producer Lafarge is planning to raise NGN 100 billion (€446.74 million) by issuing debts or…
June 12, 2014
Italian investment holding Italmobiliare has decreased its stake in Italcementi, the Italian building materials producers, from 60.262%, retained…
June 12, 2014
Holcim US has plans to invest US$100 million (€74 million) in a modernisation of its Ada, Oklahoma cement plant. The company, one of the largest…
June 12, 2014
Finnish construction and infrastructure company Lemminkäinen has concluded its employer-employee negotiations and is cutting a maximum of 265 man-…
June 12, 2014
The Spanish concrete structures producer Prephor, which manufactures products for the electricity and telecom sectors mainly, is to make 27 redundant…
June 12, 2014
In Romania, the top three largest cement producers HeidelbergCement (Germany), Lafarge (France) and Holcim (Switzerland) are reported as recording a…
June 12, 2014
China's Jidong Cement has received shareholders' approval to transfer 100 millionn shares in Shaanxi Qinling Cement Group (Qinling Cement) to China…
June 12, 2014
Cemex's plant in Lloseta, which had been on the verge of being closed, is now looking towards an optimistic future. Since 2006, investment in the…
June 12, 2014
Hardox, which is owned by SSAB, a name that has become “synonymous with world-class durability and quality in the world of steel,” is celebrating 40…
June 12, 2014
In 2013 Swiss cement and construction materials producer Holcim's Slovakian subsidiary, Holcim Slovensko, made a loss of €22.03 million compared to a…
June 6, 2014
Based on an Atecap report, the Italian concrete industry will see a 9% year-on-year drop in production in 2014, compared to a 20.5% year-on-year drop…
June 6, 2014
Austrian cement manufacturer Kirchdorfer's concrete subsidiary TIBA Austria wants to take over a production plant for ready-made concrete parts for…
June 6, 2014
Two large projects are to be implemented within the state programme for accelerated industrial and innovative development of Kazakhstan in 2014.…
June 6, 2014
South Korea-based Hyundai Engineering & Construction (Hyundai E&C) has created a cheaper and eco-friendly method for asphalt production…