January 21, 2014
Philippi-Hagenbuch (PHIL) has signed an agreement with Håkan Johannesson, vice president of CeDe Group of Malmö, Sweden, licensing its Rear Eject…
January 20, 2014
UK brickworks are scrambling to meet growing demand amid a revival in the housing market. Many brickworks were closed or mothballed as a result of…
January 20, 2014
The factory operated by cement company, Lafarge, in Villaluenga de la Sagra in Spain, contributed €35 million to the regional economy of Castilla-La…
January 20, 2014
The Uk Mineral Products Association (MPA) is again highlighting the regulatory cost burden on the mineral products sector to government as…
January 20, 2014
A generational change took place at the helm of Haver & Boecker in Oelde, Germany, when Florian Festge (39) and Dr Fabian Festge (36) took over…
January 20, 2014
FLSmidth has received an order worth US$38 million (approximately DKK 205m) from Omani cement producer Oman Cement Company (SAOG) for the supply of…
January 20, 2014
Africa’s leading cement producer, Dangote cement has revealed that it will complete five cement plants spread across five African countries this year…
January 16, 2014
The size of the construction materials market in Romania in 2013 stood at around €3.20 billion, about the same as 2012. This sector accounts for one-…
January 16, 2014
Market players report that two concrete manufacturers, Lujabeton and Betomix LO, will merge in the nearest future. Lujabeton is a subsidiary of…
January 16, 2014
Turkish construction company AKG Gazbeton has been awarded by the Ministry of Energy in the 2014 Industrial Energy Efficiency Project contest. The…
January 16, 2014
Herbert Pexider Gesellschaft, the Austrian manufacturer of concrete, cement and calcareous sandstone for construction and wholesaler of building…
January 16, 2014
In Russia, the National Association for Pricing and Value Engineering reports the average wholesale prices for ready-mix concretes and mortars to…
January 15, 2014
Spanish natural stone company, Levantina, is progressing with its commitment to corporate social responsibility (CSR) with the creation of the…
January 15, 2014
Two new Leaders in Development (LIDs) have started their one-year training at Cemex UK. The programme, started in 2013, is aimed at using young…
January 15, 2014
Lafarge has sold five aggregates quarries and related assets in Maryland, USA, to Bluegrass Materials for a total enterprise value of $320 million (…