January 7, 2014
CRH says it made seven acquisition and investment initiatives during the second half of 2013. These transactions, together with the previously…
January 7, 2014
Entrepreneur Amit Bhatia, who is chairman of Hope Construction Materials, has told of his optimism for the future as the company celebrates its…
January 6, 2014
The government of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic, North Caucasus, Russia, has extended the income tax relief period for producers of cement. In 2014…
January 6, 2014
Bruno Lafont, CEO of Lafarge is reported as saying in an interview with Algerian publication Liberté that the group has already invested over €240…
January 6, 2014
A cement plant is planned to be built in the Republic of Mari El, Volga, Russia. The raw material will be supplied to the plant from the Chukshinskoe…
January 6, 2014
In Sweden, building material producer Cemex has formed a contract with Swedish port company HallandsHamnar. Cemex is to introduce two new cement…
January 6, 2014
In England, Rutland County Council has awarded Lafarge Tarmac Contracting a highways contract that could be worth up to £35 million (€40 million).…
January 6, 2014
Algerian cement and derivatives company Entreprise des ciments et dérivés d'Ech-Cheliff (ECDE) launched an international, restricted call to tender…
January 6, 2014
It is reported that Spanish precast concrete production plant, Prefabricados Hormitec, situated at the El Bayo Industrial Estate, León, northern…
January 6, 2014
According to Unicem, the French national union for quarry industries and construction materials, production of aggregates declined by 2.7% in…
January 6, 2014
Albert Manifold is the new group chief executive of CRH, following the retirement of Myles Lee after 32 years with the group including five years as…
January 6, 2014
As part of its global expansion plan for its services centre network, Metso plans to build a state-of-the-art service and repair facility in Mesa,…
January 6, 2014
Through 2017, worldwide sales of construction aggregates are forecast to expand 5.8%/year to 53.2 billion tonnes. Following recent declines from 2007…
December 20, 2013
Powerscreen has said that it will be present at Intermat Middle East, which runs from 14–16 January 2014 in Abu Dhabi. Rajen Khoda, director of sales…
December 19, 2013
French construction materials group Saint-Gobain has signed a €2.5 billion undrawn credit line agreement with 26 banks with a reimbursement date in…