December 2, 2013
Danish company FLSmidth has confirmed reports that it has signed a Letter of Intent with Qatar National Cement Company (QNCC) for supply of a cement…
December 2, 2013
French construction materials group Saint-Gobain is aiming for €4 billion of acquisitions between 2013 and 2018. The group, which is primarily…
December 2, 2013
The Algerian branch of French construction materials group Lafarge has signed an environmental performance agreement alongside the Ministry of…
December 2, 2013
Tooperang Quarry has completed a silica sand washing plant at a new site near Adelaide, South Australia. The plant has been supplied by CDE and is…
December 2, 2013
Two Cemex quarries at Rugeley in the UK and Soto Pajares in Spain have been recognised for their outstanding contributions to biodiversity at the…
December 2, 2013
The Greek cement manufacturer Halips, part of the Italcementi group, has recently invested more than €13 million towards the development of a silo…
December 2, 2013
The UK’s Mineral Products Association (MPA) is calling on government to increase its efforts to overcome inertia in the planning system, in order to…
November 27, 2013
South-west England law firm, Stephens Scown LLP, solicitors acting for Wolf Minerals on the Hemerdon tungsten and tin mining project near the city of…
November 25, 2013
Holcim France is opening a new clinker grinding and slag plant at La Rochelle port. This will be the French arm of the Swiss construction materials…
November 25, 2013
In her academic dissertation at the Finnish Aalto University, Johanna Tikkanen M.Sc. (Tech) has found that mineral powders can be used to replace a…
November 25, 2013
French cement producer Ciments Français has posted turnover of €899 million for Q3 2013, down 1.5% year-on-year. At a constant exchange rate,…
November 25, 2013
Cement consumption in Russia is expected to grow to 69.5 million tonnes by the end of 2013. And, within the overall figure, consumption in the…
November 25, 2013
Mexican cement producer Cemex is planning to cut salaries at its six Spanish production plants by 25% in order to keen the plants open, according to…
November 25, 2013
Hanson Concrete has won the British Ready-Mixed Concrete Association’s (BRMCA) |Gold Medal for excellence in customer service for its supply to a…
November 25, 2013
BASF has launched its launches the Master Builders Solutions brand in Russia, Turkey, the Gulf Cooperation Council countries (for example Saudi…