October 8, 2013
Lafarge has signed a partnership agreement with the US start-up Solidia Technologies to industrialise an innovative technology that could reduce the…
October 8, 2013
The Swiss cement industry saw deliveries in Switzerland increase by 3.4% year-on-year in the third quarter of 2013. This increase was due to the…
October 3, 2013
Atlas Copco Construction Tools, Essen, Germany, has been celebrating the 50th anniversary of the introduction of the hydraulic breaker, a concept for…
October 3, 2013
World-renowned Argentine artist Adrián Villar Rojas sculpted a life-size elephant using 1.5tonnes of CEMEX Portland cement for the centerpiece of a…
October 3, 2013
French industrial minerals specialist Imerys has successfully divested its Imerys Structure activity to cooperative brick manufacturer Bouyer Leroux…
October 3, 2013
To celebrate having zero accidents over last 12 months at its Noyon site, the French branch of building materials group Cemex held a reception. The…
October 3, 2013
In Russia, Volskcement has invested €350 million in reconstruction of a cement production facility in Volsk (the Saratov region, Volga). The project…
October 3, 2013
Swedish construction company NCC is introducing a new Nordic organisation for its business area NCC Roads. Instead of the current country-based…
October 3, 2013
Spanish railway infrastructure administrator, Adif, has awarded contracts for the supply and transport of ballast destined for the maintenance of…
October 3, 2013
Six Lafarge quarries in the French region of Aquitaine (Bourdelles, Brax, Cabanac-et-Villagrains, Fontet, Les Billaux and Saucats) have received…
October 3, 2013
Powerscreen exhibited its Trakpactor 320 impact crusher; Warrior 2400 screen and Warrior 800 screen at the inaugural bauma Africa in conjunction with…
October 3, 2013
Sandvik Construction says that the recent inaugural bauma Africa was an excellent showcase opportunity for the company with stand visitor numbers…
October 3, 2013
Enterprise Minister, Arlene Foster, has announced that Terex Finlay is strengthening its position in southern Africa. The Minister said the company…
October 1, 2013
In a further example of divesting, where appropriate, company-owned dealers to well-financed independent distribution partners, Volvo Construction…
September 30, 2013
British Precast Concrete Federation has relocated its offices from Charles Street, Leicester, central England, to The Old Rectory, Glenfield,…