February 26, 2013
The Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) predicts that the country's cement output will rise by 6.4% in 2012/2013 fiscal year as the country's…
February 26, 2013
The Zaporozhnerudprom enterprise, part of Smart Holding, produced 976,000tonnes of broken and quarry stone for construction works in 2012, up 34%…
February 26, 2013
Croatian cement producer Holcim has reported that it managed to increase its market stake in 2012 by 0.5% compared to 2011, in spite of overall drop…
February 26, 2013
CRH says its earnings for 2012 were better than expected, with earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA ) of €1.6 billion…
February 26, 2013
HeidelbergCement is constructing a new cement mill with an annual capacity of 700,000tonnes at its Wazo Hill plant, Tanzania, some 25km north-west of…
February 25, 2013
Holcim (Deutschland) is said to be transferring the ready-mix concrete business in northern Germany to joint venture partners, in which the cement…
February 25, 2013
Caterpillar plans to create 200 new back-office jobs at its shared services centre in Belfast, Northern Ireland, less than five months after a major…
February 25, 2013
Vishay Precision Group’s VPG onboard weighing product group has partnered with VUE, a leading UK supplier of vehicle CCTV, tracking, and telematics…
February 21, 2013
Romanian building blocks producer Cemacon plans to increase its local market share to 16% in 2013 from 12% in 2012. The company recorded a turnover…
February 21, 2013
Saint-Gobain posted sales up 2.6% to €43.20 billion in 2012. On a like-for-like basis, the 2.3% organic growth in North America was offset by the 2.5…
February 21, 2013
In order to reduce construction costs in Austria, which have led to soaring property prices, VÖZ (the association for the Austrian cement industry)…
February 21, 2013
The Estonian Road Administration has invited a public tender for the procurement of design for concrete road surfacing and the feasibility study of…
February 21, 2013
Gosstat reports that cement output went down 6.8% to 9.8 million tonnes in the Ukraine in 2012 compared with 2011. According to the association…
February 21, 2013
Kolberg-Pioneer (KPI-JCI) has been recognised as a Patriotic Employer for its support of employee participation in America’s National Guard and…
February 21, 2013
Cimpor's plant of hydrating limestone, located in Cabo Mondego, Portugal, is to close down by 15 March, 2013 due to its poor economic situation, it…