February 1, 2013
The Russia-based SU-155 group of companies has acquired Polotnyano-Zavodskoe Kareroupravlenie (PZK) in the central Kaluga region in a €9.55 million (…
February 1, 2013
In association with Unicem, the French federation of quarries and building materials, over 100 quarries are opening their doors to visitors to…
February 1, 2013
Swiss cement group Holcim plans to stop a furnace at its site in Dannes, northern France, due to being overcapacity for clinker production. The Group…
February 1, 2013
The French branch of cement, aggregate and ready-to-pour concrete company Cemex has posted turnover of €973 million, down 2% from 2011. Sales in…
January 31, 2013
Sandvik Mining has selected Volvo Penta engines for its underground vehicles for the global mining industry. Engines meet Tier 4i/Stage IIIB emission…
January 29, 2013
Deutsche Doka Schalungstechnik has bought a 11.4-hectare large plot of land in the industrial park of Apolda, Germany, for €1.10 million. According…
January 29, 2013
Vale, one of the world's leading mining companies, has signed a major contract with Metso to deliver 110 heavy duty slurry pumps to its Moatize coal…
January 28, 2013
The UK Mineral Products Association (MPA) says its MPA sales survey results for 2012 confirm a rapid decline in construction activity in 2012, which…
January 24, 2013
Atlas Copco says it has again been recognised as one of the most sustainable companies in the world in the annual Global 100 list. The list,…
January 24, 2013
McLanahan Corporation, which provides custom-engineered processing solutions to a variety of Industries, and which launched its UK and European…
January 24, 2013
Metso will supply OAO Severstal with a complete rotary drying system for its iron ore plant upgrade project at the Olkon mine in Olenegorsk, Russia.…
January 24, 2013
Saudi Arabian cement demand is expected to increase 9.4%/year to over 80 million tonnes by 2017 as massive infrastructure projects create surging…
January 23, 2013
Finnish concrete company Parma is temporarily laying off around 40 staff at its core slab plant in Forssa in Finland for between five and six weeks…
January 23, 2013
Russia-based Lipetskcement, a part of EuroCement Group, produced 1.13 million tonnes of cement and 1.02 million tonnes of clinker in 2012. Shipping…
January 23, 2013
French building materials group Lafarge is reported to have secured permission to build a cement works in Biskra, Algeria, in conjunction with an…