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April 18, 2012
Vicat achieved a 12.5% rise in consolidated sales in 2011 to €2.27billion. Cement was up 10.1% to €1.14billion and concrete and aggregates brought in…
April 18, 2012
Chinese construction equipment manufacturer, LiuGong Machinery Corporation, will launch a four-month service tour for European key accounts and…
April 18, 2012
UK quarries are providing a safe haven for rare bitterns to nest and breed, helping them to make a resounding comeback in the country. For the first…
April 18, 2012
Lafarge Cementos plans to set up a Sustainability Commission in 2012 in its HQ town of Sagunto in Spain.
April 18, 2012
Chinese construction equipment manufacturer LiuGong Machinery Corporation completed its first overseas acquisition by buying Polish company HSW (Huta…
April 18, 2012
A turnaround in domestic sales, a surging growth in the international marketplace, and a strong five-year sales projection has resulted in the…
April 18, 2012
Lafarge’s energy consumption from waste rose to 15% last year, compared to 11.7% in 2010. The French group has spent several years trying to reuse…
April 18, 2012
The Mineral Products Association (MPA) welcomes The Times' [newspaper] Cities fit for Cycling campaign, which broadly aligns with the MPA's Cycle…
April 18, 2012
Cement demand in Germany will not grow in 2012, according to national cement industry association Verein Deutscher Zementwerke (VDZ). In 2011, demand…
April 18, 2012
HeidelbergCement said fourth-quarter profit and sales rose as the company cut costs mild weather helped extend the construction season in some of its…
April 18, 2012
Holcim is to completely replace conventional fuels with waste when making cement at its production plant in Sehnde-Höver near Hanover, in Germany.…
April 18, 2012
Italian cement group Italcementi recorded a 1.3% turnover increase in 2011 to €4.7billion.
April 18, 2012
The UK’s Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has referred the aggregates, cement and ready-mix concrete markets in Great Britain to the Competition…
April 18, 2012
Lafarge is axing 460 jobs as part of a reorganisation of its worldwide corporate division. The French building material group says 90 of the job…
April 18, 2012
The MPQC (Mineral Products Qualification Council), the recognised training provider for the extractives, mineral processing and related manufacturing…
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