April 18, 2012
According to reports the cement contract for the new £1.5billion (€1.79billion) Forth bridge in Scotland could be awarded to Hochtief from Germany.…
April 18, 2012
On 31 January it was 150 years to the day since Göran Fredrik Göransson's new company was formed in Sandviken, Sweden. At that time, Sandvik was…
April 17, 2012
The building materials sector in France did fairly well at the end of 2011 and Unicem forecasts growth for between 7-8% for the full year 2011. Ready…
April 17, 2012
Following the acquisition of Hartl mobile crushers in 2010, Atlas Copco Construction & Mining "intensified its focus on the mobile crushing…
April 17, 2012
Weir Minerals has launched two new sales and support centres in Spain and The Netherlands as part of its strategy to get closer to its customers…
April 17, 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 17, 2012
Building materials company, Cemex has compiled its Sustainable Development Update,an interim report updating its environmental, economic and social…
April 17, 2012
FL Smidth has been awarded contracts worth a total of approximately €66.7 million for equipment supplies to a copper producer in South America. The…
April 17, 2012
The concrete industry has hit back at the inaccurate and misleading reporting of the closure of the A4 Hammersmith Flyover, London. The flyover was…
April 17, 2012
René Couanau, the mayor of French town Saint-Malo, has refused planning permission for a project to build eight cement silos at Saint-Malo port which…
April 17, 2012
Quarry sites are great places for birds of prey particularly buzzards and kestrels, a new RSPB study has shown. Teaming up with Cemex UK, building…
April 17, 2012
Tsurumi, one of the world's leading submersible pump manufacturers, has created a YouTube channel to showcase its products online. The company, with…
April 17, 2012
Oficemen said the fall to 19million tonnes was likely to be followed by a December 2011 demand of 20.2million tonnes, down 17% on December 2010.…
April 17, 2012
The Volgograd region's Arbitration Court is hearing claims from plaintiffs including Sberbank Head Office in the Volgograd region (South), which…
April 17, 2012
The company's workforce adjustment plan, the result of reduced funding levels, will affect 193 out of its 211 workers and has already led to delays…