April 2, 2012
It has been reported that Skanska Asfalt’s Mats Rönnbo has written to Norway’s public road organisation Statens Vegvesen claiming that NCC and…
April 2, 2012
UK-based HD Ricketts is aiming to diversify its business with a venture into aggregate production and has invested in a new Terex Finlay 683…
April 2, 2012
Inteco has announced that it is to build a new 4.6million tonne per year capacity cement plant in the Tula region of Russia. Construction on the €…
April 2, 2012
Efforts to help families in Mexico and Latin America build better homes has helped Cemex to win the Big Tick award from the Business in Community’s (…
April 2, 2012
Finning has used one of its Caterpillar 777F rigid dump trucks to display a 20ft England flag at its headquarters in Cannock, UK in support of the…
April 2, 2012
Production at family-owned Earsham Gravels in Norfolk, UK has been boosted with the delivery of two new Volvo wheeled loaders to join the existing…
April 2, 2012
Following the change of government in the UK, the British Aggregates Association (BAA) has renewed its campaign to have the country’s Aggregates Levy…
April 2, 2012
France-based Carrières du Boulonnais has said that it is planning to grow its business in the Rhône-Alpes area through acquisitions. The company…
April 2, 2012
SteinExpo has announced that is has signed an agreement with Mitteldeutsche Hartstein-Industrie to host the next edition of the quarrying equipment…
April 2, 2012
Strike action over pay freezes halted cement production at three of Secil’s cement plants in Portugal this week. The walk-out started on Tuesday 22…
April 2, 2012
Eurovia’s bid to acquire Tarmac’s European aggregates assets has been granted partial approval by the European Commission. Under the EU Merger…
April 2, 2012
Carbon emissions from Tarmac UK’s Tunstead cement plant are set to be cut by 40% following investment in a new lime kiln at the site in Derbyshire.…
April 2, 2012
Deutsche Börse is to include the share price of Heidelberg Cement in Germany’s DAX index from 21 June. “We are very happy about the inclusion in the…
April 2, 2012
Cemex Spain has expanded its fruit plantation in the restored areas of its El Clotet quarry near Alicante in Spain with the planting of 13,000…
April 2, 2012
Amber found at the Font-de-Benon quarry at Archingeay-Les Nouillers in Charente-Maritime, southwest France has been revealed to contain the oldest 3D…