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…
April 2, 2012
An investigation has been launched to find the cause of an explosion that injured two people at Tarmac’s Stancombe Quarry near Bristol, UK on Monday…
April 2, 2012
Restoration of the Lafarge’s Whitlingham Quarry has entered the final stage after 20 years of mineral extraction at the site. The company opened the…
April 2, 2012
France-based construction company has announced that has opened a new quarry near Béziers in France to meet the demands of its construction…
April 2, 2012
Cemex Deutschland has announced that its head office is to be relocated from Ratingen to Düsseldorf on 1 November this year. The change will affect…
April 2, 2012
French aggregates association Unicem has reported that aggregates output in France fell by 12.7% to 376million tonnes in 2009, taking the market back…
April 2, 2012
Around 1500 quarries in Ireland could be forced to reapply for planning permission if proposed amendments to the Planning Bill by the Irish…
April 2, 2012
Strabag is the only foreign investor to have made a bid for the 85% stake in Kieleckie Kopalnie Surowcow Mineralnych offered by the Polish government…
April 2, 2012
France-based Société des Carrières Vauclusiennes (SCV) has announced the opening of a new recycling platform at a site near Avignon. The company has…
April 2, 2012
Iceland-based engineering company Mannvit has revealed that ash from the eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano could be used to improve concrete…
April 2, 2012
Reportable injuries in UK quarries are down 76% from 10 years ago, according to the Health and Safety Executive. The organisation has said that the…
April 2, 2012
UK-based Earthline has expanded its aggregate production capabilities with investment in new processing equipment from Terex Finlay. The Oxfordshire…
April 2, 2012
Leading submersible pump group ITT has announced that it has agreed a deal for US$585million to acquire automatic self-priming pump specialist Godwin…
April 2, 2012
Heidelberg Cement has announced that it has successfully issued €650million of Eurobonds under its EMTN programme. The bonds have a maturity date of…