March 9, 2012
Lafarge Granulats Ouest chairman Bénédicte de Bonnechose and Cetra Granulats chairman Manuel de Sousa have officially opened a new joint venture…
March 9, 2012
France-based quarry and construction materials association UNICEM has announced that it has reappointed Denis Maître as its chairman.
March 9, 2012
Six concrete producers in Hungary are being investigated by the competition office GVH because of suspected cartel activity.
March 9, 2012
Environmental factors have played a key part in design of Lafarge’s newest ready mixed concrete plant in France.
March 9, 2012
Russia-based UMMC is reported to be planning to invest €210million in a new cement plant in the North Osetia region. Work on the new facility is…
March 9, 2012
With consented reserves at Vicat’s Fétaise quarry at Bouvesse-Quirieu, France reaching exhaustion, the company has started the process of gaining…
March 9, 2012
UK-based quarry operator Smiths Bletchingdon officially opened the new nature reserve that has been created by the restoration of Gill Mill Quarry…
March 9, 2012
More than 700 guests assembled at Cemex’s Castillejo cement plant in Toledo, Spain earlier this week to celebrate the site’s 100th anniversary.…
March 9, 2012
Lafarge is to focus on two key areas in order to deliver its new CO2 reduction targets, the company has announced.
March 9, 2012
According to the latest figures from Norway's Geological Survey and the Directorate for Mineral Management, turnover in the extractive industries…
March 9, 2012
Spanish construction materials business Benito Arnó e Hijos has secured a €126million contract to supply material to Spain’s rail infrastructure…
March 9, 2012
Holcim has announced that Virna Viskovic Agusaj has been appointed as the new technical director for the company’s operation in Croatia.
March 9, 2012
After securing access to limestone and clay deposits in the region, LSR has announced that it plans to build a new cement plant close to the new…
March 9, 2012
Restoration of Cemex UK’s sand and gravel quarries in Yateley has taken a step forward with opening of the Copse Lake as a new angling venue.
March 9, 2012
Lafarge is the second largest holder of excess emissions trading systems (ETS) carbon permits in Europe, according to a new report by Sandbag.