December 8, 2015
Layoffs at Italian cement maker Italcementi will be 538 not 1,080, according to Italian labour undersecretary Teresa Bellanova. The deal to halve the…
December 8, 2015
Caroline Hempstead has been appointed as head of communication, public affairs and sustainable development of LafargeHolcim effective from 1 December…
December 8, 2015
Grab a photo of one of Hope Construction Materials’ (Hope) special festive cement lorries, tweet it and you could win an all-new Apple TV! Anyone can…
December 4, 2015
BHS-Sonthofen says its founding of BHS-Sonthofen Turkey Makina Sanayi in Istanbul will enable the crushing, mixing and recycling company to offer its…
December 2, 2015
Kobelco Construction Machinery Europe (KCME) is continuing its European network expansion with the addition of a new authorised German dealer. Lopez-…
December 2, 2015
Mexican building materials giant Cemex has today announced a number of changes to its senior level organisation, effective 1 January 2016.
December 1, 2015
Production of pre-packaged concrete in Italy is expected by ATECAP to drop 9.3% year-on-year in 2015 based on production registered in the first nine…
December 1, 2015
Two Algerians have reportedly developed a cement from a mix of sludge taken from the El Ksob dam and clinker. The new kind of cement is said to be…
December 1, 2015
Cement production in the Chinese province of Hubei hit 91.21 million tonnes in the first 10 months of 2015. In October 2015 alone, the province’s…
December 1, 2015
Malaysia-based Stone Master recorded a fiscal Q4 2015 year-on-year decline in revenue from MYR 19.63 million (US$4.6 million) to MYR 17.41 million ($…
December 1, 2015
Caterpillar CEO Doug Oberhelman is tipping revenues for the US construction equipment manufacturing giant to be down for the fourth year in a row in…
November 30, 2015
LafargeHolcim intends to invest €300 million in its Algerian operations in 2016. Some of the money will go on starting production at its Biskra…
November 30, 2015
According to Uzstroymaterialy chairman Erkin Akramov, Uzbekistan plans to increase its cement output by six million tonnes in the coming five years.…
November 30, 2015
LafargeHolcim has reported that its sales of cement in Romania increased by 15.3% from January-September 2015, compared to the same nine months of…
November 30, 2015
Lafarge Ready Mix Nigeria has formalised its partnership with Construction Kaiser at a signing ceremony at The Moor House Hotel, in Lagos, Nigeria.…