March 6, 2012
HeidelbergCement has launched an international research competition aiming at finding new ideas for the conservation and promotion of species…
March 6, 2012
Russian company Pavlovskgranit has reported that its production volume and sales rose by 17.4% and 10.2% in the first half of 2011 compared with the…
March 6, 2012
Samsung IMK Corporation is planning to build industrial enterprises in the Pavlodar region of Kazakhstan. Plants will process wastes from the Aksusky…
March 6, 2012
Hungary-based subsidiary Nostra Cement – operated by a joint venture of Lafarge and Strabag - has announced the completion of a new cement plant in…
March 6, 2012
Metso has acquired Copperstate Industrial Services, a mining services provider based in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. Metso says the acquisition strengthen…
March 6, 2012
The UK’s Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) has recognised a geologist-turned-quarryman’s outstanding contribution of more than 35…
March 6, 2012
Weir Minerals has launched a new servicing base in Essen, Germany, to support its growing customer base across Central Europe. The company has…
March 6, 2012
Danish company FLSmidth has received a contract worth €147.71 million for the supply of a complete cement plant from Russian company Kaluga Cement…
March 6, 2012
The President of the French Federation of Road Industry Unions (Usirf), Jean-Louis Marchand, has also been elected President of the European Asphalt…
March 6, 2012
Russia-based Novorocement has announced it has agreed to buy Inteco's cement plants in Atakaycement and Verkhnebakansky. The value of the deal has…
March 6, 2012
Powerscreen has signed an agreement with its first distributor in Mongolia, Wagner Asia Equipment.
March 6, 2012
TechnoAlpin pro air solutions is breaking away from the parent company TechnoAlpin and will be trading in future under the name EmiControls. It has…
March 6, 2012
With almost nine months to go, 91% of the stand space at Hillhead 2012 has already been allocated to exhibitors, including major players such as…
March 6, 2012
Bernard Fontana, presently CEO of Aperam, a company recently spun-off from ArcelorMittal, is to assume the position of CEO of Holcim Ltd. He is…
March 5, 2012
Lafarge has acquired a 100% stake in Serbian cement factory Beocinska Fabrika Cementa (BFC) after buying out the company's minority shareholders.