May 20, 2015
Finning, the exclusive UK Caterpillar dealer, has now supplied its second remote control machine to metals and minerals specialists Harsco. The Cat…
May 20, 2015
Cement giant Lafarge plan to axe 380 jobs and fellow sector giant Holcim is cutting around 120 jobs in a “key phase” of preparations for the merger…
May 19, 2015
Plans for an eight-hectare expansion of Lafarge Tarmac’s Mountsorrel granite quarry in county Leicestershire, central England, have been approved.
May 19, 2015
Although Lafarge and Holcim have agreed revised terms to allow their €42 billion merger to go ahead, it is not yet a done deal. The companies have…
May 19, 2015
IronPlanet, the world’s leading online auction platform for buying and selling used construction equipment, has been demonstrating its flexible…
May 19, 2015
South African cement producers have welcomed the imposition of provisional anti-dumping duties on Pakistani cement imports. Following an…
May 18, 2015
Eagle Materials, the US-based cement and other building materials company, reported revenues up 19% to US$1.1billion in its financial results for…
May 15, 2015
The Moroccan subsidiary of Swiss cement giant Holcim increased its turnover by 6.5% in 2014 to €303.93 million (MAD 3.3 billion), compared to 2013.…
May 15, 2015
Finland-based Graphic Concrete and its UAE partner Versatile are targeting the Middle East market with a patented technology product that supplies a…
May 15, 2015
The Norwegian Public Roads Administration (Statens vegvesen) has announced that asphalt paving of national roads and county roads in the country’s…
May 15, 2015
Comer Industries, the Italy-based power transmission solutions manufacturer, saw its consolidated turnover rise 6% to €361 million in 2014, compared…
May 14, 2015
Turkish conglomerate Sabanci Holding’s (SH) net profit rocketed up 54% in Q1 2015 to €217.52 million (TRY 650 million). Meanwhile, SH turnover for…
May 14, 2015
Cement producer Semen Indonesia has reported a 1.4% year-on-year decrease in its sales volume from 8.18 million tonnes to 8.06 million tonnes during…
May 14, 2015
A new cement plant that will produce 2.2 million tonnes/year is due to be constructed in Algeria thanks to a partnership between Hodna Algerian…
May 14, 2015
Aggregates suppliers in South Africa and beyond could benefit from the upgrade of Cape Town International Airport’s domestic and international…