July 8, 2015
Serbian daily newspaper Vecernje Novosti has reported that the domestic market is flooded with construction materials of suspicious quality. As a…
July 8, 2015
Sievert, the Osnabrück, Germany-based construction materials group, has acquired Ulm-based Schwenk Putztechnik from Schwenk Zement for an undisclosed…
July 8, 2015
Anhui Xinli Investment Group (Xinli Investment) has increased its shareholding in China-based Anhui Chaodong Cement (Chaodong Cement) to 17.34%,…
July 8, 2015
Nigeria-based Dangote Cement plans to set up a 1.5 million tonnes/year plant in Yaoundé, Cameroon for US$150 million (€136.33 million), doubling its…
July 8, 2015
Sandvik Construction has appointed Argico as its new distributor for drill rigs, rock tools and stationary and mobile crushing and screening…
July 8, 2015
The Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) has published the interim results of the public exchange offer initiated by Holcim for the shares of…
July 8, 2015
The Volgograd-based (South) Volma company, Russia, which produces finishing construction materials based on gypsum and cement, has attracted two…
July 8, 2015
The Stroitelnaya Informazia Company expects the demand for aerated concrete in Russia to fall by 14% in 2015, and by 3-4% in 2016. The consumption…
July 8, 2015
Cemex has inaugurated a new concrete production facility at Montauban, France. The installation, on a plot of 4,500m², benefits from the latest…
July 8, 2015
The Education Ministry of Myanmar is joining hands with Thailand-based Siam Cement Group (SCG) to raise awareness of earthquake safety among school…
July 8, 2015
The Zimbabwean unit of South Africa-based cement group PPC is investing US$200 million (€180.92 million) to 2020 to expand its production facilities…
July 8, 2015
The regional asphalt business of US-based contractor Pace Construction has been purchased by Fred Weber also of the US for an undisclosed sum. As a…
July 8, 2015
Dutch concrete plant Excluton says it is focussing on sustainable innovation to remain competitive in the market. The company claims its concrete…
July 8, 2015
The system integrator 1C-Rarus has installed the 1C: Document Management 8 Corp. IT solution at the Novosibirsk Quarry administration in Russia. The…
July 8, 2015
SSAB says its University Challenge is an opportunity for students to present their ideas for new, innovative solutions using high-strength steels.…