November 17, 2015
Self-healing concrete is being trialled by a group of researchers from Bath, Cambridge and Cardiff universities in the UK. The Materials for Life…
November 17, 2015
A unit of Wijaya Karya Beton (Wika Beton) will be set up in Indonesia. Of the some IDR 528 billion (€35.97 million/US$38.74 million) capital…
November 17, 2015
The Kolo milliona-based (the Moscow region) LafargeHolcim plant has begun production of the new cement base for mortars under the Kelma brand. It is…
November 17, 2015
Algerian construction material imports have receded by 27.4% in value to US$1.9 billion (€1.77 billion) and by 4.8% in volume to 8.39 million tonnes…
November 17, 2015
According to Oficemen figures, cement consumption in Spain fell 2.4% to 1,025,120 tonnes during October 2015. Consumption in the first ten months of…
November 17, 2015
The Baselcement holding company's plants produced about 1.9 million tonnes of cement and clinker in January-September 2015, 12% down, compared with…
November 17, 2015
ARM Cement of Kenya is planning to raise up to US$105 million (€97.50 million) by selling five-year bonds to private investors, and it will use…
November 17, 2015
The Turkey-based consortium Dal Engineering Group and the Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Company (MMC) has signed an agreement on construction of a…
November 17, 2015
The Ukraine-based companies Malo-Kokhnovsky Karier and Bekhovsky Granitny Karier have been licensed for crushed stone imports in Russia and have…
November 17, 2015
The Crimean government has recommended geologists to activate the crushed stone prospecting works on the territory of the republic. According to head…
November 17, 2015
Titan Cement of Greece has seen its revenues rise 18.9% to €1.03 billion from January to September, 2015, as compared to the same period in 2014.…
November 17, 2015
Nigeria-based Dangote Cement has launched its largest promotion in Nigeria. The cement producers will give NGN 300 million (€1.4 million/US$1.51…
November 17, 2015
The winner has excelled in each of the key areas in which the MPA judges awarding the John Crabbe Trophy" comments from the judges of the 2015…
November 17, 2015
The Ibeto Cement Company has signed a contract worth US$386 million with Sinoma International Engineering for a major cement project in Nigeria.…
November 17, 2015
Buzzi Unicem, the Italian building materials manufacturer, posted a 5.2% year-on-year increase in its revenues to almost €2 billion (US$2.15 billion…