March 28, 2012
Overcapacity and high operational costs have been cited by Lafarge for plans to close its Frangey cement plant in Burgundy, France. The company has…
March 28, 2012
Work to unite minerals planning policies across South Eastern Europe will be presented at the Sarma - Sustainable Aggregates Resource Management -…
March 28, 2012
Operation of Aggregate Industries’ Bardon Hill Quarry at Coalville in the UK has been secured for the next 40 years with granting of permission to…
March 28, 2012
France-based concrete producer Fabemi has officially opened its new ready mixed concrete plant in La Roquette-sur-Siagne. The new 60,000m3 per year…
March 28, 2012
Strong first quarter results has led to Moody’s upgrading its investment rating of Heidelberg Cement. The company has now been raised to a Ba1 rating…
March 28, 2012
Lafarge has announced that it is to create 5million new shares as part of a capital increase operation but the €36.98 shares will be reserved for…
March 28, 2012
Good weather conditions has been cited by France’s Unicem as the main driver to growth in demand for building materials in the first quarter of the…
March 28, 2012
France’s concrete industry research centre (Cerib) and the national Portuguese civil engineering laboratory (LNEC) have announced signing of a…
March 28, 2012
Russia-based Pavlovsgranit has completed work on installation of a new crushing and screening plant to produce 5 to 2mm aggregate products to meet…
March 28, 2012
Cemex UK business unit Cemex Cement is celebrating achieving two years without a lost time injury (LTI). The company has the operational cement…
March 28, 2012
Slovakia’s competition authority PMU has given the go ahead to Holcim’s acquisition of building materials producer Vychodoslovenske Stavebne Hmoty (…
March 28, 2012
Financial organisation Morgan Stanley has maintained its outlook rating for Lafarge at equal-weight because it said the shares do “not show…
March 28, 2012
Spain-based concrete producer Forte Hormigones Tecnologicos has filed for administration due to mounting debts. In a bid to save the business, the…
March 28, 2012
Cemex has announced the launch of two new ready mixed concrete products, which the company has said will help meet the need of niche markets in…
March 28, 2012
Cement demand in Germany is expected to rise 6% to 26million tonnes this year, according to the industry association Bundesverband der Deutschen…