Quarry Products

Egypt-based South Valley Cement Company (SVCC) has signed an agreement with five local lenders for a long-term syndicated loan facility worth US$178.…
Swiss cement giant Holcim said it expected to have chosen buyers for assets it must divest to seal its merger with France's Lafarge by the end of…
Bitumen is one of the most widely used products in the world, with an estimated 85% being used annually as the binder in asphalt for roads and other…
The British Geological Survey (BGS) has released the 10th edition of the Directory of Mines and Quarries (DMQ 2014),an invaluable directory…
Indian billionaire Kumar Mangalam Birla is reported to have said he is open to buying overseas cement factories in a deal similar to his US$5.8…
Romanian ceramic blocks producer Cemacon recorded a net profit of RON 3.70 million (€835,946.22/US$1.04 million) in the first nine months of 2014,…
The merger plans between French concrete block and slab manufacturer Alkern and its competitor precast concrete producer Duroux have been finalised.…
The All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA) has reported that the sales of cement increased to a total of 8.197 million tonnes in the…
China Resources Cement Holdings' concrete sales totalled 11.65 million m³ in January-September 2014, up by 10.3% year-on-year. Cement and clinker…
The construction of a new cement plant has started in the Yovon district of Tajikistan. The works cooperation with the Jung-Say-Mokhir company are to…