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Breedon Aggregates, the UK’s largest independent aggregates business, has acquired Nottingham Readymix, saying this fills an important gap in Breedon…
Cemex is launching Hidratium, its second global ready-mix concrete brand, which has self-curing properties. Already sold in France, Ireland, Mexico,…
HeidelbergCement has secured an extension of its €3billion syndicated credit facility, which was due to mature at the end of 2013, until 31 December…
Vicat achieved a 12.5% rise in consolidated sales in 2011 to €2.27billion. Cement was up 10.1% to €1.14billion and concrete and aggregates brought in…
Lafarge’s energy consumption from waste rose to 15% last year, compared to 11.7% in 2010. The French group has spent several years trying to reuse…
Cement demand in Germany will not grow in 2012, according to national cement industry association Verein Deutscher Zementwerke (VDZ). In 2011, demand…
Holcim is to completely replace conventional fuels with waste when making cement at its production plant in Sehnde-Höver near Hanover, in Germany.…
Lafarge is axing 460 jobs as part of a reorganisation of its worldwide corporate division. The French building material group says 90 of the job…
Cemex, in partnership with contractor Copisa Group, has completed the first stretch of a bridge that will connect the Port of Barcelona with…
A Finnish concrete element company has developed a new concrete slab for intermediate floors.