June 26, 2012
The UK-based Mineral Products Association (MPA) has announced that its Scottish division is rebranding from the Quarry Products Association (Scotland…
June 26, 2012
Cemex UK has announced that its aggregates division has achieved the new BS EN ISO 9001 quality management standard, which recognises the company's…
June 26, 2012
The Norwegian Labour and Welfare Service (NAV) has said that it is to review rules that enable temporarily dismissed asphalt workers to claim…
June 26, 2012
Kolo Veidekke's former regional director for Central Norway has admitted to a Norwegian newspaper to collaborating on pricing of asphalt with…
June 26, 2012
France-based Vicat has announced that it has bought out three concrete production facilties and four aggregates quarries from Louis Thiriet et Cie.…
June 26, 2012
Ireland-based Cement Roadstone Holdings has announced plans to acquire Ukrainian concrete business Lviv Concrete, whch also trades under the name of…
June 26, 2012
Lafarge has announced that it is to co-locate its head office in Germany with its major cement production base at Karsdorf with effect from January…
June 26, 2012
Lafarge has carried out repairs to the structure which now carries a conveyor beltWorks to repair an historic 150 year old bridge at a Lafarge's…
June 25, 2012
Cosmos has suspended cement production at its factory in the Spanish municipality of Toral de los Vados until September 2012. Following the move,…
June 25, 2012
The Spanish association of cement producers, Oficemen, said national cement consumption decreased by 37.2% in May 2012, compared to the same month of…
June 25, 2012
Tehsel has been given a 25-year concession by the Bulgarian government to quarry stone facing supplies in the Ugarchin municipality. The firm will…
June 25, 2012
French construction materials group Saint-Gobain has appointed François Michel as corporate planning and strategy director. Michel replaces David…
June 25, 2012
Didier Riou (Lafarge) has taken over from Denis Maître for a two-year mandate at the helm of Unicem, the French quarries and construction materials…
June 22, 2012
The German construction material industry has benefited from a change of energy policy, according to industry association Bundesverband Baustoffe,…
June 22, 2012
Finsight is said to be the UK’s first total customer solutions service, developed by Finning, which is set to deliver huge savings for the industry…