April 18, 2012
Holcim is to completely replace conventional fuels with waste when making cement at its production plant in Sehnde-Höver near Hanover, in Germany.…
April 18, 2012
Italian cement group Italcementi recorded a 1.3% turnover increase in 2011 to €4.7billion.
April 18, 2012
The UK’s Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has referred the aggregates, cement and ready-mix concrete markets in Great Britain to the Competition…
April 18, 2012
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…
April 18, 2012
The MPQC (Mineral Products Qualification Council), the recognised training provider for the extractives, mineral processing and related manufacturing…
April 18, 2012
Anchor Bay Construction Products has sold its entire issued share capital to CRH (UK), a division of international building group, CRH. Anchor Bay, a…
April 18, 2012
Concrete producer Thébault is looking for a buyer for three of its factories, while bidding for turnover of €24.5million in 2012.
April 18, 2012
Readymix, the Irish building materials and cement producer, has estimated a pre-tax loss of €54million in 2011.
April 18, 2012
Aggregate Processing Solutions is now offering CDE washing equipment to its contract washing customers following the signing of a new agreement. APS…
April 18, 2012
Russia-based Basel plans to start the €319.18million upgrade of its BasilCement plant in Pikalevo, near St Petersburg, in 2012.
April 18, 2012
Sandvik celebrated its 150th birthday on 31 January, 2012 with celebrations in Sandviken, Sweden. When founded, Göran Fredrik Göransson’s company in…
April 18, 2012
Overall Sandvik's business was stable in the fourth quarter with good performance especially in Sandvik Tooling but also in Sandvik Mining and…
April 18, 2012
Mexican cement firm, Cemex, suffered a 40% sales drop in Spain in the last three months of 2011, compared to the same period of the previous year.
April 18, 2012
Ceramic, natural stone and sanitary ware exhibitors from 40 countries were due at Feria, in Valencia, Spain, today for the start of the four-day…
April 18, 2012
Cemex, in partnership with contractor Copisa Group, has completed the first stretch of a bridge that will connect the Port of Barcelona with…