April 17, 2012
The plant, approved five months ago, will replace the firm's current factory in neighbouring Mont-Saint-Martin. Due for commissioning this spring,…
April 17, 2012
In partnership with waste specialists Ikos and Etares, French cement producer Lafarge started up a production unit for secondary recovered fuel in Le…
April 17, 2012
In Kostanay, Kazakhstan, MBI has launched a paving stone plant having a design capacity of 33,500m³ or 400,000m² of products a year. Automated German…
April 17, 2012
CRH has announced 23 acquisition and investment initiatives totalling approximately €0.4 billion undertaken during the second-half of 2011 as part of…
April 17, 2012
Poland produced some 220million-230million tonnes of aggregates in 2011, which is a record-breaking result boosted by construction investments,…
April 17, 2012
The state of our planet's marine ecosystems and their importance for human survival is analysed in a new book published by Cemex. Oceans: Heart of…
April 17, 2012
Global demand for hydraulic cement is forecast to rise 5.3% a year to 4.3billion tonnes, valued at US$335 (€250billion), by 2015, according to…
April 16, 2012
KPI-JCI and Astec Mobile Screens has released its latest pocket-size reference guide for the aggregates industry. KPI-JCI's latest pocket-size guide…
April 16, 2012
Mineral product companies have continued to improve their sustainability, but sales growth prospects remain uncertain, according to a key industry…
April 16, 2012
A £150million (€179.43million) government scheme to reduce crashes and congestion at a notorious UK motorway junction has been welcomed by highways…
April 16, 2012
Godwin, manufacturer of the Dri-Prime automatic self-priming, dry-running pump, and a Xylem, company, has made a a donation to the National Coalition…
April 16, 2012
Gravel output in France went up 3% over the January-September 2011 period, according to the Unicem professional body. However, the pace is slowing…
April 16, 2012
Breedon Aggregates, the UK's largest independent aggregates producer, has issued a statement in advance of its preliminary results announcement,…
April 16, 2012
The Mineral Products Association's executive director, Dr Pal Chana, has described the industry's performance against its Environment Agency-agreed…
April 16, 2012
Energy-intensive industries such as steel making, cement and chemical manufacturers have been granted a £250million (€292.5million) package from UK…