March 28, 2012
Holcim has announced a 40 hectare extension of the limestone quarry (which covers 100 hectares today) at its Dannes cement factory in northern France…
March 28, 2012
According to a report on global cement consumption in 160 countries from the International Cement Review, some 3.86 million tonnes of cement will be…
March 28, 2012
SPC, the Polish Association of Cement Producers, predicts that cement production in Poland will grow by 1-1.6%, year on year, in 2010, reaching 15.7-…
March 28, 2012
Cemex says it has developed a carbon footprint tool, the first of its kind in the building materials industry that allows the company to measure the…
March 28, 2012
Lafarge, which claims to have the most advanced research laboratory in the world for construction materials, based in Lyon, France, is currently…
March 28, 2012
According to CMPro, in 2011 the Russian cement production may grow to 55 million tonnes. In the first quarter of 2011, the output totalled 8.5…
March 28, 2012
Cemex has been informed by the European Commission that it has decided to initiate formal proceedings in respect of possible anti-competitive…
March 28, 2012
Moscow-based Gras has launched a new plant producing Ytong cellular aerated concrete in the Saratov region of western Russia. The project investments…
March 28, 2012
Janos Sarkad, president of the Hungarian Association of Cement Producers (Magyar Cementipari Szovetseg), has revealed that domestic cement…
March 28, 2012
HeidelbergCement has been informed by the European Commission about the decision to initiate formal proceedings in respect of possible anti-…
March 28, 2012
Two graduates from Aalborg University, northern Denmark, have invented a new method for curved concrete casting. Mathias Kræmmergaard Kristensen and…
March 28, 2012
Aardvark Concrete, the UK-based concrete pumping company, is to be wound up. The winding up of the business, which is no longer trading, follows a…
March 28, 2012
Spanish steel company Alfonso Gallardo is selling various assets in Spain to Brazilian steel company CSN for €382 million. The measure is designed to…
March 28, 2012
Building materials company Cemex uses river freight for 48% of its shipments on a tonnes-per-kilometre basis in France. According to the company,…
March 28, 2012
The inclusion of water recycling equipment on washing plant installations has risen dramatically in recent times as operators realise that in…