March 27, 2012
Finnish construction group, Lemminkäinen, has reported net sales of €550 million in the second quarter of 2011, up from €460 million in the same…
March 27, 2012
Environmental innovation and efforts to extend eco-friendly practice have helped Lafarge Readmix’s division in the UK win an International Green Hero…
March 27, 2012
Building materials suppliers are said to be bracing for more pain as the UK Highways Agency, cuts spending by 44% over the next three years. Cement…
March 27, 2012
The resignation of CRH chief executive of building products and distribution in Americas Bill Sandbrook has triggered a change in the management…
March 27, 2012
Plans to extend Cemex’s limestone quarry in Carresse-Cassaber in south western France have been submitted to authorities and the company hopes to…
March 27, 2012
Spanish cement producer Cimsa has announced the opening of a new cement terminal and packaging facility at Alicante Airport. The new €10million…
March 27, 2012
High inflation and slow recovery in mature markets has prevented Lafarge growing is sales in the second quarter of the year. The company has reported…
March 27, 2012
Efforts to reduce the risk of accidents at Cemex’s Lloseta cement plant in Spain have helped the facility to win an award from the Baleares…
March 27, 2012
Sustained recovery in demand for building materials in Europe and Central Asia helped Heidelberg Cement to record increases in both turnover and…
March 27, 2012
Lithuanian cement manufacturer Akmenes Cementas is said to be negotiating on a contract to supply cement for the construction of the Baltic Nuclear…
March 27, 2012
According to reports, Libya has recommenced importing cement from Albania. The imports stopped around two months ago, affecting business at Albania's…
March 27, 2012
Titan Cement of Greece has seen its revenues drop by 43.3% decrease in the first half of 2011 to €116.90 million, and a 39.7% drop in its EBITDA (…
March 27, 2012
Italian construction material specialist Buzzi Unicem has posted a 9.1% year-on-year increase in turnover to €1.34 billion in the first half of 2011…
March 27, 2012
Building materials group CRH has been told to sell its stake in Secil to its joint venture partner, Portuguese industrial holding company Semapa.…
March 27, 2012
A company that has supplied secondary lightweight aggregate and concrete solutions for some of the most notable design projects in Britain has…