UK construction output estimates indicate growth
According to estimates from the UK’s Office for National Statistics, seasonally adjusted construction output increased by 1.2% m/m and 4.6% y/y in April 2014.
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According to estimates from the UK’s Office for National Statistics, seasonally adjusted construction output increased by 1.2% m/m and 4.6% y/y in April 2014.
A round-up of some this week’s key cement news stories: orders and contracts, awards, alternative fuel and energy sources.
The UK’s Environment Agency has drawn up a draft permit for a new SRF facility, which will be run by SITA and produce Climafuel for Cemex’s Rugby cement plant.
Gebr. Pfeiffer has won a follow-up order from the Turkish company, which already ordered three MPS mills in December 2013.
Amit Bhatia, Chairman of Hope Construction Materials, has been named ‘Young Director of the Year for London and the South East’ at the Institute of Director’s Director of the Year awards.
A Malaysian government delegation has visited the Lark Energy solar farm at Hanson Cement’s Ketton plant as part of a fact-finding mission to see how different energies are deployed in the UK.
More than 700 exhibitors from the powder and bulk solids processing industry will take part in POWTECH 2014 in Nuremberg, Germany.
Although rates of expansion in activity, new orders and employment all eased from the highs seen in April 2014, the recovery in the Irish construction sector continued in May.
Proxibid, an online marketplace for construction, commercial and industrial equipment, has expanded into the UK market with new offices in London.
The EU ad-hoc working group on defining critical raw materials recently released a new report. Roskill has published an overview of the report’s findings and its use of quantitative methodology.
A round-up of this week’s cement news, including safety, competition cases and funding for environmental projects.
Lafarge’s Spanish plant has achieved five years with zero accidents, celebrating the milestone during Health and Safety Month.