Europe & CIS

Hanson UK has extended its supply of building materials to the Hinkley Point C nuclear project with additional contracts for road building and worker accommodation.

CRH has reached an agreement to sell its Americas Distribution business.

A group opposing the cofiring of alternative fuels at Irish Cement’s Mungret cement plant in Ireland should be rejected because of the company’s poor environmental record.

Hanson UK will transport a surplus vertical roller mill from Spain for installation at its Padeswood cement plant in north Wales.

The outlook for Malaysia’s construction industry is brightening, offering hope to the country’s cement producers, after a fall in demand in 2016.

The shipment of limestone on the Great Lakes between the US and Canada rose year-on-year in July, but remains down year to date.

Construction industry growth in the UK will gather pace in the second half of the year to bring annual growth down to 1.4% - but brighter times return in 2018.

Loesche is supplying four mills to AUNDE’s new cement plant.

Hanson UK has reported “disappointing” safety performance in 2016, as lost time injuries remain level with the previous year.

Storm damage to the main stack at the Ketton cement plant reduced Hanson UK’s alternative fuel use in 2016, raising the carbon emissions from the company’s cement business.

Sanghi Industries, a leading cement producer in Gujarat, India, has recorded a 33% rise in net profits in 1QFY18.

FLSmidth has released its interim report for 1H17 and 2Q17.

Buzzi Unicem has been fined for alleged price fixing by the Italian Antitrust Authority.

HarbisonWalker International has announced Carol R. Jackson as its new CEO.

Cementir Italia has received the final result of the investigation by the Italian Antitrust Authority.