Europe & CIS

BULKEX has released the details of five more speakers that will present at this year’s event in Nottingham, UK.

Aggregate Industries has appointed Mike Pearce as the Managing Director of its Aggregates division.

HeidelbergCement could do better when it comes to safety, admits CEO, as the company focuses on staff training and integrating Italcementi facilities into its safety network.

Irish Cement’s Mungret plant has been included on a list of industrial sites targeted for increased enforcement activities by the Environmental Protection Agency.

LafargeHolcim subsidiary, Holcim Romania, has opened a new cement terminal in the town of Roman is the east of Romania.

Cemex is participating in the construction of the major S7 Expressway in Poland.

Oxford Instruments’ Industrial Analysis division has become part of Hitachi High-Technologies Group.

A memorandum of understanding between HeidelbergCement and Talga Resources will look to develop business opportunities related to graphene and graphite enhanced building materials.

Spanish cement consumption increases, while exports fall.

HeidelbergCement reduced its carbon emissions by 22.6% compared to a 1990 baseline in 2016, according to its latest Sustainability Report.

Lafarge France is to invest €100 million to upgrade the kiln at its Martres-Tolosane cement plant to allow the burning of alternative fuels.

Cemex UK has appointed Michel Andre as the new head of its Cemex UK business.

Brazilian building materials company, Votorantim, has opened a new cement plant in Sivas, Turkey.

Buzzi Unicem has executed its agreement by acquiring the remaining share capital of Cementizillo SpA.

Growth in the UK construction sector slowed in June from highs of May, as uncertainty over trading conditions play on the industry’s mind.