Europe & CIS

Italian cement manufacturer, Buzzi Unicem, has acquired a stake in Ecotrade, a supplier of coal ash and blastfurnace slags to the global cement industry.

Tarmac’s Dunbar cement plant has hosted a visit by the Scottish Minister for Business, Innovation and Energy as the Scottish government looks to finalise a new energy strategy.

Hanson UK’s cement business diverted 100% of cement bypass dust from landfill in 2016, helped the company move close to its waste minimisation goals.

Metso has sold its five-hundredth Lokotrack into Germany, delivering the LT120 jaw plant at this year’s Steinexpo tradeshow.

August saw the weakest growth in the UK construction market for a year, on the back of weakness in the commercial and civil engineering sectors.

The MPA has appointed Martin Riley as its new Chairman.

The Portland Cement Association has announced the winner of this year’s John P. Gleason Jr Leadership Awards.

Market recovery in Ireland, France, Finland, and Poland, and a stable UK market, provided positive news for CRH European cement volumes.

Margret Suckale, formerly of BASF, has been appointed to the Supervisory Board of HeidelbergCement AG

KHD has received an order for the engineering and equipment supply of SOMA Cimento’s new clinker production line.

Hanson Cement has made two senior appointments within its bulk division.

CRH has announced its interim results for 1H17.

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.