Europe & CIS

Spanish cement consumption has increased, but exports have fallen, in 1Q17.

Eric Olsen is to leave LafargeHolcim in July as the company tries to draw a line under the controversy over its operation of a cement plant in Syria, which was linked with payments to armed groups.

According to a new report published by Allied Market Research, the global concrete admixtures construction chemical market is projected to reach US$16 324 million by 2022.

ALBA Nordbaden GmbH has put the new production line for refuse-derived fuel from mixed construction and commercial waste into service.

Receding Brexit-related anxiety and a resilient economic backdrop is keeping construction industry optimism high.

Fuchs UK has invested in new offices at its headquarters in Hanley.

Loesche is repositioning itself in the thermal applicator sector.

Vortex Global has been shortlisted for the Solids Handling and Processing Association Company of the Year Award.

Hanson has supplied the concrete for the Lexington in Islington.

Beumer Group has received an order for four high-capacity belt bucket elevators.

Silobau Thorwestern is providing a steel silo to ne built in the harbour of Hanko, Finland.

HeidelbergCement disagrees with the European Commission’s decision to veto the takeover of Cemex Croatia by Duna Drava Cement, a joint venture between the HeidelbergCement and Schwenk Zement, and will carefully review its options going forward.

The European Commission has officially vetoed the proposed takeover of Cemex Croatia by Duna Dráva Cement, a joint venture between HeidelbergCement and Schwenk Zement.

Growth in the UK construction sector slowed in March, dragged down by weakness in the residential sector.

UK marine wharves handled 3.5 million t of quarry-sourced aggregates in 2016 as suppliers seek a lower-carbon route to market.