Europe & CIS

Vortex Global has announced its partnership with LM Bulk & Materialhantering.

HeidelbergCement hopes continuous improvement programmes will help to offset an expected rise in fuel, raw materials and personnel costs in 2017.

The consolidation of Italcementi following its takeover by HeidelbergCement proceeded faster that anticipated in 2016 with anticipated synergy savings now hitting €470 million.

The MPA has welcomed measures announced in the UK Government’s Spring Budget.

Project Pictogram uses simple diagrams to show drivers how changing bad habits can reduce accidents.

HeidelbergCement is holding off making investments in Turkey due to political uncertainty.

HeidelbergCement has announced a 13.2% increase in revenues in 2016, following its takeover of Italcementi.

Cement consumption in Spain has shown an unexpected increase.

Hanson UK is planning a £12 million investment in its Victoria Deep Water Terminal.

According to Markit Economics, construction activity in Ireland has been positive over the last month.

Sandvik Machining Solutions has appointed its new President.

Dublin-based construction materials group, CRH, has announced the sale of two plants in Germany as part of a €400 million is divestments so far this year.

Despite local protests, Limerick City and County Council has approved plants by Irish Cement to begin cofiring refuse-derived fuels at its Mungret cement pant in Limerick.

A new pilot scheme, run at Cemex’s Rugely quarry, uses insect DNA to evaluate the condition of a site.

LafargeHolcim continues with its aim to forge a new path for the cement industry, limiting its capital spending as and pursuing an asset-light approach to growth.