Lafarge Tarmac’s Cauldon cement plant has achieved six years without any reportable breaches of gas emissions, and four years without any measured breaches across all of its plant operations.
As of 1 April, Eurocement has changed the way it packages its products, launching a new range of eco-friendly, colour-coded packaging.
The Markit/CIPS UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index® came in at 57.8 in March 2015.
Chairman Peng Shou attended the signing ceremony for OYAK’s two cement waste heat power generation projects.
The UK’s David Ball Group has received an investment from the Wheatsheaf Group, which it will use to develop its PUDLO brand concrete waterproofing system and to commercialise Cemfree.
Eurocement, which holds a 10.8% stake in Holcim, is said to be dissatisfied with the renegotiated terms of the mega merger between cement giants Holcim and Lafarge.
Belgorod Cement has been part of Eurocement for 10 years.
The Russian cement company, part of Eurocement, is building a new automated loading facility.
In the second part of this abridged article from World Cement’s April issue, Graham Sprigg outlines the CSI’s six stage plan for biodiversity.
Rafael Menéndez-Abascal, Health & Safety Manager at Lafarge Spain, talks through the ways in which the health and safety message is spread at the company and shared with industry partners and the local community.
The Aberthaw plant in Wales is undertaking the final parts of its £2 million upgrade project, which began last year.
Dr Christoph Seifert has been appointed as Technical Managing Director at SCHADE Lagertechnik, responsible for engineering, project management and purchasing.
Graham Sprigg, Managing Director of IMS Consulting and a Member of the Cement Sustainability Initiative’s Communications Task Force, outlines the organisation’s latest guidance for biodiversity management in the cement and quarrying industries.
World Cement talks to Rafael Menéndez-Abascal, Health & Safety Manager at Lafarge Spain, about the continuous path to health and safety excellence, in this abridged article from the April 2015 issue.
Entries for the bauma Innovation Award will be accepted from 7 April 2015. The awards are open to exhibitors, research institutes, companies and members of leading German construction industry associations.