Europe & CIS

Eurocement’s Podgorensky plant, located in Russia’s Voronezh region, has produced 1 million t of cement.

According to the latest Markit/CIPS UK Construction PMI® Survey, strong output growth was maintained across the UK construction sector in September 2014.

Hope Construction Materials announces the opening of its new £1.5 million quarry, which forms part of its UK development plan.

Reuters reports that joint venture partners CRH and Eren Holding have applied to Turkey’s competition authority for permission to sell their JV to the OYAK Group.

Loesche ThermoProzess is opening its doors to customers two years after it was founded as a subsidiary of the Loesche group.

MEI Award 2014 is now accepting nominations for an outstanding contribution to minerals engineering by a young person.

The European Committee for Construction Equipment (CECE) has responded to the European Commission’s proposal for a revision of the directive on exhaust emissions reduction, calling for a balance between competitiveness and environment.

The new range supplements the existing burner products offered by LTP for the process and heavy industry sector.

During the XIII International Investment Forum Sochi 2014, Eurocement and Wärtsilä signed an agreement for the supply of high-energy power plants.

Barbour ABI and the Federation of Master Builders comment on the condition of the UK’s housebuilding sector.

This month will see the British Safety Council host its annual conference, with this year’s theme set as ‘Pushing health up the workplace agenda’.

Urs Bleisch has been nominated to join the Holcim Executive Committee and Alain Bourguignon has been seconded to the joint Divestment Committee that has been set up to deal with the proposed asset disposals following the announcement of the LafargeHolcim merger.

DNV GL – Business Assurance has published its first analysis of the Construction and Materials sector, the Tomorrow’s Value Rating 2014.

The Cement Sustainability Initiative has released an updated version of its ‘Guidelines for Co-Processing Fuels and Raw Materials in Cement Manufacturing’.

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