UK construction slows amid growing economic headwinds
Construction demand for heavy-side materials in Great Britain has weakened further at the start of this year, according to the latest sales volumes survey by the Mineral Product...
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Lafarge Canada wins Vancouver International Airport modernisation contract
Lafarge Canada , a leading provider of sustainable building materials and a member of the Holcim Group, has been selected as the subcontractor for the paving of the Vancouver In...
Heidelberg Materials expands US offering
Heidelberg Materials has entered into a definitive purchase agreement to acquire Highway Materials Inc, one of the largest independent aggregates and asphalt producers in the Gr...
Heidelberg Materials appoints new MD of Midland Quarry Products
Andrew Boileau has been appointed managing director of Heidelberg Materials’ UK-based asphalt and quarrying business MQP (Midland Quarry Products). He replaces Rick Green, who h...
Boral to acquire Booyal Quarries
Boral Ltd has agreed to acquire Booyal Quarries in the Wide Bay region in Queensland, Australia. The strategic acquisition will secure the supply of quarry materials to Boral cu...
Scotland's MPA calls for mineral forum
Scotland’s economic development and drive for decarbonisation depend on domestically available mineral products, according to a new document from the Mineral Products Associatio...
Summit reports 10% revenue advance in 2023
Summit Materials has announced a 19.8 per cent YoY increase in net revenue to US$613.1m in the fourth quarter of 2023. Adjusted EBITDA over the same period advanced by 14.5 per ...
Strong 3Q results from Vulcan boost full-year forecasts
Vulcan Materials Co has reported revenues of US$2186m in the third quarter of 2023, up from US$2088m in the same period a year earlier. Gross profit over the same timeframe has ...
MPA voices concerns over UK government housebuilding plans
The Mineral Products Association (MPA) has written to the UK government voicing concerns over the government’s recent announcements regarding housebuilding. Two differing policy...
Construction in Great Britain contines to decline, warns MPA
New figures from the Mineral Products Association (MPA) provide more concrete evidence of the slowdown in Britain’s construction industry. The latest quarterly survey from the M...