GCCA publishes biodiversity guidelines for quarries
The Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) has published new guidelines aimed at further improving the biodiversity performance of the industry's quarries. The guidelines...
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Ash Grove Cement seeks license for shale-clay quarry in Montana
The Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is accepting public comment on a draft environmental assessment for a shale-clay exploration project proposed by Ash Grove ...
Teploozersky cement plant purchases excavators
Russian cement producer Vostok Cement has bought two Hitachi ZX470 excavators for its Teploozersky plant. They will replace the current Volvo excavators with high-performance, i...
Uzbekistan’s Akhangarantsement sets monthly shipment record
Uzbek cement producer Akhangarantsement produced 1.1Mta, up 29 per cent YoY, in the first seven months of 2019. In July 2019 the company delivered 190,349t of cement, representi...
Katari Municipality slaps ban on limestone excavation and transport
Saurya and Cosmos Cement Industries have come under a ban to quarry and transport limestone in the Katari Municipality. K
Philippines partially lifts suspension order on quarry operations
A suspension order to halt quarrying operations in selected regions of the Philippines after the landslide near the Apo-Cemex quarry in Naga City, Cebu, has been partially lifte...
Lloseta plant applies for raw material extension
Cemex's Lloseta cement plant in Spain has applied for permission to extract a maximum of 15Mt of raw material from its quarry of Can Negret, Alaró, until 2032. The cement produc...
Hillhead 2018 sets record attendance
Unprecedented crowds descended on Hillhead 2018, which took place over three days last week at Tarmac's Hillhead Quarry, near Buxton, in Derbyshire, UK. According to the officia...
Cementos Alfa receives environmental approval for Mataporquera quarry
Spain’s Ministry of Environment has approved the expansion of the Mataporquera quarry, submitted by Cementos Alfa.
Phuc Son Cement violates mineral licence
Phuc Son Cement's exploited mineral volume has exceeded the volume it initially licensed in 1996, said the State Audit of Vietnam (SAV) in an inspection report submitted to the ...