SUEZ and Cemex launch new SRF facility, UK
Cemex and international recycling and waste management company SUEZ have launched a new Solid Recovered Fuel (SRF) facility which will supply the Rugby cement plant in the UK w...
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Tarmac unveils GPB6.6m asphalt plant, UK
Tarmac yesterday unveiled a state-of-the-art asphalt plant in Hertfordshire, UK. The GBP6.6m plant replaces an older 1960s operation. It has greater capacity, is more efficient...
New Group CEO for Breedon, UK
Breedon Aggregates Ltd, the UK’s largest independent aggregates business, announced that Pat Ward, currently CEO of Aggregate Industries Europe (a subsidiary of LafargeHolcim),...
Tarmac leads responsible sourcing excellence
Tarmac has announced that its Cement and Lime business has been awarded an ‘Excellent’ rating under BES 6001. Tarmac’s UK business has held a BES 6001 rating of ‘Very Good’ a...
UK: the latest buzz about Hope biodiversity
A UK cement company is helping out in the UK’s campaign to grow Britain’s bee population. Hope Construction Materials has introduced 100,000 honeybees to two Derbyshire quarrie...
CMA welcomes recent sale of UK plants
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has welcomed the sale of plants by Lafarge Tarmac and Hanson. In the Competition Commission’s (CC) market investigation report...
Francis Flower acquires Hanson Cement's GGBS unit, UK
Mineral resources company Francis Flower yesterday announced the acquisition of the ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBS) facility in Scunthorpe, UK, from Hanson Cement. ...
LafargeHolcim buys out 50% interest in Lafarge Tarmac as part of divestment process
As part of the preliminary steps to implement the disposals required by the European Commission for its approval of the merger to create LafargeHolcim and as previously announc...
CPA survey indicates construction product sales up in second quarter, UK
The Construction Products Association's (CPA) latest State of Trade Survey for the second quarter of 2015 indicates construction product manufacturers’ sales increased for a ni...
MPA welcomes publication of government Productivity Plan
MPA welcomes the Government’s initiative to improve UK productivity, which the trade body says is "a key to sustained long term growth." Issues such as the encouragement of pr...