Cimpor’s cement and clinker sales volumes up 10.8% y/y in 1H14
Cement and clinker sales improved in the majority of Cimpor’s regional markets in 1H14.
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Cement and clinker sales improved in the majority of Cimpor’s regional markets in 1H14.
The company, based in Helsinki, was established by entrepreneur Gottfrid Strömberg in 1889.
Pikalevsky Cement recorded a 1.5% y/y increase in cement production, while Maltsovsky Portland has signed a cooperation agreement for the construction of a new plant.
Dr Vince Cable, UK Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills, and Baroness Jenny Randerson, Under Secretary of State for Wales, toured Concrete Canvas’ production facility in Wales.
Shelley Frost has been announced as Aggregate Industries’ new Head of Sustainability. She will support the company in its aim for continuous improvement in areas such as energy and carbon management.
Of the 314 600 apprenticeships that started in the first three quarters of the 2013 – 2014 academic year, only 13 320 were in the construction, planning and built environment sectors.
From 4 – 8 August 2014, Song Zhiping, Chairman of CNBM, led a delegation to Russia at the invitation of Eurocement Chairman Galchev Filaret Iljich.
ICF combines the inherent strength and performance properties of concrete with the excellent thermal insulation properties of polystyrene.
Castolin Eutectic has given the Conservationist of the Year Award 2014 to HeidelbergCement in recognition of ‘its sensitive approach to resources, the underlying innovation and its solution-oriented strategy’.
The Award for Enterprise for International Trade recognises Caterpillar’s contribution to UK exports.
The East of England accounted for nearly half of the total value of industrial construction contracts in July 2014, while educational construction activity reached its highest level in two years.
MPA The Concrete Centre explains how, because of concrete’s inherent material properties, it can be used to minimise fire risk for the lowest initial cost while requiring the least in terms of ongoing maintenance.