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Hanson Contracting has recycled 100% of an old worn-out road, making the newly-refurbished A40 in Gloucestershire the most sustainable road in the UK.
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Hanson Contracting has recycled 100% of an old worn-out road, making the newly-refurbished A40 in Gloucestershire the most sustainable road in the UK.

The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Jakob Kellenberger, and the CEO of Holcim Ltd, Markus Akermann, today signed a long-term agreement during the World Economic Forum meetings in Davos, Switzerland.

The tracks of Jurrasic dinosaurs found in a quarry in Oxfordshire, England, in 1997 are to receive official protection

A new Gypsum Quality Protocol is set to raise market confidence in recycled gypsum and increase demand for waste plasterboard.

Camargo’s recent proposal to merge with Cimpor has been rebuffed by the Portuguese stock market regulator, CMVM.

One of Brazil’s largest private diversified companies is looking to buy a minority stake in the Portuguese cement giant

Nehlsen International, Bremen, Germany and MVW Lechtenberg & Partner, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany, have signed a joint venture agreement to build and operate alternative fuel production plants.

CRH has released its updated statement for trading in 2009

Footprints belonging to unknown 397-million-year-old tetrapods have been discovered in a disused quarry in Poland.

At the conclusion of the Copenhagen Climate Change conference, countries are now committing to new targets concerning CO2 emissions.

On 17 December, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development led a meeting between business leaders and ministers from developed and developing countries to discuss the contribution of business in the global fight against climate change.

Due to the current economic crisis and the situation in progress in the construction industry, Spanish cement producers have been obliged to take several measures in order to notably reduce costs. In light of this situation, Proquicesa decided to focus its R&D efforts on the development of an innovative family of grinding aids, adapted to the new requirements of cement producers.