Eagle Materials sells ‘non-core’ assets
The company has sold its Western Aggregates and Mathews Readymix operations for US$93.5 million to Teichert, a California-based construction company.
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The company has sold its Western Aggregates and Mathews Readymix operations for US$93.5 million to Teichert, a California-based construction company.
The company has forecast that the region’s construction output is now expected to contract by 4.1% in 2020.
The company is to introduce short-time work for employees in Germany, while the Supervisory Board and the Management Board of the company are to waive 20 % of their fixed salaries in Q2 2020.
Brandon Fultz, Sweet Manufacturing Company, outlines how the use of enclosed belt conveyors could help to minimise dust and reduce product loss in high capacity concrete facilities.
Employees at Tarmac’s Tunstead quarry have shown their support for the NHS by joining in with the weekly Clap for Our Carers campaign to celebrate those working on the frontline during the coronavirus pandemic.
The company has announced the suspension of the CEMEX 2020 Building Award as part of its measures to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
At the meeting, the Board of Directors of LafargeHolcim will request its shareholders to approve the appointment of Professor Dr. Philippe Block and Mr. Kim Fausing as new members.
In light of an increased number of COVID-19 cases in the region and a slump in oil prices, GlobalData has cut its construction output growth forecast for the MENA region for 2020 to - 0.8%.
The company has received large orders for medium-sized excavators from China, as the Chinese construction machinery markets begin showing positive signs of recovery.
The company has donated an authentic mock-up model of a supermobile concrete mixing plant type EUROMIX to the vocational school for ready-mixed concrete technology and concrete production technology in Freistadt.
In the battle to limit the temperature rise to 1.5°C by 2100 everything counts. Globally, including in the US, this issue is gaining increasing attention – Robert Shenk, FLSmidth, explains how the cement industry is part of the solution.
In Q1 2020, Steppe Cement Ltd sold 235 896 t of cement for 4003 million Tenge, compared to 266 393 t of cement for 4455 million Tenge in the first quarter of 2019.