The UN Climate Change Conference (COP 16) in Cancún/Mexico, held from 29.11.–10.12.2010 ended with the adoption of a balanced package of decisions that set all governments more firmly on the path...
Since November 2010 Lafarge Zement has been a member of the German Association for Sustainable Construction (Deutsche Gesellschaft für nachhaltiges Bauen – DGNB). The non-profit organization...
At the anniversary celebration, the CEO Arthur Loibl thanked his family, all the present and former employees, the city of Straubing as well as all suppliers, customers and friends for their...
Holcim, together with a partner, acquired eight aggregates pits and quarries and four ready-mix concrete plants in Alsace/France and four ready-mix concrete plants in the Basle area/Switzerland from...
The European Union locked all accounts in its carbon market on the 19.01.2011 after a security breach, seeking to protect the battered reputation of the EU’s main weapon against climate change. The...
As of January 14, 2011, Ravindra Vithal Phadke (Fig.) took over the management of Intensiv-Filter India Pvt. Ltd. He follows Rammesh Rathi who died suddenly and unexpectedly at the end of 2010....
In 2009, the Ukranian cement manufacturer Doncement, a company belonging to the HeidelbergCement group, gave Intensiv-Filter the order for a bag filter including fans and dust transport system for the...
FLSmidth has been awarded a contract worth approximately 32 million US$ from Brazilian Votorantim Cimentos, Ltda. to supply six OK mills for cement grinding. The mills are to be installed with the new...
This milestone heralds the beginning of the cement production process and Namibia’s independence from cement imports. In a record time of 22 months the investment in excess of 2.5 billion N$ by...
6th Thuringian Building Materials Day, Nordhausen/Germany (4.11.2010)
The current development of mining in Thuringia, raw material securing in Northern Thuringia, new research results of the alkali-silica-reaction (ASR) as well as the presentation of technical...
