Aggregate Research News

Aggregate Industries transfers pension riskPosted: 11th of March 2010
Aggregate Industries two largest pension schemes have entered into insurance transactions to transfer risk to Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC), a provider of risk management solutions to defined-benefit
Lafarge Nigeria unit pre-tax profit drops 30 pctPosted: 11th of March 2010
Lafarge Cement WAPCO, the Nigerian unit of the worlds biggest cement maker, said on Thursday its 2009 pre-tax profit fell 30 percent to 8.96 billion naira from the previous year.
Cement pricing news - analysts disagree with LafargePosted: 11th of March 2010
Commodity Prices Up More than half of the buyers in Purchasings monthly survey (57%) report that commodity prices rose in February, pushing the monthly commodity price index up
Cemex and Holcim hoarding greenhouse gas emission permitsPosted: 11th of March 2010
Companies across Europe are hoarding permits to produce greenhouse gas emissions worth hundreds of millions of pounds, the Guardian can reveal. The surplus credits have been amassed from over-allocation
Italcementi to launch bond on MondayPosted: 11th of March 2010
Italian cement maker Italcementi is expected to launch on Monday a six to 10-year bond of between 750 million euros ($1 billion) and 1 billion, sources close to the operation said on Thursday.
Lehigh quarry fight meetings violate Sunshine Act, expert saysPosted: 11th of March 2010
(Pa) -- In the midst of a fight over plans to expand a quarry, Richmond Township supervisors are holding a series of closed-door meetings with the parties involved.
Vulcan wins in AZUSAPosted: 11th of March 2010
AZUSA - After a marathon hearing which ended early Thursday with the Planning Commission recomending approval for a new mining plan, opponents said they will continue to fight to proposal.
Inside the real Martin MariettaPosted: 11th of March 2010
Earnings releases can make investing tricky. Many traders try to time trades based on earnings filings, but usually find such trading is difficult and dangerous. It is often better to take a look at how
Impressive new concrete technologyPosted: 11th of March 2010
There’s been a stir in the British construction industry lately over the development of a new building material that holds out the promise of greatly reducing cement use while delivering high fire ratings
A case study of a pervious concrete quality assurance programPosted: 11th of March 2010
Research and experience have shown that pervious concrete mixtures proportioned to have 15 to 25% air void contents should have sufficient infiltration rates to limit storm water surface

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