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CEMEX UK announced the launch in the UK of a new book A Gift of Nature at a reception in London last night. This book is the 20th in CEMEX’s conservation book series; an initiative which dates back to 1993.

Archaeological excavations at CEMEX’s Kingsmead Quarry in Berkshire, not far from Windsor, have revealed a rare ‘Beaker’ burial of ‘Copper Age’ date (2500-2200 BC). The burial represents an unusual and important find as the remains were those of a woman and within the grave were some gold ornaments.

With a fleet of 300 cement and aggregates vehicles covering over 15 million miles per annum, tyres are a key part of the economic equation for CEMEX UK. The company started work in 2011 to develop a new strategy and the latest development is the introduction of low rolling resistance...

From over 1900 companies, CEMEX UK is just one of 10 companies to achieve Gold Status in the Fleet Operators Recognition Scheme (FORS) run by Transport for London (TFL). CEMEX has been a member of the scheme since 2008 and has cement tankers, aggregate tippers and readymix concrete trucks delivering vital building materials to construction projects in London.

CEMEX UK, building materials provider, has been selected as a finalist in the Supply Chain Excellence category for the 2013 Construction News Awards, to be held at the Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane, London on 11 July 2013. A record number of entries were submitted for this year’s Construction News...

Sand martins make an amazing journey every winter from the Sahara to the UK, to breed in piles of sand. This year, every CEMEX UK quarry will be creating the sheer banks of sand that sand martins love to make their homes in.

Four early Neolithic houses (3700 BC) have been unearthed by archaeologists at CEMEX’s Kingsmead Quarry in Berkshire. The discovery is unprecedented on a single site in England and challenges our current understanding of how people lived more than 5,700 years ago.

2013 sees the introduction of a new training programme by CEMEX UK, Leaders in Development, to help create the next generation of CEMEX business leaders. Three talented employees have been selected to take part in the one year programme, in which they will gain extensive and fundamental knowledge of the business and develop a multi-functional perspective.

One of the first contracts for the latest CEMEX surfacing product, Roller Compacted Concrete (RCC), was supplied to Amey, on behalf of Birmingham City Council, for the resurfacing of the bus terminus in Druids Lane, Druids Heath, Birmingham.The...

Two Exmoor ponies, Patience and Ryburn are now residents at CEMEX’s Branton Nature Conservation Area, Nr Powburn Northumberland and have become the site’s ‘natural lawnmowers’. Branton, a former sand and gravel quarry has been progressively restored and transformed into a stunning 29 hectare nature conservation area and the introduction of Patience and Ryburn will enhance the wildlife on the site through conservation grazing.

Last year must have been one of the most remarkable years for wet weather in living memory! One that created the most excitement was a Purple Emperor butterfly. This, the second largest resident butterfly after the swallowtail, is a species which butterfly watchers will go far to see.

2012 was a successful year for CEMEX and its support of initiatives to increase cyclists’ safety around large vehicles. We continued to be involved in Exchanging Places events both with the London Metropolitan Police but also with local authorities, such as West Yorkshire to encourage cyclists to get into the cab of a CEMEX large vehicle and see the road from the driver’s perspective.One...

Completed in December 2010, the new 583 bedroom Mint Hotel, Tower of London is the largest hotel in London’s Square Mile and contains CEMEX concrete.This new hotel has been designed to complement this historically significant part of the City of London by taking into account the surrounding urban fabric, aligning with the medieval street patterns, seeking to enliven the streetscape and maximise rooftop public access.

Restoring and joining up habitat will prevent the UK’s threatened butterflies and moths from becoming extinct in the future, a groundbreaking report today revealed.For the first time, the report by Butterfly Conservation provides concrete evidence that projects aimed at conserving butterflies and moths at a landscape-scale have enabled threatened species to flourish after decades of decline.A...

The CEMEX team based at Wickwar Quarry, Avon has won a prestigious industry Health and Safety Award for the development of emergency drills and rescues with one of their contractors, Response Engineering Ltd. The award, winner of the Contractors Safety category, was presented to CEMEX Aggregates South West and Wales by the Mineral Products Association (MPA) at the annual Health and Safety Conference in London.

With a fleet of 350 cement and aggregates vehicles covering over 15 million miles per annum, tyres are a key part of the economic equation for CEMEX UK. The company started work in 2011 to develop a new strategy with Continental Tyres aimed at maximising the utilisation of this important...

Lackford Lakes lie beside the River Lark and have been created from former gravel pits. Lackford Lakes is a wonderfully diverse reserve with meadows, woodland, reed beds and streams. Over a period of years from the 1970’s, the deposits of sand and gravel were extracted by RMC (later to become CEMEX), creating a series of lakes along the valley.

A new nature reserve is being created at a former CEMEX quarry and landfill site in Rugby, Warwickshire. CEMEX UK initiated this imaginative restoration project in 2010 with the aim of converting the lime and clay quarry site at Parkfield Road, adjacent to its Rugby cement works, Warwickshire.

An estimated 90% of roads are in disrepair and with little investment currently in infrastructure, CEMEX UK has developed a solution, Roller Compacted Concrete (RCC), which offers clients around 30% lower costs over a 50 year period.

From today, CEMEX Surfacing is changing its name to CEMEX Paving Solutions Ltd. As part of CEMEX UK, the new company will give customers and contractors cost effective solutions to their paving construction. The latest development in paving is cementitious products, such as Roller Compacted Concrete, which although not a new product it offers a modern solution.

The first ever CEMEX global Aggregates conference took place in Manchester with a visit to the largest CEMEX UK quarry, Dove Holes, in Buxton, Derbyshire. 38 delegates from 14 countries came to discuss key issues of health & safety, operations, commercial and trading, reviewing the global as well as the local market and the latest industry and CEMEX developments.

With a fleet of 350 cement and aggregates vehicles covering over 15 million miles per annum, tyres are a key part of the economic equation for CEMEX UK. The company started work in 2011 to develop a new strategy with Continental Tyres aimed at maximising the utilisation of this important...

The future of the last remaining quarry train which is on display at the CEMEX Barrington Cement works has been secured following the company’s decision to donate the locomotive and two remaining wagons to Rocks by Rail, a local museum specializing in the preservation of the local area’s industrial heritage.

MicroTech, a new range of ultra-high performance concretes offering rapid strength gain, superb durability, low permeability and high flexural strength has been launched by CEMEX UK. CEMEX MicroTech concrete is highly resistant to sulphate, chloride and acid attack and is perfect for a range of harsh environment applications including container handling facilities, recycling centres, chemical and petrochemical installations, sea defence work and distribution centres.

CEMEX UK has created a series of five advertisements introducing Team CEMEX, applauding the work of those within the company with direct day-to-day responsibility for delivering CEMEX’s service promises. The adverts are running through August in Construction News, a leading trade magazine.

Leading the way in its sector and providing much needed information for the building industry, CEMEX UK building materials provider has introduced a new CO2 labeling system on its bagged cement, externally assured by DNV Business Assurance, a world leading certification body.

Leading building materials solutions provider CEMEX UK has invested over £2 million at Jarrow Wharf site on the Tyne to upgrade and install new equipment for the processing of sand and gravel, used in the construction of homes, schools, offices, hospitals and roads.

Over 1500 tonnes of a new bedding mortar, CEMEX Readybase, has been used for the first time in the extensive paved areas around the iconic bus station in the £450 million ‘Heart of Slough’ development.

competition with more than 100 entries, global building solutions company CEMEX scooped two awards for reducing work place injuries among employees at the Quarry Products Association (QPA) Health and Safety Best Practice Awards 2006. The QPA is the trade association for 90 per cent of the UK quarrying companies, including...

The subject of embodied carbon and ways of reducing it is of growing interest in today’s construction industry. Leading the way in its sector, CEMEX UK has introduced a new Carbon Footprint Calculator, a data modelling tool for calculating embodied carbon for the supply of building materials.

26th June 2012: CEMEX UK, building materials supplier, and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding, cementing their relationship for another five years.The two organisations have been working in...

CEMEX UK, building materials supplier, and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding, cementing their relationship for another five years. The two organisations have been working in close partners...

21^st June 2012: Volunteers from local CEMEX UK sites and offices spent the day helping to plant over 400 trees at the RSPB nature reserve, Baron’s Haugh, as part of the company’s volunteering scheme, Lendahand. The scheme gives the company’s employees eight hours paid leave to volunteer for a charity or organization of their own choice.

21^st June 2012: CEMEX UK Cement Logistics has added 10 new Volvo FM 12 440 6 x 2 Tractor Units to its fleet of 120 bulk powder fleet. The fleet currently covers around 1.5 million kms per month and the decision to buy Volvo was dependent on the vehicle's whole life costings covering maintenance, ad-blue usage if required and miles per gallon.

CEMEX and Conservation International present Oceans; a unique book on marine ecosystems conservation 19 June 2012: Building materials company, CEMEX UK and Conservation International Europe have presented their book, Oceans: Heart of Our Blue Planet, at a Royal Society reception in London.

The CEMEX Building Award is a contest created and organized by CEMEX, which every year seeks to award the best of construction in Mexico and in different countries where the company operates. Throughout the realization of this contest, CEMEX encourages the culture of continuous innovation in construction, acknowledging the constructive talent of those who make the best buildings possible.

CEMEX in Poland achieved first place in the category of industrial and chemical production at this year’s 6th edition of the Ranking of Responsible Companies. In addition, the company was certified as one of Poland’s Top Employers for its exemplary people and organization management practices.

CEMEX supplied the aggregates, ready-mix concrete, equipment, and expertise required to build the immense foundations for five high-performance wind turbine towers in the Helmstadt district of Germany. With an overall height of 190 meters and a rotor diameter of 100 meters, the great weights, enormous stresses, and vigorous vibrations of these soaring towers demanded especially solid foundations.

CEMEX in Dominican Republic has been given the National Award for Cleanest Production in the “Materials” category, a recognition given by the Environmental Ministry and a group of institutions such as the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, the Nation...

CEMEX is supplying the specialty self-compacting concrete required to meet the complex needs of the water distillation plant at Palmachin, Israel. For Israel, an arid country with desert covering more than half of its land, water distillation offers a solution to the water shortage by producing high-quality water from a limitless resource—the sea.

15^th May 2012: CEMEX UK has won 12 awards at this year's prestigious RoSPA Occupational Health and Safety Awards. The awards were given for its outstanding approach to the prevention of accidents and ill-health. The awards included 2 President's Awards (10 -14 consecutive gold awards), 6 Gold awards, one sector winner and two sector commended awards.

8^th May 2012: Despite demolition work taking place in the area, a pair of peregrine falcons, the fastest birds in the world, decided that the top of an old clinker silo at a CEMEX UK plant in the Midlands was going to be ‘home’ for them and their future chicks.

3^rd May 2012: The latest addition to a CEMEX Quarry in Wales is a pair of Little Owls. Unlike other owls this species doesn’t hoot but squeaks and tends to hunt at dawn and dusk rather than at night. Little Owls are not native to this country but were introduced by Thomas Powys in the 19th century.

19^th April 2012: CEMEX UK, building materials provider, is joining forces with SITA UK, a recycling and resource management company, to develop two waste recycling plants for the production of Climafuel for CEMEX's Rugby cement plant in Warwickshire. Climafuel, an alternative fuel produced from domestic, commercial and industrial waste has been used successfully at the cement plant since 2007.

18^th April 2012: CEMEX UK, building materials supplier, has invested in a new dust abatement plant, known as an electrostatic precipitator for one of its two cement kilns at South Ferriby, Lincolnshire. The state-of-the-art precipitator will significantly cut the emissions of dust by 90%. The precipitator represents an investment of...

14^th March 2012: Last night CEMEX UK, the building materials provider, received an award for its significant work in enhancing the relationship between Mexico and the UK. The award, Mexico-UK International Leader, is being given during Mexico Week in the UK 2012, an event organized on behalf of Mexican and British companies and institutions to promote trade and investment.

6^th March 2012: The Twite bird, an inconspicuous bird not dissimilar to a sparrow, is breeding at one of CEMEX UK quarries in the north of England. The Twite (Carduelis flavirostris) has been categorized as high conservation importance and a priority UK BAP (Biodiversity Action Plan) species.

30^th January 2012: Cleopatra Ridgeway has been appointed Site Biodiversity Advisor supporting the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) and CEMEX UK biodiversity partnership, which is now in its third year. This new role,...

17^th January 2012: Building materials company, CEMEX UK has compiled its Sustainable Development Update, an interim report updating its environmental, economic and social performance during 2010. The report indicates great strides in...

9^th January 2012: Quarry sites are great places for birds of prey particularly buzzards and kestrels, a new RSPB study has shown. Teaming up with CEMEX UK, building materials supplier, the RSPB surveyed 70 of the company's quarry managers about the birds of prey seen on their sites.

9^th December 2011: CEMEX UK, building materials provider, has invested £3.5 million in a new cement bagging plant at its Rugby plant site in Warwickshire. The new plant has been built following extensive customer consultation, with many customers wanting the option of cement in plastic or paper bags.

24^th November 2011: As winter approaches, 150,000 honey bees are preparing to colonise in six hives recently located at CEMEX UK Taffs Well quarry near Cardiff, South Wales. The 60 hectare quarry site, with Special Area of Conservat...

16^th November 2011: Building materials company CEMEX UK has been recognised for its outstanding health and safety initiatives, both at company and individual level, at this year’s Mineral Products Association (MPA) Health & Safety Awards held at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.

20^th October 2011:CEMEX UK is the first ever winner of the new Natural England Biodiversity Award for its restoration work at Rugeley quarry in Staffordshire. 80 hectares of high quality wildlife habitat has been created and restored to lowland dry heathland, complementing the adjoining Cannock Chase Special Area for Conservation.

7^th October 2011: A CEMEX UK sand and gravel quarry in Branton, Nr Powburn in Northumberland has been progressively restored and transformed into a stunning 29 hectare nature conservation area, attracting over 50 species of birds including some red listed breeds such as Spotted Flycatcher and Lapwing.

13^th September 2011: CEMEX UK has been awarded the prestigious DuPont Safety Award in the Innovative Approach category at the XIX World Congress on Safety and Health at Work in Istanbul, Turkey. This is the 10th time these international Safety Awards are presented.

27^th July 2011: A new flooring concrete from CEMEX UK, building materials supplier, has enabled one customer to reduce preparation time by a week, while achieving a highly durable slab with structural reinforcement, all without the use of steel mesh. CEMEX Advanced Flooring combines micro and macro-synthetic fibres to increase resistance to cracking and improve impact and abrasion qualities.

15^th July 2011: CEMEX UK, the building materials supplier, has invested in a replacement readymix concrete plant, erected on the existing Stanley Street site in Blackburn, Lancashire. The investment in the new plant demonstrates CEMEX's commitment to the UK construction industry and ensures good quality concrete for local construction projects.

28^th June 2011: CEMEX Angling, part of the building materials provider, CEMEX UK has opened a new site, Copse Lake, in the Yateley complex, Hampshire. Copse Lake is considered to be one of the prettiest sites in the complex as well as being very secluded and peaceful.

20^th June 2011: During the Team Green Britain Bike Week 18 - 26th June, CEMEX UK, the building materials supplier, will be supporting 5 local cycling events to help educate cyclists about safe cycling around large vehicles.

15^th June 2011: CEMEX UK, building materials provider, was presented with an award for its cyclist safety programme by the Fleet Safety Forum, a division of the road safety charity, Brake. CEMEX UK was the winner in the "Road Safety in the Community" category.

1^st June 2011: For the first time in its history, CEMEX Readymix and Mortars, a business sector of CEMEX UK, building materials provider, has achieved one year lost time injury (LTI) free. This achievement is one of four major health and safety attainments celebrated by the company this month.

25^th May 2011: Permatite, a new waterproof concrete solution from CEMEX UK, the building materials supplier, is being used for the first time in a major UK project, the construction of a luxurious, below-ground leisure suite. Permatite is an effective waterproofing concrete manufactured by CEMEX UK used in conjunction with state-of-the-art moisture barrier technology developed by international waterproofing specialist, Fosroc.

2^nd May 2011: Global building solutions company CEMEX has appointed Jesus Gonzalez as the new UK president with immediate effect. Mr Gonzalez comes to the UK from Panama, where he was President for CEMEX in Central America, covering operations in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, El Salvador and Panama.

12^th April 2011: As part of CEMEX UK's commitment to cyclist safety, LGV drivers from different areas of the business got on their bikes and took part in cycle training, to see the road from the cyclist's perspective. The comprehensive training was devised and delivered by Greg Woodford, Senior Training Instructor at CTC, the UK's national cyclists' organisation.

29^th March 2011: CEMEX UK, building materials supplier, has launched a new rapid-hardening, controlled set concrete which allows contractors to strip formwork much earlier than they could using traditional concrete. This is the first time this type of concrete is available in the UK and is branded, Promptis.

23^rd March 2011: South Ferriby Cement Plant in North Lincolnshire, which is owned by building materials company CEMEX, has replaced 100% of the fuel used to heat its cement kiln with fuels made from wastes. South Ferriby’s achievement is likely to be a new record in the UK, where substitute fuels now represent 35% of all kiln fuels burned in cement kilns.

9^th March 2011: Epod, the innovative electronic proof of delivery system, is being extended into additional business areas of CEMEX UK. Highly successful and fully operational in the cement business, Epod is being introduced into CEMEX Asphalt this month. CEMEX Asphalt is the first company in its sector to introduce this revolutionary system.

03^rd February 2011: CEMEX Aggregates, a business division of CEMEX UK the building materials supplier, has achieved recognition for its quality management systems with the award of BS EN ISO 9001. The certification recognises the company’s commitment to quality management systems used in the production and supply of aggregates to its customers and to continuous improvement procedures.

6^th January 2011: Building materials company, CEMEX UK, has published a draft report for public consultation, which shows that more than doubling the levels of Climafuel (from 30% up to 65%) at its Rugby plant in Warwickshire has environmental benefits.

25^th November 2010: CEMEX UK, the building materials supplier, is fitting its 300th vehicle with nearside proximity sensors to help cyclists and pedestrians stay safe around its vehicles. The sensors are just one of a number of additional safety measures over and above legislation that CEMEX has added to its vehicles, making it a pioneer in the field of road safety, in particular cyclist safety.

16^th November 2010: A new rail siding and junction at the entrance to CEMEX UK’s largest quarry, Dove Holes in Derbyshire, will increase the rail loadout capacity by 25% from 2 million tonnes to 2.5 million tonnes per annum.

Click here to see video (.wmv) 27^th October 2010: A new 21.6metre bridge, part of a £1.2million project has been lifted into place over the A30 at Bramshill Quarry, Eversley, Hampshire operated by CEMEX UK, the building materials supplier.

25^th October 2010: CEMEX UK, the building materials supplier has invested £2.9 million in 40 new MAN vehicles to be based at its South Ferriby cement plant in Lincolnshire. The MAN 26-440 Euro 5 TGS 6 x 2 tractor units, fitted with...

7^th October 2010: In the company of Members of Parliament Anna Soubry and Jessica Lee, Building materials company CEMEX UK and the RSPB today at Attenborough Nature Centre in Nottinghamshire launched a biodiversity strategy for CEMEX's operations in the UK to enrich nature.

6^th October 2010: In the company of Scottish Minister for the Environment Roseanna Cunningham MSP, building materials company CEMEX UK and the RSPB today at Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh launched a biodiversity strategy for CEMEX's operations in the UK to enrich nature.

24^th September 2010: In the company of Minister for the Environment, Sustainability and Housing, Jane Davidson AM, Building materials company CEMEX UK and the RSPB today at Taff's Well Quarry near Cardiff launched a biodiversity strategy for CEMEX's operations in the UK to enrich nature.

19^th September 2010: Building materials provider CEMEX UK is demolishing its cement plant at Rochester in Kent, marking the end of 150 years of cement making at the site. It also marks the end of an important chapter in the social and economic life of the county.

14^th September 2010: Scottish employees of CEMEX UK, building materials provider, launched the company's new 'Lendahand' employee volunteer programme at Baron's Haugh RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds) Reserve near Motherwell. Lendahand, a national programme, was launched by employees from the Uddingston office and nearby operational sites who lent a hand to remove invasive scrub, clear woodland and monitor birdlife at the Reserve.

14^th August 2010: Building materials company CEMEX has launched the second Sustainable Development Report for its UK operational performance, bringing it into line with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) G3 principles for the first time, to help readers compare its performance with that of other companies.

5^th August 2010: CEMEX UK, building materials supplier, has achieved the prestigious Carbon Trust Standard across all its GB operations for measuring and reducing its carbon emissions by over 36% between January 2007 and December 2009. The Carbon Trust Standard is the world's first award that recognises organisations for real carbon reduction.

3^rd August 2010: CEMEX Angling is supporting a sponsored 'fish-in' in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support at the company's award winning, high-profile fishing complex in Yateley, Hampshire. The event is being organised by CEMEX Area Head Bailiff, Allan Stone. The event, from Friday 6 to Sunday 8 August (inclusive) is being held during the Angling Trust's National Fishing Month.

28^th July 2010: A Bronze Age 'logboat coffin', including the remains of a Roman woman, and two swords from a similar period have been donated by CEMEX UK, the building materials supplier, to Reading Museum. The artefacts were unearthed in active CEMEX sand and gravel quarries in the Reading area during operations approximately 30 years ago.

13^th July 2010: CEMEX Surfacing has started supplying asphalt worth approx £7million per annum, on behalf of Amey to the Birmingham Private Finance Initiative contract. Over 30,000 tonnes of asphalt are required this year and between 3 and 4 times this amount per annum going forward.

6^th July 2010: Leading building materials company, CEMEX UK, has developed a new, readymixed concrete mix, which is being used in the UK for the first time, for the construction of the foundations of new Terminal 2 building at Heathrow Airport.

1^st June 2010: CEMEX Surfacing, part of CEMEX UK the building materials supplier, has saved £1.3 million in disposal costs and eliminated 1,120 tonnes of CO² emissions by using an innovative product on a highways contract for Amey. Amey appointed CEMEX to resurface a 2.5km...

18^th June 2010: For the second year, CEMEX UK, the building materials supplier, is supporting Bike Week 19 - 26 June, highlighting its significant investment in additional features on its 900+ vehicles and its driver training programme aimed at cyclist safety.

7^th June 2010: CEMEX, the building materials supplier, has received the Big Tick award from the Business in Community's (BITC) prestigious national award scheme for responsible business practice. The award was given to the company for their Patrimonio Hoy Programme which has been in operation since 2000.

3^rd June 2010: Building materials company CEMEX today announced that all its main product divisions in its UK business have been certified to the Building Research Establishment (BRE) Framework Standard for the Responsible Sourcing of Construction Products - BES6001.

27^th May 2010: ACEMEX UK, the building materials supplier, has invested £1.3 million in a new readymix concrete plant, erected on an old landfill site. The new site in Hazel Grove, York is located 3.7kms from the previous site and is better located to serve the local market.

11^th May 2010: A new sand production plant is helping CEMEX UK, the building materials supplier, boost efficiency and reduce the environmental impact of its largest UK sand and gravel quarry at Rugeley, Staffordshire. Its latest investment, a plant produced by American quarry equipment specialist manufacturer, Greystone, and the first...

29^th April 2010: CEMEX UK is the first national building products company to achieve the Green Dragon Environmental Standard, for the environmental management systems incorporated at its block works factory at Newport, South Wales. Green Dragon recognises effective environmental management and is a new environmental standard available to companies in...

20^th April 2010: Building materials company CEMEX UK, has appointed a new manager, Roo Newby, to head up its angling business with immediate effect. Roo, 36, will be reporting into CEMEX UK’s Principal Development Surveyor, Daniel Panormo. He joined CEMEX Angling in 2007 as assistant angling and fisheries manager from Burley Aquatic Developments, where he was a consultant.

7^th April 2010: CEMEX UK is the first cement company in the world to provide certified carbon labels for its cement using the Carbon Trust's Carbon Reduction Label, showing the company's commitment to reducing the footprint of its cement.

10^th March 2010: 2010 has seen the start of a new rail route for the transportation of aggregates by CEMEX, the building materials provider. The route from Neath in South Wales to the CEMEX railhead at Sturton, near Leeds in West Yorkshire is used to transport high psv (polished stone value) aggregate quarried from CEMEX’s Gilfach Quarry.

9^th March 2010: A new 12 tonne bridge costing £180,000 has been lifted into place at Trent Meadows in Long Eaton, Derbyshire to make the Erewash countryside more accessible to all. The bridge has been funded through a partnership of Derbyshire County Council, CEMEX UK, the building materials provider, and the Environment Agency.

London 25^th February 2010: A new book, The Wealth of Nature, has been launched in London by global building materials company CEMEX and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The book, which has also been develope...

17^th February 2010: CEMEX UK, building materials provider, supported the latest Metropolitan Police cyclist safety event held at Trafalgar Square in central London yesterday by providing one of their logistics fleet vehicles. The event is one of nine planned to be held in the capital during 2010 and is part of the Mets cycle safety events ‘Exchanging Places’.

10^th February 2010: A broken tooth from the Orthacodus family, an extinct group of sharks, has been found at CEMEX Barrington Quarry, near Cambridge. This important find is a ‘first’ in UK or Europe in an area where rocks date back to the Jurassic, Cretaceous and early Tertiary age that is, over 55million years ago.

19^th January 2010: Five new ‘Sports England’ colours have been developed by CEMEX Mortars for the sports complex at the new £35million Warwickshire College. The five bespoke colours: Sports England red, green, yellow, white and natural have been created to match the colours of the blocks used in different areas of the build.

CEMEX UK, the building materials provider, has completed the final part in the construction of a new eastern bank and diversion to the River Erewash, close to the Attenborough Nature Reserve in Nottingham. The panels on the 26 metre footbridge and public right of way, known as the Trent Valley Walk, were the last section put in place to complete this £1.2million...

As part of building solutions company CEMEX’s corporate partnership with the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), Sam Tarrant has been appointed as an advisor. Sam will support the CEMEX in its development of a national biodiversity strategy, and provide specialist advice and assistance with restoration plans for some of the company’s many quarries.

CEMEX UK, the building materials provider, has introduced a new service for customers requiring small loads of ready mixed concrete, Readymix2go. The service is ideal for those wanting an occasional load such as enthusiastic DIYers, builders, farmers and landscape gardeners, who require a fast local service where they can pay by cash or credit card and can collect if required.

Building materials’ solutions company, CEMEX UK, has been granted permission by the cement industry regulator, the Environment Agency (EA), to use a waste-derived fuel, Climafuel. It will part-replace the fossil fuels used in the kiln at the Rugby cement plant in Warwickshire.

October 9, 2009CEMEX Rail, part of CEMEX UK the building materials provider, is supplying four switches and crossing layouts to Singapore Land Transport Authority for the Jurong East rail interchanges. Each switch and crossing is made up of 350 metres of concrete bearer, in unit lengths from 2.6...

Year 4 pupils from St Peters C of E Primary School in Aylesford have been just completed working on a project investigating their local CEMEX quarry. The project is being run by Groundwork Kent & Medway and has been made possible by fundin...

October 1^th, 2009 20% of pallets returned in first year of CEMEX’s pallet retrieval schemeCEMEX UK, the building materials provider, now has 20% of its cement pallets returned under a retrieval scheme launched a year ago.

September 24^th, 2009 CEMEX UK awarded responsible sourcing certification Building materials company CEMEX today announced that its UK readymixed concrete division has been certified to the Building Research Establishment (BRE) Framework Standard for the Responsible Sourcing of Construction Products - BES6001.

September 22^nd, 2009 CEMEX opens new £49 million cement plant in the south east of England Global building materials company CEMEX today opened a new cement grinding and blending plant at the Port of Tilbury in Essex. For CEMEX, which is the biggest Mexican investor in the UK, this shows a strong commitment to the UK and sustainable construction.

September 21^st, 2009 CEMEX floors has record production month CEMEX Floors, a division of CEMEX UK the leading building materials provider, had record sales of flooring during August. Compared to the same period last year, sales of T-beam flooring have increased by 73% with sales outstripping production.

September 18^th, 2009 Restored sand and gravel quarry turned into angling site at Chertsey, Surrey CEMEX Angling, part of the building materials provider CEMEX UK, is opening a new site, Chertsey Lake, at Chertsey in Surrey close to its head offices.

August 21^th, 2009 Innovation Celebrated in Construction Products Industry Building materials company, CEMEX, which is a top 20 logistics operator in the UK, has been recognised for its innovative Cycling Safety Initiative to prevent incidents, in the Construction Products Association?s 2009 edition of Construction Products Innovation and Achievement (CPIA).

August 17^th, 2009 Two new CEMEX Angling sites opening CEMEX Angling, part of CEMEX UK the building materials provider, is to open two new sites from 1st September, Chertsey Lake in Surrey and Little Moulsham Lake in Hampshire. The two sites will be operated on season permit basis with limited membership ensuring a quiet and tranquil environment for the angler.

August 17^th, 2009 New electric crane at CEMEX’s Battersea Wharf, a ‘first’ in UK Click here to view the CEMEX Battersea Wharf crane video (.wmv) 17^th August 2009: CEMEX UK, building materials provider, has invested in the first Sennebogen Green Line 870R-HD crane, in the UK.

Managing mortar in extreme conditions 11^th August 2009: When modern Portland cement mortars provided an alternative to lime-based mortar almost 100 years ago, it looked as though bricklaying had been freed from the restrictions traditionally imposed by the weather.

July 23^rd, 2009 Restored sand and gravel quarry turned into latest CEMEX Angling site Click here to view the CEMEX Angling site video (.wmv) 23^rd July 2009: CEMEX Angling, part of the building materials provider CEMEX UK, has opened a new site at Alresford, near Colchester in Essex.

July 21^th, 2009 The impact of modern asphalt on motorcycle road safety Motorcycling can be fast, furious fun, even for the over 50s but it is also dangerous; over 50 times more dangerous than driving a car! Statistics collected in the UK show that while the average age of motorcyclists...

July 21^th, 2009 The sustainable way to use aggregates The UK has an abundant supply of aggregates for use in building materials and construction projects but as the shift towards sustainability gathers pace, interest in recycled sources has increased. Across the UK the demand for aggregates stands at approximately 275 million tonnes per year.

June 23^th, 2009 CEMEX Sheffield rail siding to further increase rail transportation of aggregates Click here to view the CEMEX Sheffield rail siding video (.mov) 23^th June 2009: CEMEX UK, the building materials provider, has opened a new rail siding in the heart of Sheffield to handle over 200,000 tonnes of aggregates per year.

June 23^th, 2009 CEMEX Sheffield rail siding to further increase rail transportation of aggregates Click here to view the CEMEX Sheffield rail siding video (.mov) 23^th June 2009: CEMEX UK, the building materials provider, has opened a new rail siding in the heart of Sheffield to handle over 200,000 tonnes of aggregates per year.

July 16^th, 2009 CEMEX UK reinstates innovative, sustainable transport solution, Iso-veyors 15^th June 2009: CEMEX UK, building materials provider, is currently trialling an innovative transport solution, Iso-veyors, to transport pulverised-fuel-ash (P-FA) from West Burton power station to Tilbury, for the production of blended cements.

June 15^th, 2009 CEMEX to help cyclists in York, Bristol, Cambridge and Manchester 15^th June 2009: This week CEMEX UK, the building materials provider, is advising cyclists on how to stay safe around large vehicles as part of events run throughout the country for National Bike Week.

June 4^th, 2009 CEMEX partners with the royal society for the protection of birds 4^th June 2009: Global building solutions company CEMEX has entered into a two year partnership with the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) to accelerate the development of CEMEX’s biodiversity strategy.

June 4^th, 2009 CEMEX officially opens new tunnel and processing plant at Taffs Well Quarry A new tunnel and processing plant at CEMEX’s Taffs Well Quarry near Cardiff was officially opened by Jane Davidson, Minister for Environment, Sustainability and Housing, Welsh Assembly.

A new concrete roof tile, Derwent II has just been launched by Russell Roof tiles, part of CEMEX UK, the building materials provider. Derwent II, an updated version of the well-established Derwent, is being produced at CEMEX’s factory at Burton-on-Trent and is rounder, thinner, lighter and easier to fix.

May 18^th, 2009 CEMEX cement plant sets alternative fuels record 18^th May 2009: South Ferriby Cement Plant in North Lincolnshire, which is owned by building materials company CEMEX, last month replaced over 74% of the fuel used to heat its cement kiln with fuels made from wastes.

April 14^th, 2009 CEMEX UK, the first company in sector to introduce an Epod system 14^th April 2009: CEMEX UK, the building materials provider, is the first company in the industry to use an Epod (electronic proof of delivery) as the sole proof of delivery.

March 31^st, 2009 New runway at MOD St Athan fully operational with the help of CEMEX UK 31^st March 2009: A £2.6 million contract to resurface and re-profile the main runway, aprons and taxiways at the Ministry of Defence...

March 30^th, 2009 CEMEX applies for quarry extension with tunnel solution to protect woodland and wildlife 30^th March 2009: Leading building materials provider, CEMEX, is applying for permission to extend Wenvoe Quarry in...

March 17th, 2009 CEMEX aggregates delivered by helicopter to repair the Pennine Way 17^th March 2009: 285 tonnes of crushed stone from CEMEX High Force Quarry in Middleton-in-Teesdale, Co Durham were airlifted by helicopter and taken to a remote section of the famous Pennine Way to resurface a section of the footpath.

making changes to two lakes in its complex of seven angling sites at Yateley, Hants. The high profile Car Park Lake has had new stock added and Sandhurst Lake is going to become an exclusive angling site for CEMEX Angling Plus members.

March 4^th, 2009 Using concrete in cold weather 4^th March 2009: Following on from the coldest winter in nearly 20 years, March and April can often bring near- to- freezing conditions, affecting how a builder applies concrete.

31th December 2008: John Drayton, quarry manager at CEMEX in Barrington, has been awarded the Order of the British Empire: Member (MBE) for services to the quarry industry and geology. John Drayton first came to CEMEX’s Barrington Cement Plant 38 years ago.

11th December 2008: CEMEX’s latest new concrete plants, at Stepney in London and Oldbury in Birmingham, are up and running and represent significant investment and commitment to local construction markets. Both plants are well placed to provide readymixed concrete for housing, infrastructure and other construction projects in some of the busier conurbations in the country.

9th December 2008: New state-of-the-art rail hopper wagons are now transporting aggregates on behalf of CEMEX UK, building materials provider, increasing its rail transportation to over 10% of all transport. 82 new CEMEX-branded hopper wagons are high capacity, track-friendly wagons that will maximise the amount of materials transported.

2nd December 2008: Building materials company CEMEX has been presented with five awards for the company’s marketing excellence at the prestigious Construction Marketing Awards 2008. This award scheme, which is organised by Construction News, sponsore...

20th November 2008: A new book, A Climate for Life, was today launched in London by global building materials provider CEMEX and biodiversity partnership body Conservation International. The book, which has also been developed in association with...

23th October 2008: Global building solutions company CEMEX has promoted current director at Rugby cement plant, Carlos Uruchurtu, to vice president for cement operations in the UK, while current operations manager at Rugby, Luis Galan, has been appointed new plant director with immediate effect.

23rd October 2008: Mortar is the glue in any building and is one of the many product lines that can be sourced at builders' merchants. Steve Crompton, Technical Director for Readymix and Mortars at building materials supplier, CEMEX UK, highlights...

23rd October 2008: Andy Nevitt, a screed flooring expert from CEMEX UK, the leading building materials provider, talks about what architects, developers and self builders need to know when choosing screeds to use over underfloor heating systems.

14th October 2008: Building materials provider CEMEX UK has commissioned a new £6 million dry silo mortar plant at Braintree in Essex, from which factory-made mortars are delivered dry to construction sites. It is one of the most environmentally efficient plants of its type in the country and will serve construction customers in the London, South East and East Anglia markets.

10th October 2008: Another significant ‘find’, a ‘Picardy’ pin, has been unearthed at CEMEX’s Kingsmead Quarry at Horton near Windsor in Berkshire. Thought to date back to the Bronze Age, probably around the 11th century BC, the pin was found as the result of archaeological investigations by the leading building materials provider, CEMEX UK, prior to mineral extraction of sand and gravel on the site.

2nd October 2008: Leading building materials provider, CEMEX UK has launched two new online tools to help customers locate with ease the building materials and services they require. The tools, www.cemexlocations.co.uk and www.cemexstockists.co.uk enable customers to find in seconds the nearest CEMEX outlet or Sales Office for over 9,000 different building materials from sand and gravel, to cement, ready mixed concrete, asphalt and paving products.

26th September 2008: Building materials solutions company CEMEX has announced plans for a new plant that would receive residual household and commercial waste and transform it into a sustainable green fuel, referred to by CEMEX as Climafuel.

26th September 2008: Building materials company, CEMEX, has transferred land at Ten Acre Lane in Thorpe, Surrey, to the local Scouts movement to help secure the future of a hut where local Brownies, Cubs and Scouts have been meeting for more than 40 years. As part of its efforts to...

30th June 2008: Concrete has traditionally endured a poor reputation as a fundamental building material due to perceptions concerning its reliance on virgin raw materials and the energy consumption and emissions associated with its production process.

17th June 2008: Building materials company, CEMEX UK, has published a draft report for public consultation following a trial programme using chipped tyres as a substitute fuel at an increased rate of six tonnes per hour at its cement plant in Rugby.

e 2008: Building materials provider CEMEX UK has launched two new concrete block permeable pavers aimed at the domestic market, Chelsea ReadyflowTM 60 and Barbican ReadyflowTM 60, complementing the existing ReadyflowTM 80 commercial range. In October 2008, new legislation will mean that this type of permeable paver is the preferred option for many consumers, rather than impermeable materials for which planning permission will be required.

9th June 2008: Two new paving designs, ideal for drives, patios and ornamental gardens, have been launched by one of the UK’s leading building materials supplier, CEMEX. Chelsea ReadyFlowTM and Barbican ReadyFlowTM are stylish concrete block permeable pavers which will not require planning permission when new legislation comes into force in October 2008.

18 April 2008: Building materials solutions company, CEMEX UK, has been granted permission by the cement industry regulator, the Environment Agency (EA), to use a waste-derived fuel, Climafuel, to part-replace the fossil fuels used to heat the kiln at Barrington cement plant in Cambridgeshire.

Building materials supplier CEMEX UK has launched the first UK pallet collection system within the cement industry for the customers of its packed cement products. Over 10 million bags of CEMEX Rugby+ cement are sold every year, and transported on nearly 250,000 pallets, many of which are not returned but thrown away or shredded.

Leading building materials supplier CEMEX has begun its 2008 ambitious national investment programme in the UK with a new state-of-the art concrete plant at one of the capital's busiest sites off Butchers Row, Stepney in East London. The £2.2...

Building materials supplier CEMEX UK has launched ReadyflowTM, a new concrete block permeable paver to add to the ReadyPave® range. The new paver has a unique interlocking shape and can be used as an integral part of a Sustainable Urban Drainage System (SUDS), a growing solution in the UK to excessive surface water caused by rain and flooding.

Barrington cement plant with adjoining quarry in Cambridgeshire, which is owned by global building materials company, CEMEX, has scooped three Health and Safety Awards following the plant's record four years without a lost time injury.

Employees at building materials company, CEMEX UK, are leading the way in operational training for the sector, with more than 85% of operational staff undertaking training at any one time. Since introducing National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs) in 2002, CEMEX employees have achieved nearly 2,200 qualifications, a record 651 qualifications in the past academic year alone.

The Tree House Centre, a new environmental education centre at Cannock Forest, Staffordshire was officially opened by Her Royal Highness Princess Anne with Lex Russell, Vice President Aggregates and Tony Rowley, Development Manager Western region in attendance. The new centre is sponsored by CEMEX UK.

6 February 2008: Building materials company CEMEX UK today announced record cement clinker productivity at all three of its cement plants which together achieved world-class efficiency levels of 90.5 per cent in the period January 2007 to January 2008. This has resulted in an increase in production of 13 per cent compared to the same period last year.

30 January 2008: Global building solutions company CEMEX has appointed Gonzalo Galindo as new country president for the business in the UK with immediate effect. Mr Galindo comes to the UK from Madrid, where he was previously Vice President of Strate...

25 January 2008. The start of 2008 sees the launch of Moray, a new range of Russell® concrete roof tiles from CEMEX UK, the leading building materials supplier. Many architects, designers and specifiers want a tile, such as Moray, which has the beauty and 'feel' of natural slate, with the guaranteed long life expectancy of concrete at the lowest laid cost.

Building materials company, CEMEX UK, has been granted a permit for a trial by the cement industry regulator, the Environment Agency (EA), to increase the use of tyres from 12 to 25 per cent as part-replacement for coal to heat the cement kiln at Rugby Works in Warwickshire.

CEMEX UK is presenting plans for proposed operations at Swinderby Airfield to ensure the continued supply of building materials for local construction projects. The plans are being presented to the local community at an exhibition on 29th November, 2pm to 7.30pm at the Village Hall, Witham St.

Building materials provider CEMEX UK today opened a new, state-of-the-art concrete block and paving factory at West Calder near Livingston in Scotland. The £5million factory, which represents a significant investment in the region and has created 10 new jobs, will produce 1.2...

Building materials provider, CEMEX UK has won this year's prestigious Highways Magazine Excellence in Recycling Award for a contract carried out on behalf of the Welsh Assembly on the M4 Motorway. In the first major contract of its kind in the UK, CE...

ble cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" width="100%"> CEMEX is pleased to announce their continued involvement in the Thames Gateway forum. We will be on hand to answer any building materials solutions enquiries you may have at the Excel hosted event - London, on the 28th to 29th of November 2007. We're on...

Leading building materials provider CEMEX UK has submitted plans for extending the existing Eversley Quarry at Fox Lane, Eversley, in Hampshire to ensure the continued supply of sand and gravel for local construction projects. Once workings have been completed, the site would be restored to nature conservation, effectively trebling the existing Moor Green Lakes Nature Reserve and providing additional wet woodland, lakes and pasture.

Building materials solutions company, CEMEX UK, has been granted permission by the Environment Agency, which regulates the cement industry, to trial a waste-derived fuel, Climafuel, to replace up to 30 per cent of the coal used to fuel the cement kiln at Rugby Works in Warwickshire.

In the largest project of its kind in the country, CEMEX UK is supplying cement from its Rugby cement plant and marine sand from the Bristol Channel to a major contract in Combe Down village near Bath.

ble width="500" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> Mike Ogden (Vice President, CEMEX), Sir Bill Callaghan (Chair HSE) and Lynda Thompson (Chairman) Building materials solutions company, CEMEX UK, welcomed Sir Bill Callaghan Chair of the Health and Safety Commission to its sand and gravel quarry at Bramshill in Eversley Hampshire on Wednesday 5th September.

Building material solutions company CEMEX UK is pioneering development in screed technology and has launched the first online training programme about the specification, application and performance of screeds. The Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programme, which has been accredited by The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), is available from the CEMEX website, see www.cemex.co.uk/cpd...

Employees at Rugby cement plant in Warwickshire have celebrated 365 days without accidents*. This is an all-time record for the site and beats the previous 152-day record from 2005. Further good news is that the plant's quarries at Kensworth in Dunstable, Southam and Lodge Farm (adjacent to the plant) have exceeded this record, by remaining injury free* for eight and three years respectively.

Leading building materials solutions provider CEMEX UK is half way through its year-long and ambitious £60 million national investment programme to improve quality and service for construction customers. The improvements span the entire business, including the aggregates, cement, readymixed concrete and concrete products sectors and stretch from Midlothian in the north to Dover in the south.

table width="500" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> Leading building materials solutions provider CEMEX UK has invested over £325,000 at the Leamouth Wharf site near Southampton to upgrade and install new equipment for the processing of sand and gravel, and the manufacturing of readymixed concrete and screed.

ble width="500" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> Save our Butterflies schools competition As part of CEMEX UK's partnership with Butterfly Conservation, our charity of the year, CEMEX has published a leaflet with some top tips to protect butterflies and months, both of which are good indicators of a healthy...

ble width="500" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> Building materials solutions company CEMEX UK today awarded a six-year contract to EWS Construction for its rail freight for aggregates and coal. This is the first major contract awarded to EWS Construction and includes the transportation of over two million tonnes of materials per annum.

Building material solutions company CEMEX UK today announced improved productivity at all three of its cement plants which together achieved world-class efficiency levels of 95.4% in the period January to June 2007. This has resulted in an increase in production of 13 per cent compared to the same period last...

ble width="500" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> CEMEX UK vice president of strategic planning Jaime Muguiro (left) with president of Butterfly Conservation, Sir David Attenborough (right). Following building materials solut...

ble width="500" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> Global building materials solutions company, CEMEX UK, has appointed Graham Russell, 34, as vice president of Commercial and Building Products with immediate effect. In his new role Mr Russell reports directly to country president, Ignacio Ortiz.

ble width="500" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> Building material solutions company CEMEX UK has cut emissions of dust from its Rugby cement plant in Warwickshire by 80%, following the successful installation of a state-of-the-art filter. This means that the dust filter has exceeded expectations. The bag filter system represents a...

- Manorcroft Nursery in Egham has received a grant for gardening equipment for its pupils from building material solutions company CEMEX UK. The grant comes from the CEMEX UK Foundation, which has been created to provide a single point of focus for all the company's charitable, community support and employee engagement activities.

e width="500" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> Building materials solutions provider CEMEX UK has won the contract to supply Europe's largest on-shore wind farm on moorland and forest near East Kilbride south of Glasgow over the next two years. The contract involves the supply of 50,000 cubic metres of ready-mixed concrete, enough to fill more than 450 double decker buses.

ble width="500" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> Manorcroft Nursery in Egham has received a grant for gardening equipment for its pupils from building material solutions company CEMEX UK. The grant comes from the CEMEX UK Foundation, which has been created to provide a single point of focus for all the company's charitable, community support and employee engagement activities.

ble width="500" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> Building materials solutions company CEMEX UK has started work on a new concrete block and paving facility at West Calder near Livingston, Lothian, which will be one of the biggest factories in Scotland. The £5 million plant represents a significant investment in the region, and will have a production capacity of 1.2...

ble width="500" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> A sleeping head sculpture, which was inspired by original artist Constantin Brancusi's famous works 'Sleeping Muse', has been created from clunch by David Free with the help of building materials solutions company CEMEX UK.

Building materials solutions company CEMEX UK and Forth Ports today celebrated the approval of plans for a new facility for the manufacturing of blended cements at the Port of Tilbury in Essex. The development was marked in a ceremony, where guests included the Mayor of Thurrock, representatives from the Thurrock Thames Gateway Development Corporation and a number of local stakeholders.

Building materials solutions company, CEMEX UK, has been granted a permit by the cement industry regulator, the Environment Agency, to use tyres as part-replacement for coal to fuel the cement kiln at Rugby Works in Warwickshire.

Building solutions company CEMEX UK is showcasing its capabilities in meeting the sustainable construction challenges associated with the regeneration of The Thames Gateway and Olympic region at this year's Thames Gateway Forum on 22 - 23 November.

A new book, The Human Footprint: Challenges for Wilderness and Biodiversity was today launched at The Natural History's Earth Galleries in London. Produced by CEMEX, SA de CV, Wildlife Conservation Society, Agrupación Sierra Madre, The WILD Foundatio...

CEMEX UK has published the second edition of its Sustainability Update report, to outline its commitment to sustainability and dedication to building a better future. As one of the UK's leading building materials providers, CEMEX UK is working to improving its sustainable performance across the business.

Local children, councillors from Kensworth parish and district councils and CEMEX employees today celebrated the company's 100th anniversary by planting 100 trees at Kensworth Quarry in South Bedfordshire. As part of global building solutions comp...

CEMEX Construction Services, part of the global building solutions company CEMEX, has introduced the first Roadtech Shuttle Buggy into the UK. It is the only one of its type operating in this country. The buggy has been operating on the M6, where it has successfully been used to lay performance...

MEX is launching a new light-coloured cement, Rugby+ Premium that will be available from builders' merchants in 25 kg bags from 7 August. New Rugby+ Premium is a CEMII blended Portland Limestone Cement. It includes air-entraining additives for improved performance, and has been developed in partnership with builders' merchants and end users for applications where light colour, workability and frost resistance are key.

obal building solutions company CEMEX has installed a new kiln firing system at the company's cement works in Barrington, Cambridgeshire. The new firing system has helped achieve a reduction of over 30 per cent in oxides of nitrogen (NOx). Further good news is that the new system requires significantly less...

obal building solutions company, CEMEX, has published detailed test results from a trial using chipped tyres as part-replacement for coal to fuel the cement kiln at Rugby Works in Warwickshire. Data show a marked reduction in certain emissions from the chimney during the trial. Most notably, oxides of nitrogen which...

obal solutions company, CEMEX, was today presented with the coveted Cooper Heyman Cup at the Quarry Products Association (QPA) Showcase 2006 for its restoration work at Attenborough Nature Reserve in Nottinghamshire. The site is owned by CEMEX and run in conjunction with Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust and Broxtowe Borough Council.

obal building solutions company, CEMEX, today announced its plan to apply to the cement industry regulator the Environment Agency (EA) for permission to trial a further alternative fuel, Climafuel, as part replacement for coal and petcoke to fuel its cement kiln at Rugby works in Warwickshire.

rched high above Wick quarry floor in Gloucestershire on the steep rock face, a pair of rare peregrine falcons has made a home and laid three eggs. Only one of the three eggs has hatched despite Mum's (named Penny by the quarry workers) best efforts.

designed factory-made bagged masonry mortar to meet the new European standard 998-2 is the latest innovation from Rugby. Rugby Premium Mortar, characterised as a BS EN 998-2 M4 mortar, has been developed over the last six months and is the first dry silo mortar to be packaged in easy-to-handle bags.