Portland cement production involves the chemical combination of calcium (generally from limestone), iron ore, silica, alumina, and other materials. It will benefit from rebounding growth in construction expenditures. Advances in Portland ...
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Asahi Kasei, a diversified chemical manufacturer with businesses in the health care, chemicals and fibers, homes and construction materials in Japan, has completed the acquisition of ZOLL Medical. With the completion of the ...
Armstrong Cabinet Products unit of Armstrong World Industries, Inc., says it has become a preferred vendor for 84 Lumber, a privately held building materials and services supplier selling mostly to professional contractors. Currently, 84 ...
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The cost of construction materials rose 0.9 percent in February, more than double the 0.4 percent rise in January, according information from the Associated General Contractors (AGC) of America in Arlington, Va. The unadjusted percent ...
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Large-scale refurbishment projects, infrastructure works and investments made in wind farms were the main factors behind the 5 percent increase in volume of the Romanian cement market in 2011, said Florian Aldea, country manager of ...
Qatar Building Company (QBC) shows its support for responsible construction materials production by investing in INTERCEM Doha 2012 as a Gold Sponsor last week. The event, held in Sheraton Doha Resort & Hotel, attracted international ...
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, and Idaho contractors and suppliers say they are seeing the same trend in certain areas. “Some (products) related to crude oil prices, like roofing and resin products like PVC, are up, ” said Peter Alexander, CEO of BMC, a ...
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Blueberry Beeton’s late mother, Patsy Hennin, was fond of saying, “I may not be able to bash that beam into place, but I’m going to get it in there somehow.” Hennin, who founded the Shelter Institute in 1974 with her ...
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that the seasonally adjusted (SA) Producer Price Index (PPI) for materials and components used in construction rose 0.2% in December after no change in November. The index was up 3.6% on a ...
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that the seasonally adjusted (SA) Producer Price Index (PPI) for materials and components used in construction was unchanged in January after rising 0.1% in December. The index was up 3.1% on a ...
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Major hikes in the cost of construction materials are forcing projects in Saudi’s holiest city Makkah to grind to a halt, according to a local newspaper report. The Al-Eqtisadiah paper reported that a sharp increase in the price of ...
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Metabo Corporation, a leading international manufacturer of professional grade portable electric power tools and abrasives for industrial, construction and welding applications, now offers two new 1/2" hammer drills that increase ...
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that the Producer Price Index (PPI) for materials and components used in construction was unchanged in November after rising 0.3% in October. The index was up 3.8% on a year-over-year basis, but ...
The amount contractors pay for a range of key construction materials held steady in September in the United States but climbed 8.1 percent from the year-earlier level, according to an analysis of producer price index figures released by the ...
Ceresana Research forecasts that the global pigment market will earn revenues of more than US$45 billion in 2018. In 2010, the Asia Pacific region was the largest market area, generating approximately 45 percent of the global demand for ...
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