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Nippon Steel and Bluescope Steel Form Alliance for Construction Steels in Asian Markets

Nippon Steel Corporation and BlueScope Steel Limited (hereinafter "BlueScope Steel") have agreed to form an alliance in the fabrication, marketing and sale of SuperDyma, one of Nippon Steel's strategic stee...

20 Feb 2005

Boral/Lafarge Chinese Plasterboard Joint Venture to Double Capacity

Boral announced today that its plasterboard joint venture with Lafarge, Lafarge Boral Gypsum Asia (LBGA), intends to double its plasterboard manufacturing capacity in China. Two new plants will be constructed, one i...

16 Feb 2005

Polysius Awarded Contract to Build Cement Plant in Vietnam for Thang Long Cement

Polysius, a ThyssenKrupp Technologies company, has been awarded by the Thang Long Cement Joint Stock Company a contract to build a cement production line with a daily output of 6,000 tonnes of cement clinker. The plant w...

15 Feb 2005

Mortar Fleece Found to be Effective at Protecting Mortar in Newly Laid Brickwork

Tests carried out by CERAM’s Building Technology (CBT) Division have helped a great idea become a commercial success. Experts at CERAM were asked to test TDP’s Mortar FleeceTM, which is the first product ...

14 Feb 2005

Automatic Sprinklers Increase the Chances of Surviving Dormitory Fires

An automatic sprinkler system significantly increases a person’s chances of surviving a dormitory fire, according to a report issued recently by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Three ...

13 Feb 2005

DTI Release UK Construction Figures for 2004

Orders in 2004 rose by six per cent compared with 2003, and orders in the fourth quarter of 2004 rose by 11 per cent compared to the same quarter a year earlier. Orders in the fourth quarter of 2004 rose by four per cent...

13 Feb 2005

Fraunhofer Scientists Look to Minimise Energy Consumption in Buildings

Everyone wants a pleasant atmosphere at work – literally. It should be neither too cold nor too damp. However, employee comfort must not consume too much power. Researchers are examining the energy efficiency of facade...

13 Feb 2005

James Hardie to Build Tenth Fibre Cement Plant in America

James Hardie today announced plans to spend an estimated US$98 million to build its tenth USA Fibre Cement manufacturing plant, in Virginia, to meet growing demand for the company’s products in the east-coast region of...

13 Feb 2005

James Hardie Responds to Asian Asbestos Compensation Queries

James Hardie was a joint venture investor in companies which manufactured products containing asbestos in Malaysia from 1966 and Indonesia from 1969. James Hardie divested its investments in Indonesia in 1985 and in M...

31 Jan 2005

Future is Fiberglass for Doors

JELD-WEN, manufacturer of windows and doors, is putting some major muscle behind fiberglass this year, and the results are proving to be powerful. Currently, fiberglass accounts for only about 12 percent of the exter...

26 Jan 2005

Review of Planning Rules to Cut Red Tape for Home Improvements

A review of the planning rules to cut red tape for home improvements was announced by Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott. The Householder Development Consents Review aims to minimise bureaucracy for householders and ...

26 Jan 2005

New UK Building Decontamination Service

Elliot Morley, Environment Minister, today announced that Government will be setting up a new central Service to help authorities and organisations prepare for and deal with incidents where chemical, biological, radiolog...

26 Jan 2005

Emergency Fume and Smoke Ventilators

From April 2005, CE marking of emergency fume and smoke ventilators will be a requirement for the free movement of these products within the EU and for placing them on the market of many EU countries. The CE mark decl...

26 Jan 2005

DTI Warns About Agricultural Land Scams

Investors keen to make a quick profit are falling victim to an array of sophisticated scams, Consumer Minister Gerry Sutcliffe has warned today. Mr Sutcliffe is warning consumers and businesses about the type of scam...

26 Jan 2005

A Rolling Stone Will Gather No Moss At Trinity Fields

Crest Nicholson South East highlighted that Dartford is home to arguably the world's greatest and most controversial Rock band of all time, The Rolling Stones. Childhood friends Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, who we...

26 Jan 2005