http://www.aggregatereseach.com/ Construction Aggregate, Asphalt and Concrete News Copyright 2002-2005 ARI-C RSSviaXmlTextWriter v1.0 Bede Meredith - NoSpam.Bede@Aggregatereseach.com.com 60 http://www.aggregateresearch.com/articles/18605/Aggregate-Industries-transfers-pension-risk.aspx?src=rss 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 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:27:00 GMT http://www.aggregateresearch.com/articles/18606/Lafarge-Nigeria-unit-pre-tax-profit-drops-30-pct.aspx?src=rss 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. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:32:00 GMT http://www.aggregateresearch.com/articles/18607/Cement-pricing-news---analysts-disagree-with-Lafarge.aspx?src=rss 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 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:38:00 GMT http://www.aggregateresearch.com/articles/18608/Cemex-and-Holcim-hoarding-greenhouse-gas-emission-permits.aspx?src=rss 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 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:43:00 GMT http://www.aggregateresearch.com/articles/18609/Italcementi-to-launch-bond-on-Monday.aspx?src=rss 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. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:50:00 GMT http://www.aggregateresearch.com/articles/18612/Lehigh-quarry-fight-meetings-violate-Sunshine-Act-expert-says.aspx?src=rss (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. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:00:00 GMT http://www.aggregateresearch.com/articles/18613/Vulcan-wins-in-AZUSA.aspx?src=rss 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. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:07:00 GMT http://www.aggregateresearch.com/articles/18614/Inside-the-real-Martin-Marietta.aspx?src=rss 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 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:15:00 GMT http://www.aggregateresearch.com/articles/18615/Impressive-new-concrete-technology.aspx?src=rss 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 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:54:00 GMT http://www.aggregateresearch.com/articles/18616/A-case-study-of-a-pervious-concrete-quality-assurance-program.aspx?src=rss 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 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:53:00 GMT