Cement News tagged under: Concrete
Nuvoco Vistas opens new RMC plant in Vizag30 May 2023, Published under Cement NewsNuvoco Vistas Corp Ltd has launched a new ready-mixed concrete (RMC) plant in Vizag, Andhra Pradesh, India. With a production capacity of 60m 3 /h, the plant will serve construction projects in the area. According to the company, Vizag is a rapidly developing city with a number of key infrastructure projects, including the Greenfield Airport at Bhogapuram. Commenting on the new plant, Mr Prashant Jha, chief of Ready-Mix (RMX) Concrete and Modern Building Materials business at Nuvoco, sa... |
ACC and Ambuja Cements launch new R&D centre25 May 2023, Published under Cement NewsACC and Ambuja Cements have launched a new research and development (R&D) facility at Kalamboli on the outskirts of Mumbai, India. The facility is designed to foster cutting-edge research, collaboration and the development of innovative solutions, to help drive progress, enhance cost optimisation and create sustainable solutions for the future of the cement and concrete industry. According to the companies, the facility will focus on new product development, productivity enhancement, red... |
Breedon completes three bolt-on transactions22 May 2023, Published under Cement NewsBreedon Group plc has recently completed three bolt-on transactions with a combined enterprise value of up to GBP19m (US$23.6m). In Northern Ireland the acquisition of Robinson Quarry Masters Ltd, a family-run quarrying and concrete block business in Country Antrim, has further extended Breedon’s footprint north of Belfast in the housing, commercial and infrastructure end-markets, and enhanced its aggregate reserves in the country. In Great Britain it has acquired two downstream busine... |
ACC launches Bagcrete19 May 2023, Published under Cement NewsACC Ltd has launched Bagcrete, a pre-blended and high-quality concrete for all types of construction jobs. According to the company, Bagcrete was created to offer the best compressive strength (10-80MPa) and exceptional workability retention as a result of the pre-blended components being “meticulously measured to ensure uniform quality.” In contrast to traditional concrete, which requires the mixing of various components on-site, Bagcrete is a pre-blended mixture of cement, sand and ag... |
London project marks world first in cement-free concrete17 May 2023, Published under Cement NewsUK-based National Grid and its contractor Hochtief-Murphy Joint Venture (HMJV) have completed what is believed to be the world’s largest ever continuous pour of cement-free Earth Friendly Concrete® at the GBP1bn (US$1.25bn) London Power Tunnels (LTP) project. Approximately 736,000l (enough to fill around two 25m swimming pools) of cement-free concrete was poured to fill the base of the 55m-deep tunnel drive shaft at National Grid’s Hurst Substation in south London. The cement-free solu... |
Vulcan Materials' 1Q23 volumes hampered by poor weather05 May 2023, Published under Cement NewsVulcan Materials has reported revenue of US$1649m in the opening quarter of 2023, up from US$1541m in the same quarter a year earlier. Adjusted EBITDA over the same period has advanced from US$294m to US$338m, while gross profit has improved from US$269m to US$302m. Although shipments of aggregates over the 1Q23 fell to 51.7Mt, compared to 53Mt in the 1Q22, the freight-adjusted sales price per ton increased from US$15.52 in the 1Q22 to US$18.67 in the same period a year later, raising ... |
Heidelberg Materials supplies Europe's largest 3D printed building01 May 2023, Published under Cement NewsUsing a special 3D concrete printing material from Heidelberg Materials , the largest 3D printed building in Europe is currently being constructed in Heidelberg, Germany. Printing of the building began at the end of March 2023 and is expected to complete at the end of July 2023. Once completed, the commercial building by real estate company KRAUSGRUPPE, which will be around 54m long, 11m wide and 9m high, will house a data centre. Heidelberg Materials is supplying around 450t of i.tech®... |
India focusses on net zero concrete27 April 2023, Published under Cement NewsRepresentatives of more than 75 renowned academic institutions and businesses from across the world have gathered in New Delhi, in India, to participate in the Innovandi Global Cement and Concrete Research Network (GCCRN) Spring Week. They are meeting to help drive critical research and innovation towards decarbonisation of concrete. The GCCRN brings together more than 450 researchers and scientists from more than 40 leading universities and institutions, including EPFL (Lausanne), South... |
Priorities for low-carbon design and sustainable construction21 April 2023, Published under Cement NewsThis week ICR looks at the fast-changing world of construction and the attempts to make it more sustainable. This follows the recent publication of the World Economic Forum's white paper, 'Scaling Low-carbon Design and Construction with Concrete: Enabling the Path to Net-Zero for Buildings and infrastructure'. The white paper has been produced by the World Economic Forum in collaboration with the Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) and Boston Consulting Group (BCG). It aims to p... |
Holcim and Seqens build first recycled concrete building29 March 2023, Published under Cement NewsHolcim and Seqens, a leading provider of social housing in France, are partnering to build Recygénie, the world’s first fully recycled concrete building. Drawing on its formulation expertise, Holcim’s Innovation Center has developed a first-of-its-kind concrete in which all components (cement, aggregates and water) are made of recycled materials. Built with this unique recycled concrete solution, Recygénie represents a breakthrough in circular construction. The building will be a 22... |