R2Crete secures funding for cement-replacement pilot
University of Melbourne spinout R2Crete has secured AUD750,000 (US$523,000) in pre-seed funding from the university’s Genesis Pre-Seed Fund and Uniseed to develop a concrete-rec...
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Adbri strengthens cement supply chain with battery-powered carrier
Adbri and The CSL Group have commenced operations of the MV Yampu, a battery-powered self-unloading bulk carrier that will supply limestone to Adbri’s Birkenhead cement plant in...
Neocrete targets lower-carbon concrete with commercial-scale cement reduction
The funding round was led by returning investor Wavemaker Ventures, with participation from Icehouse Ventures and new investor Catalytic Capital for Climate and Health (C3H), a ...
Victoria quarry fee hike raises fresh concerns over sand and gravel supply
Cement Concrete & Aggregates Australia (CCAA) said this week that the proposed changes could increase the cost of essential construction materials and add to the cost of housing...
New Zealand confirms Golden Bay Cement support package
The New Zealand government announced on 27 July that it has formally confirmed an agreement to provide up to NZ$60m (US$34.8m) to Golden Bay Cement after deciding against amendi...
G360 secures Holcim Australia calcined clay supply deal
Australia-based Green360 Technologies (G360) has signed its first binding commercial supply agreement with Holcim Australia for its MKX-CC calcined clay supplementary cementitio...
MCi Carbon completes low-carbon concrete field trial
Australia-based MCi Carbon has completed a field trial of its Pozzlock synthetic pozzolan supplementary cementitious material (SCM) in concrete at Boral's Maldon Cement Works in...
NZ Govt funding secures local cement supply
Fletcher Building subsidiary Golden Bay Cement warns that shutting its Portland plant would trigger a swift domestic shortage since it provides roughly 60 per cent of the countr...
Boral upgrades dry mix product portfolio with recycled plastic packaging
Boral Limited is transitioning its bagged dry mix products manufactured at its Maldon, New South Wales facility to packaging made from recycled plastic. This new packaging is 10...
Cement Australia pauses Railton plant for US$108m eco-upgrade
One of Australia's largest cement manufacturing sites has paused operations for a major environmental overhaul. Cement Australia ’s Railton plant in north-west Tasmania is stopp...