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 pla...
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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 housi...
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 cementi...
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 ...
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...
Heidelberg Materials orders autonomous haulage system for Australian quarry
Epiroc will deploy LinkOA for some of the company’s Komatsu HD605 haul trucks, which will also interact with loaders and auxiliary vehicles, at a quarry in Western Australia. T...
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 ...
Heidelberg Materials accelerates global deployment of autonomous heavy equipment
Heidelberg Materials is expanding its use of autonomous heavy machinery across its international operations following a successful pilot project in Texas. The company plans t...
Holcim Australia completes Melbourne zero-waste project reducing landfill impact
The project aligns with the company's goals to deliver projects without environmental impacts. These include zero waste disposal to landfill, zero waster discharge incidents an...
Community opposition mounts to proposed plastic burning trial at Birkenhead plant
Residents in Port Adelaide are expressing significant concern over a proposal by AdBri to increase the use of plastic-heavy refuse derived fuel (RDF) at its Birkenhead cement ...