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CRH proposal to acquire Adbri

CRH proposal to acquire Adbri

CRH has entered into an agreement to acquire Adbri Ltd . Under the proposal, CRH would partner with Australian family-owned business, Barro Group, which has an approximately...

Boral launches Circular Materials Solution

Boral launches Circular Materials Solution

Boral has introduced its end-to-end Circular Materials Solution (CMS), a system designed to manage demolition and excavation waste materials for remanufacturing, returning th...

Australia embraces low carbon

Australia embraces low carbon

The carbon tax has had a profound effect on Australia’s cement industry, which has expanded its clinker grinding facilities and channelled investment into decarbonisation measu...

Milk and sugar with your cement?

Milk and sugar with your cement?

Researchers in Melbourne are trialling adding coffee grounds to concrete to eliminate waste. Each year Australia produces around 83,000t of ground coffee and chaff, the majorit...

Flender opens new facility in Sydney, Australia

Flender opens new facility in Sydney, Australia

German drive specialist Flender has expanded its operations with a new facility in Sydney, Australia. The move is designed to tap into Australia’s role in the global ramp-up of...

James Hardie sees sales slip 5% in 1QFY23-24

James Hardie sees sales slip 5% in 1QFY23-24

James Hardie has posted global net sales of US$954.3m in the first quarter of FY23-24 (ended 30 June 2023), down five per cent from the US$1000.9m seen in the same period a yea...