Lightbricks opens INR550m AAC block plant in India
The facility has an annual production capacity of 200,000m³ of AAC blocks, equivalent to approximately 100m conventional clay bricks. The plant will supply building materials to...
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Heidelberg Materials installs first Sizewell C concrete batching plant
The batching plant is currently producing concrete for a cut-off wall designed to create a watertight barrier around the perimeter of the new power station. The wall will enable...
Financing the infrastructure gap
A report published this week by Oxford Economics, commissioned by the Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA), highlights the gap between the infrastructure society needs ...
Boral launches new carbon reporting service for concrete customers
Australia-based building materials producer Boral has launched a new automated carbon reporting service to provide customers with detailed information on the embodied carbon emi...
Heidelberg Materials achieves zero concrete waste at Greenwich plant
The milestone strengthens the Victoria Deep Water site’s role as a circular construction materials supply hub, with aggregates and cementitious fines recovered from returned con...
Holcim invests in Cloud Cycle to extend concrete quality monitoring
Holcim has invested in UK-based technology company Cloud Cycle as it prepares to roll out real-time monitoring of ready-mix concrete across its global fleet. Cloud Cycle's techn...
Asia's concrete boom puts pressure on sustainable sand and gravel supply
The study, published this week, found that global demand for sand and gravel has more than doubled since 2000, with more than 80 per cent of current demand originating in Asia. ...
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 ...
Improving concrete performance with delayed PCE addition Premium
Among modern admixtures, polycarboxylate ether superplasticisers play a vital role in producing high-strength, durable and highly workable concrete. However, the effectiveness o...
Carbon-negative building materials market set for rapid growth
The sector is expected to expand from US$281m in 2026 to US$1.63bn by 2040, representing a compound annual growth rate of 13.4 per cent, according to a new market analysis by Re...