ECan receives complaints about cement dust
Environment Canterbury (ECan), in New Zealand, has received complaints about cement dust emanating from Timaru’s port. There have been concerns about the potential health effect...
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Whangarei plant to be coal free by 2030
Fletcher Building’s Golden Bay company is revolutionising the cement industry at its Portland cement plant near Whangarei by replacing up to 60 per cent of coal with old tyres a...
First Graphene successfully completes Phase 2 Trial at Breedon Cement
First Graphene has successfully completed the second phase of graphene-enhanced cement trials in collaboration with Breedon Cement Ltd at the cement producer’s Hope Cement Works...
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 year...
New Zealand's concrete industry launches its net zero roadmap
New Zealand’s concrete industry has launched its roadmap to net zero carbon by 2050 - A Net Zero carbon concrete industry for Aotearoa New Zealand: Roadmap to 2050 . Concrete Ne...
Kayasand receives NZD3.5m investment boost
Kayasand, a New Zealand distributor of sand manufacturing technology, is working to produce more sustainable concrete with up to 20 per cent less carbon emissions. To help achie...
Fletcher Building secures pond ash supply
Fletcher Building has teamed up with Genesis to use ash from Huntly Power Station as an alternative raw material in cement. This includes up to 20,000t of pond ash, also known a...
Golden Bay Cement launches EcoSure®
Golden Bay Cement , part of Fletcher Building, has launched EcoSure®, a general purpose cement with lower embodied carbon of just 699kg CO 2 e/t of cement, which is said to perf...
Adbri increases revenue by 8% in 1H22
Adbri ’s revenue increased to NZD812.4m (US$501.4m) in the 1H22, up eight per cent on 1H21 driven primarily by strong construction and mining sector demand and improved pricing ...
ETS review and CBAM indecision weigh heavily on Golden Bay Cement
As governments set out plans for decarbonisation, New Zealand could follow the stern example set by Sweden that included witholding a quarry permit from a well established cemen...