Aggregate Industries harnesses AI to improve tanker driver safety
Aggregate Industries , working with its partner Lomas Distribution, has become the first cement manufacturer in the UK to install new artificial intelligence (AI) technology t...
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Breedon delivery confirms commitment to Welsh growth
Breedon Group has recently received its first cargo of dredged sand at its new wharfside at Associated British Port's Port of Cardiff in Wales, UK. According to the compa...
Cement 2 Zero project completes trial melt
The first trial melt has been completed as part of the innovative Cement 2 Zero project, which aims to develop the world’s first zero-emissions cement on an industrial scale. T...
GGBS slag cuts 408Mt of CO2 from UK's OPC production in 2022
In 2022, around 38.5Mt of ferrous slag were produced in the European Union and the UK. Approximately, 99 per cent of this could be used primarily as a building material and in ...
First Graphene reports positive results from graphene-enhanced cement trials
First Graphene has announced positive results from the initial phase of the company’s graphene-enhanced cement trials in the UK. Approximately 600t of graphene-enhanced cement ...
Hanson UK becomes Heidelberg Materials
Hanson UK has become Heidelberg Materials , aligning with its parent company, which announced its new global branding in September 2022. “The construction sector faces gl...
CCUS technology has GB4bn investment potential for UK economy by 2030
Accelerating deployment of carbon capture and storage in the UK could secure around GBP40bn (US$48.7bn) of inward investment by 2030, a new study of the technology’s potential ...
GGBS unlikely to reduce GHG emissions, warns IStructE
The use of ground granulated blastfurnace slag (GGBS) to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in concrete needs to be carefully considered, recommends a new paper from UK-base...
Capturing carbon at Hanson UK Padeswood
ICR speaks with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI)’s General Manager of the Decarbonisation Business in EMEA, Mitsuaki Kato, and Hanson UK, regarding Hanson UK’s Padeswood carbo...
RAAC failures serve as a warning to new cements
This week's newsletter looks at the recent warnings about reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC), which was in heavy use over the 1950-90s, but is now the subject of saf...