Ironing out the carbon emissions of clinker production Premium
The use of iron-rich industrial wastes can provide one of the pathways to decarbonising the global cement industry with high-ferrite cement types embodying less CO 2 than their ...
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Breedon Ireland reports 48% profit growth in 2022
Breedon Ireland , the Irish cement-making business of the UK-based Breedon Group , reported profit of EUR21.5m in 2022, up 48 per cent from EUR14.5m in the previous year. Revenu...
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 to ...
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 company, thi...
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. Th...
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 f...
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 w...
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 global ch...
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 r...
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-based...