Heidelberg Materials supplies Europe's largest 3D printed building
Using a special 3D concrete printing material from Heidelberg Materials , the largest 3D printed building in Europe is currently being constructed in Heidelberg, Germany. Prin...
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Coal price find supports while petcoke sees sharp fall
By Frank O. Brannvoll, Brannvoll ApS, Denmark Oil prices support the full energy complex and OPEC+ announced new production cuts totalling 1.6mb/d. Oil prices have risen fro...
ACC Ltd reports revenue growth
India-based ACC Ltd has reported revenue from operations of INR47,907.7m (US$585.6m) in the three months ended 31 March 2023. This compares to INR44,265m in the same period a...
Lafarge Canada acquires Westridge Quarries
Lafarge Canada (Holcim) has acquired Westridge Quarries operations. Westridge is a well-established supplier of construction aggregates and contract crushing services for the ...
CBR to change its name to Heidelberg Materials Benelux
CBR ( Heidelberg Materials ) will see its name change on 22 November 2023. CBR will then officially become Heidelberg Materials Benelux. The Belgian company’s first trucks w...
Carbon Upcycling receives SCM project investment funds
Carbon Upcycling and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), funded by the US Department of Energy, has been awarded international funding to advance carbon utilisati...
Heidelberg Materials' divestments and merger ripples
Heidelberg Materials has been looking to simplify its portfolio and reposition the company on a net zero path. This has seen divestment and merger ripples recently reach the ce...
Power Cement and Dewan Cement announce financial results
Two more cement companies in Pakistan announced their financial results for the third quarter ending 31 March 2023, and 9MFY22-23. Power Cement reported an increase in profi...
New Mitchell Cement kiln line produces first clinker
First clinker was produced at the Lehigh Portland Cement's new state-of-the-art cement plant in Mitchell, Indiana, USA, on 23 April 2023. The construction of the new Mitch...
BUA Cement revenue rises by 9.7% in 3M23
Nigerian-based BUA Cement reported a revenue increase of 9.7 per cent to NGN106.9bn (US$232.2m) for the the three-month period ended March 2023 from NGN97bn in 3M22. Op...
Carbon testing EUR100 but in range due to seasonality with lower demand
By Frank O. Brannvoll, Brannvoll ApS, Denmark The cement sector has reduced its emissions with six per cent in 2022 compared to 2021 and Europe has lately seen a downtrend i...
Adbri raises cost of Kwinana project again
Adbri Ltd has confirmed that its Kwinana upgrade has risen in cost once again as inflationary pressures continue to hamper the project. The total project cost is now estima...
CRH supplies major highway project in Utah
CRH is playing an integral part in the West Davis Corridor project in Utah, USA. The 27km (17-mile), four-lane greenfield highway project will include freeway-style interchan...
Hollingshead Cement opens new terminal
Hollingshead Cement, the cement division of SRM Concrete, has opened a new cement terminal in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. The dome-style terminal is capable of housing up to 50...
Dalmia Bharat reports 20% revenue growth in FY23
Dalmia Bharat Ltd has reported a 20 per cent YoY increase in revenue to INR135.4bn (US$1653m) in FY22-23, ended 31 March 2023. EBITDA over the same period fell 4.5 per cent Y...
CRH shareholders back US listing
CRH has confirmed that it will be pursuing a US primary listing, along with a US equity index inclusion “as soon as possible”, said the company. North America now accounts fo...
Heidelberg Materials acquires The SEFA Group Inc
Heidelberg Materials has agreed to acquire The SEFA Group, Inc, the largest recycler of harvested fly ash for use in concrete products in the USA. Based in Lexington, South ...
India focusses on net zero concrete
Representatives of more than 75 renowned academic institutions and businesses from across the world have gathered in New Delhi, in India, to participate in the Innovandi Global...
Breedon reports positive 1Q trading update
Breedon Group plc posted a positive trading update for the first quarter of 2023. It attributes the good result to its dynamic pricing strategy, which allowed the group to re...
UltraTech Cement transports phosphogypsum on inland waterways
A 57,000t consignment of phosphogypsum has been transported in a bulk cargo carrier from Paradeep port in Odisha and reached the jetty of UltraTech Cement’s ( Aditya Birla Grou...
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