Breedon opens new laboratory
Breedon has opened the doors to its brand new laboratory in East Kilbride, Scotland, which has undergone extensive renovation and redesign after being merged with its Gartsho...
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Fortera appoints VP of Intellectual Property
Renewable energy and cleantech attorney Dan Cummings has joined Fortera Corp as General Counsel and Vice President of Intellectual Property. “As we forge a pathway to ne...
Priorities for low-carbon design and sustainable construction
This week ICR looks at the fast-changing world of construction and the attempts to make it more sustainable. This follows the recent publication of the World Economic Forum's w...
Cement industry profits are impacted by burgeoning financing costs
Spectrum Research has reported that sluggish economic activities lead to a decline in Pakistan's construction materials demand, mainly cement and steel. The higher inflation a...
Mannok Holdings records 18% rise in turnover in 2022
Mannok Holdings 2022 operating performance for the 12 months ended 31 December 2022, saw turnover increased by 17.7 per cent on the prior year period from EUR269.9m to EUR...
Buzzi Unicem reports on sustainability achievements
Buzzi Unicem has lowered its specific gross scope 1 CO 2 emissions from 689kg/t cementitious product in 2021 to 664kg/t in 2022, according to its 2022 Sustainability Report....
UltraTech commissions 2.2Mta grinding unit expansion
UltraTech Cement has commissioned its 2.2Mta grinding unit expansion at Patliputra , Bihar, India. According to the company, the additional capacity will help increase its p...
Cem'In'EU launches FusioVrac cement
Cem'In'EU 's Rhône cement plant, in Portes-lès-Valence, has launched FusioVrac cement with a CO 2 footprint 18 per cent less than conventional cement. FusioVrac ...
Vietnamese cement sales fall 19% YoY
Cement sales in Vietnam reached 6,161,029t in March 2023, down 19 per cent YoY but up 51 per cent MoM, according to the Vietnam National Cement Association (VNCA). Of this tota...
Trials begin on graphene-enhanced green cement
Trials on graphene-enhanced green cement are due to begin in June this year, lead by a consortium including First Graphene Ltd, Breedon Cement Ltd , Morgan Sindall Constructio...
Laing O'Rourke makes low-carbon concrete mandatory in UK
International engineering and construction firm Laing O’Rourke has announced that low-carbon concrete is now standard on all its UK projects. The new mandate, which applies to ...
Fauji Cement reports 30% leap in profit in 9MFY22-23
Pakistan’s Fauji Cement Company has reported a 30.4 per cent YoY increase in profit in the nine months ended 31 March 2023 (9MFY22-23). Profit over the period came in at PKR6...
Viking CCS project targets UK cement emissions
Harbour Energy and BP have entered into an agreement to develop the Viking carbon capture transportation and storage project near the heavily industrialised Humber region in th...
IKN progresses Małogoszcz clinker cooler installation
IKN is installing a new clinker cooler at Holcim 's Małogoszcz cement plant, Poland. The new modern production line with a capacity of 3700tpd of clinker is being built next...
Congresswoman Erin Houchin visits Mitchell plant
Heidelberg Materials recently welcomed Congresswoman Erin Houchin to its Lehigh Portland Cement subsidiaries' new Mitchell plant, Indiana, cement facility. Discussions fo...
BEUMER Group appoints director of global sustainability
Andreas Backs is the new Director of Global Sustainability at the BEUMER Group. In this role, he is responsible for the development and implementation of the group’s global sus...
Indian cement demand forecast to see growth of 8-9% in FY24
India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) has forecast India’s cement demand to grow by between 8-9 per cent YoY in FY24, driven by the government’s infrastructure push ahead of th...
Savannah Cement Group sources funds for new clinker plant
Savannah Clinker has received KES65bn (US$500m) to fund construction of a new clinker factory in Kenya. Savannah Clinker, an affiliate of Savannah Cement , said it raised the ...
Biochar used to develop carbon-negative concrete
A viable formula for a carbon-negative, environmentally friendly concrete that is nearly as strong as regular concrete has been developed at Washington State University (WSU). ...
Climeworks to build presence in US DAC market
Climeworks, a global leader in carbon dioxide removal (CDR) via direct air capture (DAC) technology, has confirmed its intent to engage in several large-scale DAC projects in t...
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