Concrete Plants, Equipment & Applications

Leading construction materials suppliers Breedon Group and MixerSURE have achieved another historic milestone: Paul Ward has been confirmed as the world's first qualified eMixer Driver.

Cemex’s electric mixers have arrived in Mexico as part of its comprehensive strategy to decarbonise its global fleet. This initiative is a key component of the company’s Future in Action program, which aims to achieve net-zero CO2 emissions by 2050.

Cemex supplied 100,000 cubic meters of concrete for constructing the Hassyan Power Plant, one of the largest in the GCC, nestled in Dubai, UAE.

The World Cement Association’s CEO Ian Riley has welcomed China’s recent announcement to expand its national carbon trading market to include the cement industry, among other hard-to-abate sectors, by the end of this year.

Without abatement the world's concrete industry is likely to emit 3.8 gigatonnes of CO2 by 2050.

Cemex has sold its operations in Guatemala to Holcim Group for a total consideration of approximately US$200m.

Building materials group Holcim is making a number of senior personnel appointments.

The UK Ready Mixed Concrete sector stands to gain significantly from the establishment of the British Concrete Transport Association (BCTA), a new not-for-profit association.