New Frontier Materials has acquired aggregates and asphalt assets from construction materials provider Fred Weber, bringing its operations to include 20 sites throughout St. Louis.
Swedish academic researchers have set out a new concept for rechargeable batteries made of cement, which they claim could enable a twenty-storey concrete building to store energy like a giant battery.
Building materials provider HeidelbergCement has signed up for the Business Ambition for 1.5°C Commitment, a global initiative aimed at limiting global warming to 1.5°C and achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050 at the latest.
Lafarge Canada is to potentially integrate a carbon dioxide (CO2) embedded concrete additive from utilisation company Carbon Upcycling Technologies into its operations.
Lehigh Hanson has achieved Concrete Sustainability Council (CSC) certification at the silver level for its ready mixed concrete plants in Washington and Arizona.
Titan Cement Group is one of the first cement companies worldwide to have its CO₂ emissions reduction targets validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) as consistent with levels required to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement.
