Concrete Plants, Equipment & Applications

Building materials provider CEMEX has announced a change to its senior level organisation.

Silicon Valley-based decarbonisation technology company Blue Planet has joined the World Cement Association as an associate corporate member.

Construction materials supplier HeidelbergCement increased its fourth quarter net profit by 3% to €349m, up from €339m in Q4 2019.

Ambuja Cement is running a drive to collect and process the waste accumulated during the India-England T20 five-match cricket series.

Building materials provider CEMEX has launching ReadyPave Camden, an update on traditional rumbled pavers, which uses a new manufacturing process that is designed to ensure a more sustainable and environmentally friendly product.

HeidelbergCement's US subsidiary Lehigh Hanson is to pilot carbon capture and utilisation technology, with an expected 60% reduction in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions per tonne of product.

German conglomerate Loesche is supplying a raw material grinding plant to the Lafarge cement production facility in Mannersdorf, Austria.

CEMEX is investing US$25m in a new system to replace fossil fuels at its Rugby cement plant in the UK, as part of its “Future in Action” programme to achieve carbon neutrality.

CEMEX is supplying cement for the construction of the Santolea Canyon Dam, one of the most important hydraulic infrastructure projects in Spain.

Hima Cement has launched the new Fundi Masonry Cement product on the market in Uganda, a specially formulated reduced CO2 cement for plastering, brick laying and mortar works.