Europe

HeidelbergCement's Norwegian subsidiary Norcem has signed an agreement with engineering company Aker Solutions for the supply of CO2 capture, liquefaction and intermediate storage facility at the Norcem Brevik cement plant in Norway.

JCB Finance has been accredited by the British Business Bank to provide the Government Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) – designed to support the continued provision of finance to UK smaller businesses (SMEs) during the COVID-19 outbreak.

LafargeHolcim, GE Renewable Energy, and COBOD are to co-develop wind turbines with optimised 3D printed concrete bases, reaching record heights up to 200 meters.

Building materials from HeidelbergCement are important components of sustainable construction. To further accelerate developments in this area, the Germany-headquartered, global building products market-serving group has joined the Europe Regional Network (ERN) of the World Green Building Council as official Regional Partner.

Building materials supplier CEMEX UK and rail transport operator GB Railfreight (GBRf) have launched a new service from CEMEX UK's Dove Holes Quarry near Buxton to Crawley. 

Sandvik says the coronavirus pandemic has led to its precision tube site in Werther, Germany going fully digital in only two days.

Hanson has supplied the concrete foundation pads for a new NHS Nightingale Hospital that is under construction in Exeter, south-west England.

MPA UK Concrete, the group representing the UK concrete industry, has developed a framework to help inform the delivery of an ambitious roadmap for the UK concrete and cement sector to deliver net-negative emissions by 2050.

Derbyshire, England-based Longcliffe Quarries, a major UK independent supplier of high purity calcium carbonates, has taken delivery of 10 new Volvo trucks, with its order comprising of eight FH 6x2 tractor units and two FM 8x4 rigids.