Italcementi supply 18,000tonnes of cement for Concordia recovery

Italcementi has disclosed that it has supplied 18,000tonnes of cement as part of the operation to right the stricken Costa Concordia cruise ship. The supplied cement consisted of the firm's Ultracem, Termocem and Plastocem products, chosen especially for their individual properties following extensive tests in Italcementi laboratories. The cement has been used to create an underwater support for the ship during the recovery process. It will be removed once the wreck has been salvaged.

September 23, 2013 Read time: 1 min

726 Italcementi has disclosed that it has supplied 18,000tonnes of cement as part of the operation to right the stricken Costa Concordia cruise ship. The supplied cement consisted of the firm's Ultracem, Termocem and Plastocem products, chosen especially for their individual properties following extensive tests in Italcementi laboratories. The cement has been used to create an underwater support for the ship during the recovery process. It will be removed once the wreck has been salvaged.

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Hope rocks to bolster Lancashire, England’s storm defences

Hope Construction Materials, the UK’s leading independent supplier of cement and concrete, is supplying 18,000tonnes of limestone to boost the coastal defences in county Lancashire, Northwest England.

The two-year project, which started at the end of 2014, will see Hope supply thousands of limestone rocks - known as armour stone - each weighing between three and nine tonnes, to construct the giant 1,850m long sea wall near Fylde.

The wall, which is 18m wide consisting of 20, 40m-long groins, will br