CEMEX has identified its key products which can help its customers continue operations while meeting the challenges posed by current site working requirements during the COVID-19 pandemic.
German building materials giant HeidelbergCement held its 131st Annual General Meeting on Thursday 4 June - attracting significantly higher shareholder interest than usual. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the company held a purely virtual meeting of shareholders. The AGM approved all items on the agenda.
Holcim Germany is supplying its EcoPact Zero carbon-neutral concrete for the expansion of the nature conservation centre in Bingen, southwestern Germany.
Sweden’s concrete production rose 8% year-on-year to 2,065,000m³ in the January-April 2020 period, according to new data from concrete producer association Svensk Betong.
Nigerian building materials giant Dangote Cement said higher domestic sales fuelled its 3.8% year-on-year first quarter 2020 revenue rise to NGN 249.2bn (US$686.14mn).
The first steps in relaxing South Africa's national coronavirus lockdown will allow critical supplies of cement and construction material to reach specified markets.