The Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) has published new guidelines aimed at strengthening the biodiversity performance of the industry's quarries.
The Mineral Products Association (MPA) has written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer having published a policy paper setting out the impact of the Coronavirus on the sector proposing some key policy steps to help get the industry through the crisis and be ready to support the recovery. It also warns of an anticipated credit squeeze as the economy re-opens, a significant risk for those that survive the current shutdown.
Construction market demand for heavy side building materials in Great Britain, including aggregates, asphalt, ready-mixed concrete and mortar, declined significantly at the start of 2020.
Breedon Group, a major independent UK and Ireland construction materials business, is resuming clinker production at its two cement plants this month - while also planning to "progressively" reopen some of its other sites over the "coming weeks".
LafargeHolcim is upbeat about the prospects for the building materials industry to stage a rapid recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic in the second half of the year.
Mexican cement giant Cemex posted a like-for-like net sales increase of 2% to US$3.1bn in the first quarter of 2020 compared to the same period of 2019.
On World Safety & Health at Work Day, more than 200 representatives of the cement and concrete industry joined GCCA’s (Global Cement & Concrete Association) first global Health and Safety Forum.
