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UK-based carbon negative aggregate specialist Carbon8 Aggregates has changed its name to O.C.O Technology Limited, with immediate effect.

The move also means its award-winning aggregate, previously known as C8Agg, has been renamed M-LS (short for Manufactured LimeStone).

M-LS is created using O.C.O Technology’s Accelerated Carbonation Technology (ACT) process. M-LS is versatile product that has a multitude of uses in the construction industry.

It uses waste carbon dioxide gas to treat a wide range

Building materials production in France was mixed in the first half of 2019, according to new figures from Unicem, the national construction materials union.

Production dipped 1% in Q2 2019 after an encouraging 10% increase in the year’s first quarter.

Aggregates production in the 1 April to 30 June 2019 period fell 4.3% from the preceding three-month period, and 1.8% compared to Q2 2018. Despite this trend, Unicem report that aggregates activity rose 2.5% year-on-year in the first half 2019. Ready-mi

The British Lime Association (BLA) says lime exports exceeded 300,000 tonnes in 2018.

The BLA - which is part of the Mineral Products Association - says this is more than double the level during the recession (around 140,000 tonnes in 2009) and accounts for over a quarter of the UK’s total lime output.

The BLA adds that the increase is more than just a bounceback and represents a genuine rise in export market share, exceeding pre-recession levels by around 40%. The association estimates that 2018 ex

Aggregate Industries, a leading UK construction materials supplier and infrastructure solutions company, has partnered with BASF Construction Chemicals to launch Watertight concrete, a new versatile range of specialised concretes designed to protect a structure from water ingress or to retain water within a structure.

When compared to traditional methods of achieving watertight structures, Watertight is said to offer contractors and specifiers a fast track solution that prevents water from flowing into o

CRH, the Ireland-headquartered global building materials group, has posted record first half-year EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Tax, Depreciation & Amortisation) of €1.54 billion, 36% up on H1 2018. The Group also increased its H1 2019 sales by 11% to €13.2bn. The period under review saw CRH divest €2bn of its assets and spend €500mn on acquisitions. Meanwhile, the Group-wide profit improvement programme is said to be progressing well.

Commenting on the latest trading figures, Albert Manifold, CRH ch

South Africa’s Concrete Institute (TCI) has applied to the International Trade Administration Commission (ITAC) for tariffs on the huge influx of cement imports coming onto the domestic market.

Speaking to reporters in Johannesburg, TCI managing director Bryan Perrie said the institute, which represents AfriSam, Dangote Cement SA, Larfarge, Natal Port Land Cement and PPC, believed the imports were seriously impacting the industry at a time when it is facing "unprecedented low levels of demand" due to a

Birla Corporation (Birla), a leading Indian cement producer, posted a 14% rise year-on-year revenue rise in the first quarter of the 2019/20 financial year to INR 18.44 billion (US$249.1mn). In the three months to 30 June 2019, Birla’s fiscal earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortisation (EBITDA) by 49% to INR 4.02bn ($56.07mn), while its net profit rose 68% to INR 1.41bn ($19.75mn).

In a company statement released with its latest trading results, Birla says it is now looking to invest

The UK has robust regulatory systems and high industry operating standards for sand extraction, but must not become complacent on the issue.

That is the view of the Mineral Products Association (MPA), which says growing media attention that culminated in a new United Nations report on the global impact of sand extraction has prompted it to produce its own briefing from the UK’s perspective.

The UN report published in May highlighted the world’s demand for sand and gravel, the potential for shortages a