Quarry Products

Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) reports that its Construction Backlog Indicator increased to 8.2 months in March from 8.1 months in February, according to an ABC member survey conducted March 20 to April 3. The reading is down 0.5 months from March 2023.

This week, Mapei is welcoming customers, colleagues and industry press worldwide to the grand opening of its new admixtures plant in Speke, near Liverpool.

Aggregate Industries has appointed a new Sustainability Director as part of the company’s ongoing mission to decarbonise the construction industry.

Sympower, a leading independent flexibility services provider, and Heidelberg Materials Hellas, one of Greece's most prominent cement production companies, are working together to unlock and monetise the inherent flexibility of Heidelberg Materials Hellas' energy-intensive equipment. With already 1.3 GW of flexibility capacity across Europe, Sympower's demand response services significantly contribute to Greece's balancing markets.

Garside Specialist Sands, the specialist division of Aggregate Industries, continues to prove its technical and logistical prowess, having continued to supply Nottingham Express Transit (NET) with the rapid response requirement of technical grade sand needed to keep its vast tram network in peak operation for over a decade.

Heidelberg Materials North America says Texas Lehigh Cement Company, its fifty-fifty joint venture with Eagle Materials, will be starting production at a new slag cement facility in Houston, Texas, this summer.