Quarry Products

Holcim's Board of Directors has appointed Miljan Gutovic as Holcim's next Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective 1 May 2024. He will succeed current CEO Jan Jenisch, who will focus on his chairman role and stand for re-election at the AGM in May. Also, the Board has tasked Jan Jenisch to lead the planned US listing of Holcim's North America business.

A new report from the Mineral Products Association (MPA) has outlined three key priorities for the next UK Government.

Mark Gillespie is CEO of Aberdeenshire, Scotland-based Recycl8, a company that collaborates with the waste-to-energy and global construction industries to transform incinerator bottom ash aggregate (IBAA), often destined for landfill, into a sustainable component for concrete. He spoke to Guy Woodford about Recycl8’s current trading and future growth plans as a socially and environmentally conscious company committed to the circular economy and net zero goals.

Longcliffe Quarries has welcomed John Bradshaw to its team as group planning and estates manager.

US building materials provider Martin Marietta Materials has completed the acquisition of Colorado-based aggregates producer Albert Frei & Sons.

The ECOCycle circular technology from building materials provider Holcim has been named a “Circularity Lighthouse in the Built Environment”, in a joint initiative between McKinsey & Company and the World Economic Forum announced at this year’s annual meeting in Davos.

O.C.O. Technology has begun the new year with a restructuring programme that has seen the creation of two distinct businesses – one focusing on U.K. projects and one on the international market.