Quarry Products

Global construction output will grow by just 1.8% in 2023, having posted estimated growth of 1.7% in 2022.

CEMEX has launched RUBBERMIX ASPHALT, a crumb rubber solution which offers an alternative recovery option for used tyres by incorporating them into asphalt mixes.

The National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association joined a coalition representing aggregates producers, farmers, home builders and others representing a broad swath of the U.S. economy to file a complaint (legal challenge) against the WOTUS Rule in the U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas, Galveston Division on January 18 2023.

The Holcim Awards sustainable design competition is to be held again this year. 

A dormant sand and gravel quarry in Leicestershire, England, will be brought back to life after councillors give their blessing, the Leicester Mercury newspaper reports. The Husbands Bosworth quarry shut down in November 2019 but will now excavate again over an eight-year period.

The Mineral Products Association (MPA) has welcomed today’s publication of the independent Skidmore Review of the UK’s net zero carbon delivery by 2050.
 

Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) reports that its Construction Backlog Indicator remained unchanged at 9.2 months in December, according to an ABC member survey conducted Dec. 20, 2022, to Jan. 5, 2023. The reading is one month higher than in December 2021. 

Husco, a privately-owned company specialising in hydraulic and electro-mechanical control systems for the automotive and off-highway industries, has revealed that its off-highway division has been awarded US$40mn in new projects to help several large global OEMs in the construction, agricultural, material handling and commercial equipment industries become automation ready.

The major UK temporary site service company WysePower, which emphasises using carbon-neutral building solutions, has been acquired by the RSK Group, a global leader in delivering sustainable solutions.