Quarry Products

The American construction industry registered 388,000 job openings in November, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) analysis of data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey.

Holcim has completed the acquisition of Chrono Chape, one of France's leading independent providers of on-site self-levelling screeds. These fluid applications are used to create a smooth, even foundation upon which builders can lay the floor's finish, such as carpet or tile.

Many of us have been tucking into our Christmas dinners, but we rarely take time to think about what happens to the leftovers from producing all the delicious food of the season. However, without wanting to spoil your appetite for the inevitable leftovers, there is an important policy issue for what we do with waste biomass, including meat and bone meal (MBM) and household food waste. Getting the most carbon emissions reduction at best value for money is currently a missed opportunity from this waste stream.

A rare Elizabethan-era shipwreck has been found at the CEMEX quarry near Dungeness in Kent, UK.

US-based Lehigh Hanson has now changed its brand to Heidelberg Materials, effective immediately. Previously announced in September of last year, the new brand identity goes into effect today for the company's corporate office and its core brands of Lehigh Cement and Hanson Aggregates. Most of the company's other subsidiaries in the US and Canada will change their brands to Heidelberg Materials in the coming months. 

Rob Oliver, who retired as the Chief Executive of the UK-based CEA (Construction Equipment Association) in 2021, has been awarded an MBE in the King's first New Year's honours list.

CEMEX and CEMEX Ventures, CEMEX's corporate venture capital unit, are investing in Waste to Energy Advanced Solutions (WtEnergy), a clean energy startup that has developed a novel process to transform solid waste into synthesis gas (Syngas) for industrial purposes.