Europe & CIS

The company has sold its cement business in Northern Ireland to Cookstown Cement Ltd for an Enterprise Value of CHF 70 million, covering a production capacity of 450 000 t.

The company’s German subsidiary, Heidelberger Beton, is now offering a broad portfolio of sustainable concretes under the EcoCrete brand.

The Mineral Products Association has appointed three new professionals to strengthen its core team following the merger with British Precast.

At Bloomberg's The Year Ahead event, Holcim and Bloomberg Media announced the first ‘Circular Cities Barometer,’ a new custom content collaboration that explores circular cities.

The company has successfully issued two sustainability-linked bonds in the Swiss franc market, with climate action at the heart of its financing strategy.

The company delivered the concrete for this project and provided pumping and management services through its CEMEX Go digital platform.

PTB offers a broad range of high-performance building solutions from adhesives and specialty mortars to finishings, adding to Holcim’s specialty systems portfolio in Europe.

Those interested in cement production can now access three different w&p locations via computer or smartphone.

The second tranche in the amount of €300 to €350 million is scheduled to start within the first quarter of 2022 and is to be completed by the third quarter 2022 at the latest.

British Precast, whose members include manufacturers of concrete masonry, paving slabs, structural sections and drainage systems, has merged with the Mineral Products Association (MPA) which represents all the UK’s cement makers, over 90% of aggregates producers and more than 70% of ready-mixed concrete suppliers.

Italy-based supplier of bulk materials handling and storage systems, Euromecc, has announced that a new silo installation at a cement import terminal in Tórshavn, the Faroe Islands, received its first ship on New Year’s Eve.

The collaboration is expected to create benefits in terms of decarbonisation in the built environment through the creation of possible new business models and market opportunities.

Ecocem, a provider of low carbon solutions for the cement and construction industries, and Taylor Woodrow, a player in the delivery of complex UK infrastructure projects, have conducted their first pour of Exegy® ultra-low carbon concrete in the UK.

The World Cement Association (WCA) has announced that GREYCO, an international expert consultancy for the construction materials industry, has joined its global network as an Associate Corporate Member.

The company has entered into an agreement to acquire PRB Group, a manufacturer of specialty building solutions.