Europe & CIS

The company has announced its strategy to become nature-positive by restoring and preserving biodiversity and water while bringing more nature into cities.

The CEMEX pallet recovery scheme aims to reduce timber waste in the supply chain and make greater environmental efficiencies, as part of its ‘Future in Action – Committed to Net Zero CO2’ Climate Action Strategy.

The company has invested a further €2.1 million in its cement bagging facilities with the acquisition of state-of-the-art technology which will double the output capacity of its weatherproof bagged cement product range.

The agreements support the joint development of the Canadian cellular concrete market with the ongoing objective of increasing cellular concrete sales to the mutual benefit of both parties.

On 24 August, Federal Economics Minister Peter Altmaier (CDU) visited the Holcim cement plant in Lägerdorf together with Mark Helfrich, member of the Bundestag for the Schleswig-Holstein parliamentary constituency Steinburg - Dithmarschen Süd.

SECIL Group has awarded Bedeschi with a contract for the supply of a new pipe conveyor to handle different kinds of alternative fuels at the Outão Cement Plant in Portugal.

In order to ensure that Hoffmann Green continues to meet the highest industry standards, the company has decided to appoint Stéphanie Bondoux as Director of Certification and Accreditation.

The Mineral Products Association is counting down to Quarries & Nature 2021; this year is the 50th anniversary of the awards, which celebrate the unique contribution of restored quarries to nature recovery and creating ‘net gain’.

The Beckum cement plant has received the CSC sustainability certificate in platinum. The award provides information about how ecologically, socially and economically responsible a plant is.

A historic lime kiln located in Gradbach, Quarndon, has been given a new lease of life thanks to a project led by the South West Peak Landscape Partnership working with Tarmac’s Tunstead Quarry.

The 2021 competition challenge for teams of engineering students was to design a civic centre comprising a library and council offices in a new garden town in the north west of England

The Mineral Products Association (MPA) has cautiously welcomed the Government's proposals to accelerate the development of a low carbon hydrogen economy but has warned that the costs of the production, transmission and distribution need to be shared by the whole UK economy.

While the UK construction industry contracted sharply by 14% in 2020, a strong recovery is expected, with output forecast to rise and grow by 10.6% in 2021, according to GlobalData.

R&D & innovation expert, Russell Hill, Ph.D., brings 25 years’ experience advancing construction materials and building products to the company.

Members of a bowling club in West Tanfield, Yorkshire, are celebrating the opening of a new clubhouse following a grant from the Tarmac Landfill Communities Fund.