UK cement news

Trading during the first quarter was impacted by the ongoing macroeconomic uncertainty and reduced construction activity due to wet weather conditions.

Thousands of tonnes of broken and rejected pottery is to be recycled by Aggregate Industries to help create cement at its Staffordshire plant.

More than 1500 materials innovators and investors, researchers, academics, as well as representatives from industry and government, will come together for Innovate UK’s Materials Research Exchange, next week (23 – 24 April 2024).

Aggregate Industries has appointed a new Sustainability Director as part of the company’s ongoing mission to decarbonise the construction industry.

As part of a long-term plan to support increased demand for cementitious products across the UK construction market, Aggregate Industries has invested into a new 'super shed'.

Tarmac is offering its customers access to advanced AI-enhanced digital sensors that can help to optimise concrete mixes.

Minister for Energy Efficiency and Green Finance Lord Callanan has visited Heidelberg Materials’ Padeswood cement works in north Wales.

Tens of thousands of tonnes a year of planings from road maintenance schemes in London and the South East are to be recycled and reused as part of Aggregate Industries' commitment to the circular economy.

The UK has seen the launch of a new autonomous and operationally efficient transport blueprint for the quarry and mining sector in Devon.

Heidelberg Materials’ Ribblesdale cement works in Lancashire has become part of a feasibility study into using ammonia as a source of hydrogen to fuel cement kilns.