UK cement news

Heidelberg Materials has become the first heavy building materials manufacturer in the UK to reach the updated PAS 2080:2023 standard on managing and reducing whole-life carbon in the built environment.

Hanson UK has become Heidelberg Materials, aligning with its parent company which announced its new global branding in September 2022.

Researchers from the University of Aberdeen will work other European universities and research institutes as part of the DETOCS research partnership led by multinational cement industry equipment provider FLSmidth.

New figures from the Mineral Products Association (MPA) provide more concrete evidence of the slowdown in Britain’s construction industry.

CCP Building Products have announced that the first trials using their Greenbloc Technology and Carbon8’s CircaBuild aggregate have resulted in the production of cement-free carbon-negative concrete blocks.

Holcim announces its investment as a limited partner (LP) in Suffolk Technologies US$110 million venture capital fund, supporting startups at the forefront of disruptive innovation in the building industry, from sustainability to AI.

Material Evolution, a British start up based in Middlesbrough, has raised £15 million in Series A funding to scale-up production of its low-carbon cement.

The announcement marks the end of the road for unsustainable tyre disposal.

Aggregate Industries has taken delivery of the next generation of cement tanker fuelled by a green bio-fuel in a UK first.

CEMCOR's Cookstown plant in Northern Ireland has completed a £6 million sustainability upgrade, including replacing the plant's bag filter.