UK cement news

The latest edition of the Economic & Construction Market Review from industry analysts Barbour ABI, highlights levels of construction contract values awarded across Great Britain.

Tarmac volunteers have been providing virtual mentoring to school pupils as part of the ‘Solutions for the Planet Big Ideas Competition’, which sees volunteers from local businesses partner with pupils to generate ideas which improve society, the economy and the environment.

Construction output fell dramatically in April, reflecting the peak of the COVID-19 outbreak in the UK, says GlobalData.

Burton Mail reports that CEMEX has proposed plans to extend Willington Quarry by 50 acres to extract sand and gravel.

Hanson’s South West team has supplied the concrete foundation pads for a new NHS Nightingale hospital, which is underway in Exeter.

John Mulgrew has been appointed as the new Plant Manager of the Cookstown cement plant in Ireland.

The company has adapted its working practices in accordance with COVID-19 social distancing measures to ensure major improvement works at the B3073 Blackwater West Junction in Dorset were completed on time and budget.

Work on the 49 000-tonne base for the second reactor was completed on schedule, concluding with a continuous reinforced structural concrete pour last week.

The company is introducing a unique drag and drop 3D crushing and screening plant configurator that enables professionals in the mining and aggregate industries to design more productive and efficient plants.

The company has appointed Donna Hunt as its first Group Head of Sustainability.