UK cement news

Heidelberg Materials has contributed towards creating the beautiful Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Chelsea Repurposed garden at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show.

Heidelberg Materials UK has acquired Bristol-based construction soil and aggregate recycling company B&A Group.

Aggregate Industries has announced its first venture into East Anglia with the opening of a new 800 000 tpy capacity wharf at Peel Ports Great Yarmouth.

A new carbon capture trial has been launched at Heidelberg Materials’ Ketton cement works in Rutland.

Ecocem has announced the appointment of Sally Anne Sherry as Managing Director for its UK and Ireland business operations.

New figures from the Mineral Products Association (MPA) bring into focus the plight of a depressed British construction industry.

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.