UK cement news

The company took delivery of five new Feldbinder triaxle cement tankers and two new Kelberg tipping trailers this year for use in Quinn Cement.

An updated report commissioned by Breedon Group has shown that its Hope cement works contributes £61 million to the local economy.

An inflatable safety barrier designed by Tarmac has been highly commended at the 2020 Chartered Institute of Highways & Transportation (CIHT) awards.

The company forecasts that construction output in the UK will contract by 10.3% in 2020 as a whole, with the steep contraction in Q2 2020 being partially offset by improvements during the second half of the year.

Following a period of consultation with Employee Representatives and Unite the Union, CEMEX has today confirmed its proposal and will mothball its South Ferriby cement plant.

The company has achieved international certification from the British Standards Institution (BSI), receiving the ISO 45001 Standard in Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems.

Chepstow Plant International has won a national award for its staff training and development initiative, known as 'Project Fusion'.

The Institute of Quarrying (IQ) Excellence Awards aims to celebrate individuals and teams across the mineral products sector. Due to the coronavirus, IQ has announced all of its regional winners as national IQ Excellence Awards winners for 2020.

Skourides I. and Petrou S., Vassiliko Cement, and Akritopoulos M. P. and Abbas T., Cinar, discuss an innovative project at the Vasilliko cement plant, using MI-CFD analysis to reduce NOx emissions generated in the calciner.

The company is to launch a construction materials testing service called LabExperts, which will offer customers a full testing and investigation service managed from the CEMEX UK National Technical Centre in Warwickshire.