UK cement news

The company is providing over 40 000 t of a spray concrete for the construction of the Thames Tideway Tunnel, the biggest infrastructure project undertaken by the UK water industry.

The World Cement Association has launched the Gender Focus Network, an initiative aiming to improve the representation of women within the global cement community.

The new policy outlines the steps that GCCA members commit to taking to work towards the achievement of Net Positive Impact in cement, concrete and aggregates operations.

The contract with Eco-Power Environmental will increase Tarmac’s use of sustainable fuels, significantly reducing its carbon footprint and reliance on fossil fuels.

Following the release of data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showing an acceleration in construction output growth in November, Moustafa Ali, Economist at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, offers his view on the outlook for the UK construction industry.

The company has provided Vertua low carbon concrete for a new office development in the Climate Innovation District in Leeds.

The company has announced its investment in Modulous, a company with a disruptive offsite construction system, enabled by a digital platform, to allow the high-speed delivery of quality, sustainable and affordable homes.

A total of 400 million t of essential aggregates, industrial minerals and other manufactured mineral products were produced in Great Britain in 2018, according to the latest figures published in ‘Profile of the UK Mineral Products Industry’, by the Mineral Products Association (MPA), making the sector the UK’s biggest producer by volume.

Jeremy will help marshall the collective resources within MPA in The Concrete Centre, MPA Cement, BRMCA and British Precast as part of the sector’s roadmap to go ‘Beyond Net Zero by 2050’.

The company has appointed James Haluch as Managing Director of its GB Contracting business. He will join in March and will report to the Group’s Chief Executive.