UK cement news

A selection of come of the week's most popular stories from the team at World Cement.

Former Executive Chairman of Hope Construction Materials, Amit Bhatia, has been appointed non-executive Deputy Chairman of Breedon Group.

Barbour ABI has announced that infrastructure construction contract figures hit an all time low in March.

Independent UK building materials company, Breedon Group, has acquired Lagan Group in a deal worth £455 million.

MPA Cement has published its annual Sustainable Development Report for 2017 discussing air quality improvements and the use of biomass fuels.

Breedon Cement reported EBITDA of £39.85 million in 2017 – the first full-year of results after its acquisition of the Hope cement plant.

National Buying Group has signed a new contract for cement with Quinn Building Products.

The Kendall Group, a leading aggregates and ready-mix concrete manufacturer, has been acquired by LafargeHolcim.

Eddie Stobart has been awarded a £15 million contract by building materials company CEMEX UK.

The ISO 9001:2015 accreditation has been allocated to Samson Materials Handling Ltd.