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Seattle Storm Center for Basketball Performance wins Concrete Innovations Award from the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association.

Cemex and the Mission Possible Partnership (MPP) are collaborating to conduct an analysis of the potential of decarbonisation levers at Cemex’s Balcones cement plant in Texas.

The Construction Startup Competition 2024, the biggest competition, network, and platform for startups in the construction and cleantech industries, has officially started.

The World Benchmarking Alliance assessed and ranked 91 influential companies globally – 12 in aluminium, 34 in cement, and 45 in steel production, including Cemex, ArcelorMittal, Holcim, Chalco and Rio Tinto.

Cemex has been recognised as the industry’s top-scoring company in the World Benchmarking Alliance’s 2024 Climate and Energy Benchmark.

Four start-ups, shortlisted in last year’s challenge, focusing on low carbon concrete, have now agreed partnerships with manufacturers.

Poor weather conditions in key regions and a reduced number of working days in the first quarter of 2024 contributed to declining sales volumes.

Heidelberg Materials North America hosts its annual Tech Week, where Cement Technical Services and Material Quality Control teams from across North America meet to learn about emerging trends and technologies.

Cemex has announced that it has reached full investment grade status after being upgraded to BBB- by rating agency Fitch Ratings.

Holcim US secured the win by showcasing its project at the Duck Lake Country Club in Albion, Michigan.

Results have increased across most businesses and regions in a complex and uncertain global environment.

Three of four regions, markets accounting for 90% of consolidated EBITDA, experienced a combined growth rate of 15%.

Holcim provides a performance overview for the first quarter of 2024.

The US Department of Energy will help to fund and support the first-of-a-kind deployment of a calcined clay production line.

This delivery is part of a groundbreaking initiative to deploy low-carbon concrete in the city of Calgary.