Summit Materials, Inc. has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Quikrete Holdings, Inc. for US$52.50 per share in cash, for a total enterprise value of approximately US$11.5 billion, including debt.
Cemex Ventures has announced an initial hydrogen deployment at industrial scale with HiiROC at its Rugby cement plant in the United Kingdom.
Cemex was awarded the Net-Zero Industries Award by Mission Innovation at a ceremony during COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan for its revolutionary clinker decarbonisation process using concentrated solar power.
Cemex announced the winners of its Cemex Building Award 2024 at a ceremony in Monterrey, Mexico, attended by leading architects, designers, engineers, and construction industry professionals from around the world.
To fill the current gap in low-carbon cement and concrete guidance, PCA and professionals across the cement-concrete-construction value chain have developed a new resource, Lower Carbon Concrete: Voluntary Guidelines for Developing a Protocol.
The Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) has launched its international definitions for low carbon cement and concrete.
Heidelberg Materials North America has introduced sustainable innovations at its Edmonton Cement Plant, replacing up to 50% of fossil fuels with low carbon alternative fuels.
Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) and its members call for governments and policymakers around the world to help the sector achieve its key decarbonisation goals through implementing key enabling policies.
Carbon Upcycling’s concrete mix demonstrated a 28% increase in strength at 28 days and a 32% increase in strength at 56 days, while reducing cementitious content by 12.5%, setting a new standard for low-carbon sustainable infrastructure.
Votorantim Cimentos ended the third quarter of 2024 with a net profit of R$1 billion, a 24% increase compared to R$824 million in the same period last year, primarily due to better operating results.
The Manufacturing Sustainability Award, new in 2024, pays tribute to innovative action to improve sustainability through clean energy solutions.
Cemex, in collaboration with Projekt O2, piloted a project to reintroduce native plants in the St. Juraj - St. Kajo quarry in Croatia, using drones to distribute and retain seeds in hard-to-reach areas.
The US Department of Energy (DOE) is providing US$10 million in funding to their US Department of Energy (NREL), Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) to collaborate with Prometheus Materials – and a distinguished team of partner institutions – to establish methods for measuring, reporting and verifying CO2 removal and sequestration in cement and concrete.
TITAN Group, an international cement and building materials producer, and Ecocem, a leader in low-carbon cement technologies, will partner for the development of innovative low-carbon cements in Europe.
Titan America has announced the acquisition of D.M. Conner Sand & Gravel Company, which operates an aggregates quarry located in Stuarts Draft, Virginia.