Cement News tagged under: ready-mix
SigmaRoc records turnover of GBP49.3m in 202125 March 2022, Published under Cement NewsBuilding material producer SigmaRoc plc has announced its audited results for the year ended 31 December 2021 with turnover more than doubling to GBP272m and underlying EBITDA rising to GBP49.3m. The group’s trading and operational performance for 2021 was solid. Overall, on a LfL basis, the value of upstream quarried materials sold increased by two per cent. Value added product sales increased by 14 per cent, with value added services increasing by 16 per cent. These figures include th... |
Cementos Argos erects industrialised plant for concrete modular solutions21 February 2022, Published under Cement NewsWith the installation of the first industrialised plant for concrete modular solutions in Colombia, Argos will begin to produce and market modular solutions in concrete for building houses and infrastructures in series. The plant will begin operations at the end of the 1H22, allowing the construction of an estimated 500 homes by the end of this year. This endeavour will generate 60 direct and 300 indirect jobs. All this is part of Argos’ commitment to sustainable construction, climat... |
Cemex to introduce electric ready-mix trucks16 February 2022, Published under Cement NewsCemex has announced that it is the first building materials company to complete a large-scale, multi-country pilot using fully electric ready-mix concrete trucks. In 2021 Cemex joined the First Movers Coalition (FMC) and committed to accelerate the innovation and development of decarbonisation technologies in heavy-duty on-road trucking services. An initial, successful trial was carried out in Germany, followed by a further trial in France that was also a success. Cemex expects to gr... |
UK building material volumes increase in 4Q2108 February 2022, Published under Cement NewsThe latest UK industry survey from the Mineral Products Association (MPA) shows that volumes of primary aggregates increased by 15.7 per cent YoY in 2021, 14.1 per cent for ready-mixed concrete, 12.5 per cent for asphalt and 24.4 per cent for mortar. Survey results also show that construction demand remained strong in the final quarter of the year, in spite of unprecedented supply bottlenecks impacting progress on construction sites, cost increases and higher uncertainty due to Omic... |
MPA affiliates with CONSTRUCT03 February 2022, Published under Cement NewsThe trade association for the concrete structures sector CONSTRUCT has affiliated with the Mineral Products Association (MPA), which counts among its 500 members the vast majority of UK ready-mixed and precast concrete producers, plus all cement manufacturers and most aggregates suppliers. Representing nearly 80 per cent of UK concrete frame contractors, CONSTRUCT is dedicated to improving the safety and efficiency of building in-situ concrete structures, from high-rise homes and offic... |
Carthage Cement turnover rises by 29 per cent in 202120 January 2022, Published under Cement NewsCarthage Cement , Tunisia, finished 2021 with a total turnover of TND325m (US$112.9m), up 29 per cent compared to 2020 and 30 per cent compared to 2019. This performance helped Carthage Cement to keep its leading position on the local market by achieving a 14 per cent rise in the local market share of revenues compared to 2020. A strong recovery was also recorded for exports of cement and clinker, where the turnover was quadrupled from TND8.936m in 2020 to TND47.650m in 2021, a 4... |
Heracles completes Halyps Building Material aggregate and concrete acquisitions13 January 2022, Published under Cement NewsHeracles Group has announced the successful completion of the acquisition of Halyps Building Materials SAps aggregate and concrete businesses segments. In the aggregates business segment, the investment is expanding the geographical footprint of Heracles Group and strengthening its competitiveness in the dynamically growing market of Attica. Heracles Group will be able to offer a broader portfolio of aggregate products to be used in the production of concrete, asphalt concrete, cement, li... |
Lehigh Hanson acquires Corliss Resources Inc11 January 2022, Published under Cement NewsLehigh Hanson (HeidelbergCement group) has finalised the acquisition of Corliss Resources Inc, one of the largest family-owned aggregates and ready-mixed concrete companies in the US Pacific Northwest. The acquisition includes major aggregate operations with annual sales volumes of about 2Mt and reserves and resources of about 170Mt as well as four ready-mixed concrete plants selling about 0.3Mm 3 in the Greater Seattle area. Dr Dominik von Achten, chairman of the Managing Boa... |
FiCO Pan-United Concrete completes Novaland agreement07 January 2022, Published under Cement NewsFiCO Pan-United Concrete JSC, a subsidiary of Singapore-listed Pan-United Corporation Ltd, has strengthened its longstanding working relationship with Novaland Group with the signing of a 2022-24 cooperation agreement. The agreement will see FiCO PanU providing sustainable concrete solutions to Novaland, a leading prestigious brand in the real estate investment and development industry in Vietnam. Under the terms of the agreement, FiCO PanU will construct two onsite batc... |
Pan-United forms partnership for hydrogen truck fleet06 January 2022, Published under Cement NewsPan-United Concrete, a subsidiary of Pan-United Corp Ltd, and Surbana Jurong Pte Ltd, one of the largest Asia-based global urban, infrastructure, and managed services consulting firms, have entered into a Project Development Partnership Agreement to study the feasibility of using electric and hydrogen fuel cells to power a fleet of more than 1000 trucks moving its concrete business in Singapore. The partnership is in line with Pan-United's sustainability targets to firstly, offer only ... |