Concrete Plants, Equipment & Applications

Up to 100 million tonnes of waste foundry sand could be averted from landfill worldwide and used to make a new form of concrete, research shows.

Cemex has reaffirmed its commitment to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through a series of collaborative efforts that seek to accelerate progress and inspire others in the private sector.

Construction materials provider Holcim has invested in neustark, a cleantech startup that offers innovative technology to capture and mineralise CO2 within construction demolition materials, thereby removing and permanently storing CO2 from the atmosphere.

The UK Concrete Show has been acquired by The QMJ Group, organisers of the Hillhead quarry machinery exhibition. The move will add the UK concrete show to The QMJ Group portfolio, boosting its position as a UK event organiser for the quarrying and construction sector.

Cemex Germany has continued to invest in more sustainable transport for its products by acquiring fully electric truck mixers from Putzmeister. Set to become part of Cemex Germany's Berlin truck mixer fleet, the iONTRON machines were presented to the company by Putzmeister at its facility in Wandlitz in Brandenburg.

TITAN Group has contributed to the realisation of The Ellinikon project in Greece, with its state-of-the-art ready-mix concrete unit located on-site.