Uzbekistan: The government has announced plans for a new US$50m building materials complex in Qashqadaryo region, to include a dry mixes plant. Report İnformasiya Agentliyi News has reported that the project is a ‘bilateral’ undertaking, involving investment from Azerbaijan. The complex will also produce gypsum wallboard.
Deputy Minister of Investments, Industry and Trade Khurram Teshabaev described Qashqadaryo as ‘industrially developed,’ due to its gas and chemicals sector infrastructure.
UK: PureGRAPH has supplied FP McCann with its graphene for use in a trial production run of 10,000 roof tiles at the latter’s Cadeby plant in Leicestershire. The trial ran for five months and used 40t of graphene-enhanced cement. It reduced cement consumption by 8% and cradle-to-gate CO2 emissions by 14%, without reducing tile strength.
IOM3 News has reported that discussions are reportedly underway with prospective industry partners over the deployment of the tiles in construction applications.
US: AquiPor Technologies has developed a concrete additive that makes concrete permeable to water, while filtering 97% of suspended solids. Additionally, the additive filters up to 82% of 6PPD-q, a tyre-derived pollutant threating urban waterways. The additive is suitable for production using established precast and ready-mix concrete production processes.
AquiPor Technologies has completed demonstration projects deploying the additive and is now working with partners on its commercial scale-up.
UK: Design and engineering consultancies COWI UK and Curtins Consulting and contractor Keltbray Group have joined the Advance Market Commitment (AMC) to use reduced-CO2 concrete. Innovate UK announced the signings at Concrete Transition Capital's London Climate Action Week event. The AMC commits signatories to purchasing reduced-CO2 concrete, in order to send a demand signal to unlock investment in concrete decarbonisation. It now has 13 signatories.
Innovate UK launched the AMC with in November 2025, with investment body Carbon Limiting Technologies and backing from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero. Signatories are now working with the insurance sector to develop pathways for insuring reduced-CO2 concretes.
