Global Concrete News

UK: Cemex has announced an upcoming dry mortar and sprayed concrete production plant in Swindon, Wiltshire. The plant will produce Cemex UK’s 30% reduced-CO₂ Vertua mortar. It will also feature a drying system designed to minimise heat consumption. The Builders Merchants Journal newspaper has reported that the plant is scheduled to open in late 2025. The move is aimed at increasing Cemex’s market penetration in South East and South West England.

Australia: Recycled Concrete Products has received a US$18,900 fine from the New South Wales Environment Protection Authority for ‘significantly’ exceeding its licensed limits for concrete recycling. The Newcastle Herald newspaper has reported that the EPA responded to increased pollution risks after Recycled Concrete Products ‘almost doubled’ its annual processing allowance in the first eight months of the 2025 reporting year.

Ukraine: Germany-based machinery manufacturer Vollert Anlagenbau is reportedly preparing to support the construction of prefabricated reinforced concrete plants starting with sites in Kyiv and Kharkiv. The project has an investment of around Euro110m, according to Ukraine Business News. The first plant in Kharkiv will have a capacity of 0.45Mm³/yr with an aim to reach 1Mm³/yr. The scheme is being supported by Germany-based insurance company Euler Hermes and is financed by a consortium of European banks. It will use a public–private partnership (PPP) model.

US: Construction firm PNK Group has unveiled a 111,000m² manufacturing, warehousing and distribution facility in McDonough, Georgia, that showcases its new proprietary precast building system. The system enabled PNK Group to rapidly assemble the facility from high-precision reinforced precast concrete structural frame and other standardised elements, produced at its plants in Georgia and Pennsylvania.

UK: Leiths (Scotland) has secured permission from Aberdeenshire Council to open a 27.5ha aggregates quarry at Craig Farm near Huntly. BBC News has reported that the quarry will yield 650,000t of materials for use in ready-mix concrete and asphalt production over a 22-year operational life.