UK: Cemex UK has carried out a contract for the supply of reduced-CO₂ concrete for the redevelopment of 20-storey mixed-use building 65 Crutched Friars in the City of London. The producer supplied 13,000m³ of lower-CO₂ concrete for the project, including 1000m³ of slipform slab pours. The concrete used in the slab pours comprised CEM II/A-L Portland limestone cement combined with 25% ground granulated blast-furnace slag (GGBS). Contractor McAleer & Rushe Contracts UK selected Cemex’s concrete to help achieve a Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Methodology (BREEAM) Outstanding rating for the project.

France: Sweden-based Paebbl has announced the success of an-ongoing partnership agreement for the supply of its CO₂-sequestering supplementary cementitious material (SCM) to NGE Group’s construction subsidiary Agilis. The construction firm is integrating the material into its slipform concrete formulations. The partners have found that the material reduces the embodied CO₂ of concrete in this ‘most demanding’ application by 28%, with no change to mix design. Industry efforts to decarbonise slipform concrete have previously encountered difficulties to its rigid performance requirements, according to Paebbl.

The partners commenced their collaboration with a successful deployment of Paebbl’s SCM in operations at Agilis’s Paris-Charles de Gaulle concrete batching plant earlier in 2026.

France: Cemex France has won a contract to supply concrete for the construction of the 99m-high, 30-storey mixed-use M99 Tower in Quais d’Arenc, Marseille. The producer will supply contractor Legendre Construction with 11,000m³ of concrete over a 20-month period. The order includes white concrete for 33 columns and other architectural elements. Cemex France plans to supply the concrete from its Marseille Port concrete plant.

New Zealand: Statistics New Zealand recorded ready-mix concrete production of 1.9Mm3 in the first half of 2026, up by 7% year-on-year.

Consultancy Infometrics said that non-residential work volumes are set to fall further, and that cost pressures might still restrict investment levels into infrastructure over 2026.