Peru: France-based Saint-Gobain has acquired construction chemicals producer QSI Productos para la Construcción. Saint-Gobain’s existing local construction chemicals platform includes the Soquimic, Weber and Z Aditivos brands.
China: China Resources Building Materials Technology sold 8Mm³ of ready-mix concrete in the first half of 2026, up by 16% year-on-year. During the half-year period, the producer increased its ready-mix concrete production capacity by 3.8Mm³/yr. Its capacity utilisation declined from 32% in the first half of 2025 to 31%.
Australia: Otway Precast has supplied 3000t of precast concrete structural elements for the construction of a bioreactor as part of Wannon Water’s US$60.7m upgrade of the Warrnambool sewage treatment plant in Victoria. Inside Construction News has reported that the bioreactor is 7m deep with a rectangular 57 x 57m footprint, giving an 18Ml treatment capacity.
UK: Admixtures producer Oscrete has launched Concrete Plans, a guide designed to help concrete users to reduce the embodied CO2 of their mixes through the substitution of cement with alternative binders. The guide sets out cost-benefit analyses for alternative binders based on compliance, performance and CO2 sequestration.
