South Korea: The Korea Architectural Engineering Association has certified Hanil Cement’s Ultra-Maintained Concrete, a ready-mix concrete technology designed to prevent material separation and regularise initial strength. Maeil Business News has reported that concrete featuring the technology in its recipe maintains liquidity for up to three hours and offers up to twice the working time of regular concrete.
Kyrgyzstan: The State Architectural and Construction Control Department (GosStroy) issued fines worth US$11,400 following inspections of 25 facilities serving the construction industry, including multiple ready-mix concrete plants. Central Asia News has reported that the facilities were operating without proper permits. Fined businesses included civil engineering firms Aral-Boom State Enterprise, Avira Group and Mostostroy Otryad State Enterprise and property developer Bishkek Invest. GosStroy issued orders with deadlines for rectification.
Belgium: Ecocem has demonstrated its ACT reduced-CO2 cement in industrial-scale precast concrete production at C-Concrete’s Antwerp plant. ACT cement replaced 70% of clinker in the concrete mix used to produce two full-scale precast elements: a 10m x 3m firewall and an 8m x 3m insulated sandwich wall. A lifecycle assessment showed a 68% reduction in the components’ carbon footprints against conventional concrete-based controls. No changes to C-Concrete’s production processes were necessary.
Ecocem’s head of ACT implementation, Jaouad Nadah, said "We're delighted to see ACT perform at full scale exactly as it did in the laboratory – no surprises and no production issues."
Indonesia: Japan-based Obayashi Corporation has commenced the supply of its CleanCrete alternative cement in Indonesia, after completing its first overseas trial there. Obayashi Corporation supplied the cement for a successful pour of ready-mix concrete at a data centre construction site earlier in 2026. Local partner Pionirbeton Industri has now begun production of under-30%-clinker ready-mix concrete using CleanCrete cement. The product reduces embodied CO₂ by 60% compared with conventional concrete.
