UAE: Investment company Nael & Bin Harmal Group has launched a new precast concrete plant in Abu Dhabi. The plant will serve Abu Dhabi Housing Authority and Abu Dhabi Projects and Infrastructure Centre's on-going US$28.9bn, 40,000-unit housing initiative across Abu Dhabi, Al Ain and Al Dhafra. Gulf News has reported that Nael & Bin Harmal Group's concrete capacity is now 450,000m³/yr of precast concrete components.

General Manager Joseph Varghese said "The launch of this facility marks a major advance not only for our company but for the UAE's broader vision for sustainable, high-quality housing."

US: Construction Owners News has reported that Knife River Corporation has acquired Texcrete Operations and TexAgg’s operations in Bryan and College Station, Texas. The assets consist of six ready-mix concrete plants, served by 85 mixer trucks, and a sand and gravel site with 20 years’ reserves. Following the deal, 100 new employees have joined Knife River Corporation's Texas team.

Knife River Corporation president and CEO Brian Gray said "This acquisition fits our strategy of focusing on materials-based, vertically integrated operations in mid-size, high-growth markets. We expect the ready-mix plants will pull through aggregates from our existing Knife River operations, in addition to leveraging Texcrete's own supply. We're excited about the growth potential in Texas, and we further expect the addition of Texcrete will help balance the seasonality in our Northern US markets."

Colombia: The Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) and the Iberoamerican Federation of Ready-Mixed Concrete (FIHP) will hold a global ready-mix concrete conference in Cartagena de Indias on 6 – 8 May 2026. The event, called the Global Concrete Producers and Associations Summit, will take place during the PROCEMCO'26 regional cement and concrete meeting.

Topics at this 1st Global Concrete Producers and Associations Summit will include CO₂ benchmarking and rating, reporting and roadmaps, product development, Environmental Product Declarations, supply chains, advanced materials and AI.

US: Fortera's ReAct alternative cement has become the first product of its kind to meet all six ASTM C1157 performance categories, corresponding to general construction use, high early strength, moderate sulphate resistance, high sulphate resistance, moderate heat of hydration and low heat of hydration. It also exceeded the requirements in some ‘key areas,’ according to the developer. ReAct is an up-to-100% substitute binder technology based on the transformation of vaterite to calcite. It offers 70% reduced CO₂ compared with ordinary Portland cement (OPC).

Construction Testing Services independently validated ReAct cement across eight required tests.