Canada: CarbiCrete has entered into a new ‘financing collaboration’ with US-based social media group Meta for its installation of CarbiCrete equipment at Canal Block’s Drummond concrete plant in Ontario. Climate consultancy 3Degrees will verify Canal Block’s CO₂ emissions reductions per the terms of the financing collaboration.

UAE: Blackwell 3D Construction has launched a self-funded feasibility study to identify suitable locations for a large-scale 3D-printed residential construction project. Dow Jones Institutional News has reported that Blackwell 3D Construction is collaborating with companies in the Gulf concrete sector to develop a custom 3D printer for the project.

US: Vulcan Materials has entered into an agreement to acquire California-based Superior Ready Mix Concrete. Superior Ready Mix Concrete’ operates 13 ready-mix concrete plants and six aggregates sites, with another 50 years’ combined reserves. Vulcan expects to close the deal by the end of December 2024.

UK: The planning committee of North Lincolnshire Council has refused planning permission for Welton Aggregates’ proposed 250t/day ready-mix concrete batching plant at Slate House quarry in Hibaldstow, Lincolnshire. Local press has reported that the decision followed a site visit by councillors, who discovered a breach of traffic conditions for existing permissions. The new concrete plant would have employed three people.