Saudi Arabia: Al Kifah Readymix & Blocks (KRB) has secured accreditation for its CarbonCure CO₂-injected concrete. Gulf Construction News has reported that the Saudi Standards, Metrology and Quality Organisation accredited CarbonCure as a Type-S additive following year-long tests. Canada-based CarbonCure Technologies licensed the technology to KRB. The producer uses CarbonCure in its Congreen range of reduced-CO2 cements.

KRB General Manager Nigel Harries said "This milestone marks KRB as the first company in the Kingdom to utilise this innovative solution.”

US: Finland-based Elematic has won a contract to provide precast concrete element plant design and construction services to Texas-based property developer S.H.A.R.E. Community Development Corp (SCDC). SCDC specialises in turnkey multi-family residential developments. The companies have a five-year plan to expand their partnership across the US.

Elematic supplies fully-integrated plants, production lines, standalone machines and services in over 100 countries. It holds a Concrete Construction Innovation Award and a Finnish Quality Award.

Cyprus: The Pancypriot Ready-Mix Concrete Producers and Distributors Association (PSKPÉS) dissolved on 2 December 2024, as workers began to return to work following a two-month strike. The Cyprus Mail newspaper has reported that 480 (86%) of 560 ready-mix concrete workers have now signed deals with employers. 25 companies have signed, out of a total 35 affected. This follows the failure of the PSKPÉS to produce a collective agreement with unions.

Union representative Stelios Efstratiou said "Next steps wherever employers have failed to sign are still to be determined."

India: Market research company Exactitude Consultancy has forecast that the ready-mix concrete market in India will increase at a composite annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9% between 2024 and 2030. It noted that this will result in a total market value of US$1.54tn. This is more than double its size one decade previously in 2020, of US$725bn.

More Articles …