US: Sewell Brother Ventures has applied to build a new ready-mix concrete batching plant at a site outside Harlem in Georgia’s Columbia County. Local press has reported that the plans entail rezoning of the site. The company intends to produce concrete for supply to local non-residential projects. The development will also include a recycling centre, with a total investment cost of US$2m.
US: SRM Concrete has acquired North Carolina-based Troy Ready Mix. The company operates one precast and one ready-mix concrete plant.
The acquisition brings SRM Concrete's total locations in North Carolina to 20. The group employs 8500 people and describes itself as the US’ largest ready-mix concrete producer.
UK: Heidelberg Materials subsidiary Marley has launched Edgemere 2.0, a concrete roof tile produced using Heidelberg Materials’ EvoZero reduced-CO2 cement. UK-produced EvoZero cement attains to its CO2 reduction through the transfer of Environmental Attribute Certificates (EACs) from cement produced at the group’s Brevik cement plant in Norway. An installed carbon capture system at the plant prevents 50% of the plant’s CO2 emissions from entering the atmosphere.
Heidelberg Materials UK is in the process of building a 95% carbon capture installation at the Padeswood cement plant in Flintshire, Wales.
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.
