US: 350 ready-mix concrete mixer truck drivers at CalPortland sites in Northern California have returned to work and ratified a new one-year contract, following the conclusion of a two-week strike.
The Teamsters union, representing the drivers, said that the new contract implements ‘vital increases’ to their wage and health benefits. Global Concrete has found no statement forthcoming from CalPortland on the matter.
Peru: France-based Saint-Gobain has acquired construction chemicals producer QSI Productos para la Construcción. Saint-Gobain’s existing local construction chemicals platform includes the Soquimic, Weber and Z Aditivos brands.
China: China Resources Building Materials Technology sold 8Mm³ of ready-mix concrete in the first half of 2026, up by 16% year-on-year. During the half-year period, the producer increased its ready-mix concrete production capacity by 3.8Mm³/yr. Its capacity utilisation declined from 32% in the first half of 2025 to 31%.
Australia: Otway Precast has supplied 3000t of precast concrete structural elements for the construction of a bioreactor as part of Wannon Water’s US$60.7m upgrade of the Warrnambool sewage treatment plant in Victoria. Inside Construction News has reported that the bioreactor is 7m deep with a rectangular 57 x 57m footprint, giving an 18Ml treatment capacity.
