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.

Kyrgyzstan: The State Architectural and Construction Control Department (GosStroy) issued fines worth US$11,400 following inspections of 25 facilities serving the construction industry, including multiple ready-mix concrete plants. Central Asia News has reported that the facilities were operating without proper permits. Fined businesses included civil engineering firms Aral-Boom State Enterprise, Avira Group and Mostostroy Otryad State Enterprise and property developer Bishkek Invest. GosStroy issued orders with deadlines for rectification.

Belgium: Ecocem has demonstrated its ACT reduced-CO₂ cement in industrial-scale precast concrete production at C-Concrete’s Antwerp plant. ACT cement replaced 70% of clinker in the concrete mix used to produce two full-scale precast elements: a 10m x 3m firewall and an 8m x 3m insulated sandwich wall. A lifecycle assessment showed a 68% reduction in the components’ carbon footprints against conventional concrete-based controls. No changes to C-Concrete’s production processes were necessary.

Ecocem’s head of ACT implementation, Jaouad Nadah, said "We're delighted to see ACT perform at full scale exactly as it did in the laboratory – no surprises and no production issues."