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Azerbaijan raises concrete production in 2024
Written by Global Concrete staff
22 January 2025
Azerbaijan: Ready-mix concrete production was 5.02Mt in 2024, up by 12% year-on-year from 2023 levels, Azer-Press News has reported. Production of precast concrete elements also grew, by 41% year-on-year, to 46,300m3.
Giatec launches MixPilot in-transit concrete slump sensor
Written by Global Concrete staff
21 January 2025
Canada: Monitoring equipment supplier Giatec has launched MixPilot, the concrete industry's first non-invasive, self-calibrating in-transit slump sensor. The developer says that MixPilot provides real-time data on slump, temperature and volume. It also integrates with data management platforms.
Cyprus ready-mix concrete prices rise
Written by Global Concrete staff
20 January 2025
Cyprus: Ready-mix concrete companies have raised their prices by 5%, following a wage settlement with workers in December 2024. Phileleftheros News has reported that this will correspond to extra costs of €4/m3 for customers.
Construction industry representatives reportedly claim that the rise in prices exceeds that of labour costs for concrete producers.
Romcim to acquire two concrete plants in Iași
Written by Global Concrete staff
17 January 2025
Romania: Romcim, a subsidiary of Ireland-based CRH, has concluded a deal with BCC Agregate Betoane for the acquisition of two ready-mix concrete plants in Iași County. The Romania Journal newspaper has reported that the proposed acquisition is under review by Romania’s Competition Council.
Cemex supplies ready-mix concrete for Tel Aviv’s W Tower
Written by Global Concrete staff
17 January 2025
Israel: Cemex has supplied concrete for the construction of the residential W Tower in Tel Aviv, including 3800m³ of ready-mix concrete in the building’s foundations. Noticias Financieras News has reported that Cemex developed a special concrete mix for use in the 156m-high building, and replaced conventional pumps and cranes with a third-floor fixed pump during construction.