UK: SigmaRoc subsidiary GreenCem has partnered with Teesside University's Net Zero Industry Innovation Centre (NZIIC) to develop reduced-CO₂ concrete based on its accelerators. The partners will assess potential products and identify opportunities to digitise production.
Australia: LS Precast has won a contract to supply 96,000 precast concrete segments for a 16km section of the Melbourne Suburban Rail Loop. The elements will comprise a section of twin tunnels running between Cheltenham and Glen Waverley stations. Australian Manufacturing Forum News has reported that LS Precast will begin producing 170 segments per day for the project from October 2025 onwards.
India: The state government of Haryana has ordered that ready-mix concrete batching plants continuing to operate despite closure orders be cut off from the power grid. The Hindustan Times has reported that ‘several’ such plants are suspected of continuing their operations in secret in Gurugram.
Australia: Adbri has entered an agreement to acquire ready-mix concrete producer Premix Concrete. The Salisbury, South Australia-based business operates four ready-mix concrete plants, a sand and gravel processing plant and quarries at Penrice and Yorke.
The Advertiser newspaper has reported that Adbri operates 12 ready-mix concrete plants and two aggregates quarries, both on the Yorke Peninsula.
Adbri is already awaiting the findings of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission on a previous bid for fellow building materials producer BGC Group, due on 25 July 2025.
