Concrete News Latest news from the quarry, asphalt, cement, concrete and aggregate recycling industries Submit News 04/03/2020 10:56 | Concrete Sharp rise in construction output and orders Latest IHS Markit/CIPS UK Construction PMI survey indicates fastest rise in output since December 2018 04/03/2020 10:10 | Concrete New manager at Cauldon cement plant Lafarge Cement appoint Stuart Hutchings as new manager of Cauldon works in Staffordshire 03/03/2020 15:58 | Concrete A year of progress for Ibstock Resilient trading performance and good strategic progress in 2019 provide platform for future growth 28/02/2020 16:29 | Quarrying CRH deliver good profit growth in 2019 Another year of growth with sales and profits up and further progress expected this year 28/02/2020 16:27 | Quarrying Successful year for Lafarge Holcim Company reports record operating profit, net income, earnings per share and free cash flow in 2019 26/02/2020 12:07 | Concrete New voice for the UK concrete industry MPA launches UK Concrete – a new public and political advocacy vehicle for the concrete industry 26/02/2020 11:59 | Concrete CEMEX launch UK’s first net-zero ready-mixed concrete New Vertua range includes variety of bespoke ready-mix designs including first CarbonNeutral product 26/02/2020 11:56 | Concrete Promix launch liquid floor screed in North Wales North Wales concrete supplier teams up with Longcliffe Quarries to produce free-flowing floor screed 20/02/2020 14:58 | SHE CEMEX announce ambitious strategy to address climate change Company says climate change is one of the biggest challenges of our time and supports urgent collective action 20/02/2020 13:42 | Concrete RSG choose Elite Legato blocks to build better bunkers Hard-wearing, high-strength blocks from Elite Precast Concrete used for new bunker facility in Stoke 19/02/2020 18:17 | Quarrying Vulcan Materials Company report full-year results Double-digit growth in revenues in 2019 and double-digit earnings growth expected in 2020 18/02/2020 13:34 | SHE MPA awarded £6 million BEIS fuel-switching grant Association secures multi-million-pound award for groundbreaking decarbonization demonstration projects 15/02/2020 06:07 | Concrete Hanson Regen provides soil solution for super sewer Ground granulated blast-furnace slag product used to overcome difficult ground on Thames Tideway Tunnel project 13/02/2020 15:13 | Quarrying CEMEX report full-year 2019 results Company experiences challenging year with weaker macroeconomic and market conditions 13/02/2020 10:42 | Quarrying HeidelbergCement report preliminary 2019 results Group publishes preliminary, unaudited figures for sales volumes, revenue, result and net debt 12/02/2020 17:28 | Concrete Logical Concrete open new plant at Thorney Land Logical Group invest in state-of-the-art ready-mixed concrete plant on A47 near Peterborough 12/02/2020 17:08 | Quarrying Another record-breaking year for Martin Marietta Eighth consecutive year of growth makes 2019 the most profitable year in company’s history 11/02/2020 16:56 | Quarrying Prime Minister confirms HS2 will go ahead HS2 to go ahead, alongside radical improvements to local transport networks across the country 10/02/2020 12:00 | Concrete Hanson appoint new national commercial director Andy Murphy assumes commercial responsibility for cement division as well as major projects and commercial excellence 10/02/2020 10:55 | Plant & Equipment Dyckerhoff Basal opt for Liebherr Mobilmix 3.5 Highly mobile concrete mixing plant proves its capabilities at lock construction site in the Netherlands 05/02/2020 16:10 | Asphalt & Surfacing Construction output falls at its slowest pace since May 2019 Firms report boost from receding political uncertainty as business optimism rebounds to its highest since April 2018 04/02/2020 14:55 | Asphalt & Surfacing Latest MPA figures reflect weakened activity UK construction frailty confirmed by falling demand for heavy-side building materials in 2019 03/02/2020 11:48 | Concrete New appointment at Quinn Precast Quinn appoint new precast business development manager for Great Britain market 31/01/2020 12:31 | Concrete New chairman takes over at HeidelbergCement Dr Dominik von Achten succeeds Dr Bernd Scheifele as chairman of the managing board of HeidelbergCement Load More Latest Jobs Civil Engineer (Quarries) Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) is seeking a Civil Engineer (Quarries) for their South Region, to manage the quarries and stone production programme More Jobs
04/03/2020 10:56 | Concrete Sharp rise in construction output and orders Latest IHS Markit/CIPS UK Construction PMI survey indicates fastest rise in output since December 2018
04/03/2020 10:10 | Concrete New manager at Cauldon cement plant Lafarge Cement appoint Stuart Hutchings as new manager of Cauldon works in Staffordshire
03/03/2020 15:58 | Concrete A year of progress for Ibstock Resilient trading performance and good strategic progress in 2019 provide platform for future growth
28/02/2020 16:29 | Quarrying CRH deliver good profit growth in 2019 Another year of growth with sales and profits up and further progress expected this year
28/02/2020 16:27 | Quarrying Successful year for Lafarge Holcim Company reports record operating profit, net income, earnings per share and free cash flow in 2019
26/02/2020 12:07 | Concrete New voice for the UK concrete industry MPA launches UK Concrete – a new public and political advocacy vehicle for the concrete industry
26/02/2020 11:59 | Concrete CEMEX launch UK’s first net-zero ready-mixed concrete New Vertua range includes variety of bespoke ready-mix designs including first CarbonNeutral product
26/02/2020 11:56 | Concrete Promix launch liquid floor screed in North Wales North Wales concrete supplier teams up with Longcliffe Quarries to produce free-flowing floor screed
20/02/2020 14:58 | SHE CEMEX announce ambitious strategy to address climate change Company says climate change is one of the biggest challenges of our time and supports urgent collective action
20/02/2020 13:42 | Concrete RSG choose Elite Legato blocks to build better bunkers Hard-wearing, high-strength blocks from Elite Precast Concrete used for new bunker facility in Stoke
19/02/2020 18:17 | Quarrying Vulcan Materials Company report full-year results Double-digit growth in revenues in 2019 and double-digit earnings growth expected in 2020
18/02/2020 13:34 | SHE MPA awarded £6 million BEIS fuel-switching grant Association secures multi-million-pound award for groundbreaking decarbonization demonstration projects
15/02/2020 06:07 | Concrete Hanson Regen provides soil solution for super sewer Ground granulated blast-furnace slag product used to overcome difficult ground on Thames Tideway Tunnel project
13/02/2020 15:13 | Quarrying CEMEX report full-year 2019 results Company experiences challenging year with weaker macroeconomic and market conditions
13/02/2020 10:42 | Quarrying HeidelbergCement report preliminary 2019 results Group publishes preliminary, unaudited figures for sales volumes, revenue, result and net debt
12/02/2020 17:28 | Concrete Logical Concrete open new plant at Thorney Land Logical Group invest in state-of-the-art ready-mixed concrete plant on A47 near Peterborough
12/02/2020 17:08 | Quarrying Another record-breaking year for Martin Marietta Eighth consecutive year of growth makes 2019 the most profitable year in company’s history
11/02/2020 16:56 | Quarrying Prime Minister confirms HS2 will go ahead HS2 to go ahead, alongside radical improvements to local transport networks across the country
10/02/2020 12:00 | Concrete Hanson appoint new national commercial director Andy Murphy assumes commercial responsibility for cement division as well as major projects and commercial excellence
10/02/2020 10:55 | Plant & Equipment Dyckerhoff Basal opt for Liebherr Mobilmix 3.5 Highly mobile concrete mixing plant proves its capabilities at lock construction site in the Netherlands
05/02/2020 16:10 | Asphalt & Surfacing Construction output falls at its slowest pace since May 2019 Firms report boost from receding political uncertainty as business optimism rebounds to its highest since April 2018
04/02/2020 14:55 | Asphalt & Surfacing Latest MPA figures reflect weakened activity UK construction frailty confirmed by falling demand for heavy-side building materials in 2019
03/02/2020 11:48 | Concrete New appointment at Quinn Precast Quinn appoint new precast business development manager for Great Britain market
31/01/2020 12:31 | Concrete New chairman takes over at HeidelbergCement Dr Dominik von Achten succeeds Dr Bernd Scheifele as chairman of the managing board of HeidelbergCement
Civil Engineer (Quarries) Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) is seeking a Civil Engineer (Quarries) for their South Region, to manage the quarries and stone production programme