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The UK’s concrete producers will be represented for the first time in one trade association to help accelerate the industry’s journey towards beyond net zero carbon emissions by 2050.
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The UK’s concrete producers will be represented for the first time in one trade association to help accelerate the industry’s journey towards beyond net zero carbon emissions by 2050.

The company will be supporting the planting of another 1800 trees in the Yorkshire Dales this year thanks to their ‘People and the Planet’ initiative.

The company has announced that it has filed its annual report for the fiscal year ended 31 December 2020 on Form 20-F with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).

The company has already supplied over 12 500 oxygen cylinders for hospitals across India from its production units in Rajasthan, Karnataka, Bihar, Odisha and Chhattisgarh.

The company will supply three waste shredding lines to SsangYong C&E’s plants in Donghae and YeongWol in South Korea.

The company has announced that net sales are up 7.4% and Recurring EBIT is up 131%, continuing the strong growth momentum of the last quarters.

The company has announced that it is acquiring a new floating bucket chain dredger in its Rogätz quarry, about 100 km southwest of Berlin.

To mark World Creativity and Innovation Day, the GCCA is announcing the expansion of its innovation programme, ‘Innovandi’ to encompass a new Open Challenge innovation accelerator programme.

As rationale behind the rating upgrade, Moody’s particularly highlighted HeidelbergCement’s resilient performance throughout 2020 and its strong cash flow generation.

The companies signed an agreement for FLSmidth to deliver the necessary plant modifications for the carbon capture and storage (CCS) project at Norcem Brevik in Norway.

The company has announced the first pouring of concrete sheets manufactured with its H-UKR cement by GCC for the construction of a public establishment in Aizenay, Western France.

According to the CPA’s State of Trade Survey, the pick-up in construction activity has been led by private housing, infrastructure and the repair and maintenance sectors.