UK: CRH subsidiary Tarmac will launch five electric heavy goods vehicles to transport cement, precast concrete blocks, aggregates and asphalt in London and South East England in early 2026. Transport and Energy News has reported that DAF Trucks and Renault Trucks will supply the vehicles. Tarmac has partnered with Innovate UK for the initiative, which will receive a portion of €227m of Department of Transport funding under the Zero-Emission HGV and Infrastructure Development programme. Tarmac and charging partner Voltempo will build a new ‘London-wide’ electric vehicle (EV) charging network in support of the fleet.

Voltempo founder Michael Boxwell said "Tarmac's leadership and willingness to invest in electric HGVs and charging network infrastructure, including Voltempo's ultra-rapid HyperCharger MCS, is exactly the kind of ambition we need to drive real change across the sector. We're proud to have Tarmac as a founding partner in the eFreight 2030 EV consortium and look forward to working together to accelerate the transition to zero-emission road freight."

Europe: EU member states deployed 32.5Mt of steel by-products in building materials production and construction in 2024, according to newly released data from regional slag association EuroSlag. 20Mt of granulated blast furnace slag (GBFS) entered cement production and 1.5Mt served as aggregates, while 11Mt of steelworks slag (SWS) served in roadbuilding and other construction applications. EuroSlag said that this, alongside all other applications, prevented the emission of 11.4Mt of CO₂ and the extraction of 40Mt of minerals. Domestic steel production yielded 19.6Mt of GBFS and 16.5Mt of SWS across the bloc in 2024. A further 38Mt of slag became available through extraction from temporary stores.

Cumulatively, circular applications of slag in the EU prevented the emission of 319Mt of CO₂ and the extraction of 1.21Gt of minerals between 2000 and 2024.

EuroSlag Chair Thomas Reiche said "Even in a difficult global political and economic environment, ferrous slag makes an important contribution to resource conservation, climate protection and the circular economy. EuroSlag will continue to work at all levels to intensify practice-orientated research and adapt national and European regulations."

Israel: Luzon Group subsidiary ROM Geves Casings & Coverings has launched Morphit <80% recycled building materials from construction and demolition materials (CDM), including concrete, ceramics, glass, gypsum wallboard, sand, stone powder and tiles. The materials are suitable for use in the production of concrete blocks and partition walls within ROM Geves Casings & Coverings’ existing systems. The company developed the range with technology laboratory Practical Innovation.

ROM Geves Casings & Coverings CEO Ariel Avram said that the company is now seeking partners with which to commercialise Morphit building materials in Germany, Austria or Switzerland.

UK: Heidelberg Materials UK has deployed CarbonCure’s carbon sequestration technology at its Greenwich ready-mix concrete batching plant in London. The process permanently mineralises pure manufactured CO₂ in fresh concrete. This reduces concrete’s CO2 emissions by 7 – 11kg/m³ and can reduce cement usage by 5%. The Greenwich plant already uses Heidelberg Materials UK’s evoZero cement, evoBuild reduced-CO₂ granulated blast-furnace slag, calcined clay and recycled crushed concrete in its production.

Heidelberg Materials UK’s Concrete Technical Director Daniel Clayton said "The CarbonCure trial is the first of its kind to trial the technology in ready-mix concrete in England and is another example of our commitment to innovation and decarbonising our business, to deliver lower-carbon construction materials to our customers. We're continuing to invest in a range of innovative technologies to enable this, including partnering with CarbonCure in this trial where the mineralised CO₂ within the concrete stays permanently locked in, even if the concrete is demolished at some point in the future."