US: Vulcan Materials has entered into an agreement to acquire California-based Superior Ready Mix Concrete. Superior Ready Mix Concrete’ operates 13 ready-mix concrete plants and six aggregates sites, with another 50 years’ combined reserves. Vulcan expects to close the deal by the end of December 2024.

UK: The planning committee of North Lincolnshire Council has refused planning permission for Welton Aggregates’ proposed 250t/day ready-mix concrete batching plant at Slate House quarry in Hibaldstow, Lincolnshire. Local press has reported that the decision followed a site visit by councillors, who discovered a breach of traffic conditions for existing permissions. The new concrete plant would have employed three people.

Saudi Arabia: Al Kifah Readymix & Blocks (KRB) has secured accreditation for its CarbonCure CO₂-injected concrete. Gulf Construction News has reported that the Saudi Standards, Metrology and Quality Organisation accredited CarbonCure as a Type-S additive following year-long tests. Canada-based CarbonCure Technologies licensed the technology to KRB. The producer uses CarbonCure in its Congreen range of reduced-CO₂ cements.

KRB General Manager Nigel Harries said "This milestone marks KRB as the first company in the Kingdom to utilise this innovative solution.”

US: Finland-based Elematic has won a contract to provide precast concrete element plant design and construction services to Texas-based property developer S.H.A.R.E. Community Development Corp (SCDC). SCDC specialises in turnkey multi-family residential developments. The companies have a five-year plan to expand their partnership across the US.

Elematic supplies fully-integrated plants, production lines, standalone machines and services in over 100 countries. It holds a Concrete Construction Innovation Award and a Finnish Quality Award.