US: Titan Virginia Ready-Mix and Roanoke Cement Company have won a 2025 Concrete Innovations Award for their design and paving project at the Norfapeake cement terminal in Chesapeake, Virginia. The terminal operates as an affiliate of Roanoke Cement Company and is involved in the import of raw materials and the distribution of cement. The upgrade involved the construction of a 70,000t-capacity cement storage dome and new rail and road facilities for cement despatch.

Roanoke Cement Company supplied its Type-IT 24% reduced-CO₂ ternary blended cement for use in the production of concrete for the project, in order to improve its performance under the brackish conditions at the site. Titan Virginia Ready-Mix added its ProAsh fly ash supplementary cementitious material at the batching stage to further improve workability and durability.

Sweden: Construction firm Peab and forestry company Södra have partnered to develop ECO-hybrid, a precast concrete/cross-laminated timber (CLT) hybrid building frame. Lesprom News has reported that the product is designed to help mass-produced housing projects to meet the highest standards of sustainability.

Peru: Holcim has acquired walling systems producer Compañía Minera Luren. Compañía Minera Luren’s walling systems integrate insulation and mortars.

Holcim Latin America Regional Head Oliver Osswald said that the business will complement Holcim’s operations in Peru. Osswald noted that “Compañía Minera Luren’s walling systems will advance Holcim’s ability to offer customers fully-integrated end-to-end solutions from foundation and flooring to walling and roofing.”

Australia: The former Suvo Strategic Minerals has changed its name to Green360 Technologies, Proactive Investors News has reported.

The company’s joint venture (JV) with precast concrete products company PERMAcast recently commissioned a chemicals handling plant at its reduced-CO₂ concrete demonstration plant in Western Australia. The JV has also completed engineering design for the next phase of the plant’s expansion, namely a dry materials handling plant, scheduled for commissioning by mid-2025.

Green360 Technologies Executive Chair Aaron Banks said “The upgrades that are being implemented to our batching plant will allow for a greater degree of production accuracy in our cement-free, low carbon concrete. This is a pivotal step in the pathway towards commercialisation. The batching plant has been designed to seamlessly accommodate future scalability which would allow the plant to produce low-carbon concrete at increased quantities, which is timely as the joint venture company is now actively quoting jobs.”