US: Vulcan Materials has secured approval for a zoning change for a planned industrial park in Terrell, Texas. The proposed park will include a ready-mix concrete batching plant and a rail yard. Vulcan Materials told local residents that it will implement dust suppression and other measures to minimise noise.

Russia: The Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade has added reinforced concrete products and modular prefabricated structures to its list of critical industrial products for the building materials industry for 2025 – 2027. The ministry’s partner publication Stroygazeta News has reported that the Russian government will now support producers with preferential lending arrangements through the Russian Industrial Development Fund.

Ukraine: Kovalska will launch its upcoming Rozvadiv concrete products plant in Lviv in June 2025, Delo News has reported. The plant will replace the company’s Nova Kakhovka plant on the Russian-occupied left bank of the River Dnieper in Kherson. It will produce aerated concrete blocks and U-blocks, concrete panels and reinforced concrete products for the Western Ukrainian market and for export. Netherlands-based Aircrete Europe is supplying some production equipment for the facility. The project has funding from the Dutch Good Growth Fund.

Director Igor Subotenko said that, after commissioning the plant at full capacity, Kovalska will immediately begin construction of another one adjacent to it. Eventual investments will reach €100m, of which Kovalska has already spent €50m.

Egypt: 3S Ready Mix Concrete is ‘exploring opportunities to develop’ its own ready-mix concrete plants as part of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the supply of concrete for the construction of Matruh Governorate’s upcoming US$35bn Ras el-Hekma industrial hub. Emirates News Agency has reported that construction of the hub is proceeding under a joint venture of ElSewedy Industrial Development and UAE-based property developer Modon. It will create an anticipated 20,000 new jobs by 2035.