Heidelberg Materials has appointed contractors to build the UK’s first carbon capture facility at a cement works at Padeswood in north Wales.

The use of cross-laminated timber in construction looks to have been made much simpler after some new industry research.

Net zero cement should be in production in north Wales by 2029.

Heidelberg Materials (formerly Hanson UK) has opened a new ready-mixed concrete plant in Abergele, north Wales.

Two years after becoming the first UK builders’ merchant to install a Fibo Collect concrete vending machine, Thorncliffe Building Supplies has now added a third system.

Sev.en Global Investments has completed the acquisition of Celsa Steel UK from Spain’s Celsa.

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