Holcim has completed the acquisition of the Burdett Group to expand its aggregates and circular construction footprint in the attractive market of Australia. With its business in the country’s metropolitan growth area of southeast Melbourne, Burdett Group is a leading…
Cement Australia has temporarily paused operation of its Railton cement plant in Tasmania to upgrade its kiln firing system. The A$106 million investment is funded A$59.6 million by the Australian Government. The new firing system will allow the co-processing of…
Australia’s Maas Group announced to sell its construction materials division for up to A$ 1.7bn to the Australian subsidiary of Heidelberg Materials. The division had a consolidated revenue of about A$ 535.7m and underlying EBIDTA of A$ 110.7m in last…
The Government of South Australia will provide a AUD12m loan to the Hallett Group to back a green cement transformation project (GCTP). Hallett is the largest integrated supplier of building, construction and mining materials in South Australia, operating a fleet…
Adbri has been awarded $50m in funding towards a FEED study to increase the overall production at Birkenhead in Australia. Adbri has been successful in its application for grant funding in the first round of the Commonwealth’s Powering the Regions…
Cockburn Cement Ltd. (CCL), which is part of ADBRI, started in 2022 the Kwinana upgrade project in Australia. The project targets the transitioning of the cement production from Munster to Kwinana, installing 2 new ball mills with 2 x 100…
Australia’s Seven Group Holdings (ASX:SGH) has made a A$1.9 bn (US$1.24bn) bid to acquire the remaining 24.8% shares of Boral, Australia’s leading building products group. It has proposed a minimum of 0.1116 Seven shares and $1.50 cash per Boral share,…
CRH plc and its partner, the Australian Barro Group, have entered into an agreement with ADBRI Ltd, formerly known as Adelaide Brighton, to acquire all ADBRI shares. The partners own a 47.6% minority stake and submitted a non-binding offer to…