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GLOBAL CONCRETE REPORT 2023: Introduction
Dear Readers, commodity after water, and while that may be true, it does not
mean that it will be forever so. Such are the pressures on the
Welcome to this, the third edition of the Global Concrete cement industry to reduce its emissions that the concrete of the
Report - 2023. This edition has been updated by Jacob Winskell, future will have very different mix designs from those seen today,
using the latest available information from company annual with practically everything but clinker used in the cementitious
reports, press releases, many different news sources, correspon- binders. However, let’s not get ahead of ourselves - those chang-
dence with industry participants and of course extrended trawls es are likely (or inevitable) only in the coming decades, not next
of the internet. week or next year. But they are coming. Critical to the change in
mix design will be a much more sophisticated use of construc-
The difficulties of putting together the Global Concrete tion chemicals to ensure that the concrete performs as designed,
Report should not be underestimated! Nations and companies with little or no clinker involved.
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Top 40 concrete-producing companies 16
Global Concrete NEWS 32
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GLOBAL CONCRETE: OVERVIEW
Jacob Winskell
Global Concrete Overview
Welcome to the 2023 edition of the Global Concrete Report. In this, our third edition of the
report, we present the first Global Concrete Top 40, our largest ever run-down of global
ready-mix and precast concrete producers, with detailed reports on a selection. Also
featured is the Global Concrete Top 10 Countries Report (Page 8).
I nnovators and investors,

thought leaders and envi-
ronmentalists... concrete
When working from cement
consumption data, as in the
Top 10 Countries Report,
binds together all op- we relied on a conversion
Right - Figure 1: erators in the global 1 - 40 based on the latest figures
Global Concrete Top 40 economy. For the 702m for Germany. In 2021,
Concrete Companies by share people living in low 78% of cement deliv-
of global ready-mix concrete TOTAL
production in 2022. See Table income countries, it eries there went into
1 for key. also promises rapid 9.42Bnm3 concrete production:
advances in healthcare, 56% into ready-mix
security and freedom.1 OTHERS and 22% into precast.2
To the user encoun- Adjusting this to reflect
tering it in situ, concrete 8.81Bnm3 concrete’s average cement
is a monolithic grey solid. content, we estimate concrete
93.5%
Producers, meanwhile, deal production of 2.14m3/t of ce-
with two distinct materials - ready- ment: 1.54m3/t of ready-mix and
mix concrete and precast concrete. 0.6m3/t of precast.3
Right - Figure 2: The former’s setting process and Now we are able to convert
Global Concrete Top 40 the latter’s massiveness make global cement consumption
Concrete Companies by share CHINA
transportation a challenge. NATIONAL
into a figure for estimated
of Top 40 ready-mix concrete
production in 2022. See Table Another challenge BUILDING global concrete produc-
is sustainability. CO2 MATERIAL tion: 9.42Bnm3 in 2022.
1 (opposite) for key.
reduction options in- This forms the basis for
11 - 40
clude changing the our calculation of pro-
2
cement that concrete ducers’ global shares,
TOP 40 TOTAL
uses or reducing or as shown in Figure 1
10
eliminating that cement 612Mm 3 (above left) and Table
9 CEMEX
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Geoprime, licensed for Industry dynamics
6 HOLCIM
the growing Indian market National competition laws
in mid-2022, enable alterna- generally cap the size of con-
tives such as fly ash and ground crete producers, with the largest in
granulated blast furnace slag (GGBFS) any given jurisdiction clustering around
to replace some cement. Geoprime offers a the same figure. As Figure 2 (above left) demon-
maximum carbon footprint reduction of 80%. strates, cement producers hold several of the largest
slices of the global Top 40 concrete production pie,
Methodology having historically maximised their profitability
For companies in the Top 40, we have generally been by absorbing downstream businesses (most sig-
able to bring forward sales volumes from concrete nificantly, ready-mix concrete batching plants) in a
producers’ 2021 annual reports, adjusted for known process of vertical integration.
acquisitions, startups and closures during 2022. Table 1 (Page 6) ranks all Top 40 global concrete
In places, we also include year-on-year change for companies by their approximate concrete output in
2021, for comparison against financial results. Mm3 during 2022.
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References 3. The Constructor, ‘Calculate Quantities of Materials for
1. World Bank Data, ‘Low income,’ 2021, data.worldbank. Concrete - Cement,’ theconstructor.org/concrete/calculate-
org/country/XM quantities-of-materials-for-concrete/10700/
2. VDZ, Umweltdaten der deutschen Zementindustrie 2020, 4. Statista, ‘Global cement production 1995-2021,’ 1 April
July 2021, www.vdz-online.de/fileadmin/wissensportal/ 2022, www.statista.com/statistics/1087115/global-cement-
publikationen/umweltschutz/Umweltdaten/VDZ-Umwelt- production-volume/
daten_Environmental_Data_2020.pdf
Right - Table 1: Global

Concrete TOP 40 concrete Rank Company Headquarters Production (Mm3) Top 40 share (%) Global share (%)
producers by estimated 1 China National Building Material Beijing, China 112 18 1.2
concrete volumes in 2022.
2 China West Construction Group Chengdu, China 61.1 10 0.7
Source: Company reports and
Global Cement research. 3 Cemex Mexico City, Mexico 49.2 8 0.5
4 Heidelberg Materials Heidelberg, Germany 47.4 7.7 0.5
5 Holcim Zug, Switzerland 44.2 7.2 0.5
6 Shanghai Construction Group Shanghai, China 43.1 7 0.5
7 CRH Dublin, Ireland 28.5 4.7 0.3
8 SRM Concrete Nashville, US 22 3.6 0.2
9 Siam Cement Group Bangkok, Thailand 20 3.3 0.2
10 BBMG Corporation Beijing, China 15.3 2.5 0.2
11 Anhui Conch Wuhu, China 15 2.5 0.2
12 China Resources Cement Hong Kong, China 14.8 2.4 0.2
13 Buzzi Unicem Casale Monferrato, Italy 12.1 2 0.1
14 Vicat Paris, France 10.5 1.7 0.1
15 Huaxin Cement Wuhan, China 9.05 1.5 0.1
16 Votorantim Cimentos São Paulo, Brazil 8.1 1.3 0.09
17 Cementos Argos Medellín, Colombia 7.8 1.3 0.09
18 Martin Marietta Materials Raleigh, US 7.64 1.2 0.08
19 Boral North Ryde, Australia 7 1.1 0.08
20 Taiheiyo Cement Tokyo, Japan 6 1 0.07
21 Thomas Concrete Group Gothenburg, Sweden 5.6 0.9 0.06
22 Summit Materials Denver, US 5.57 0.9 0.06
23 Titan Group Athens, Greece 5.5 0.9 0.06
24 Taiwan Cement Corporation Taipei City, Taiwan 5.26 0.9 0.06
25 Cementir Holding Rome, Italy 5.09 0.8 0.06
26 Empresas Melón Santiago, Chile 4.5 0.7 0.05
27 Vulcan Materials Birmingham, US 4.29 0.7 0.05
28 UNACEM Lima, Peru 3.9 0.6 0.04
28 OYAK Çimento Ankara, Türkiye 3.5 0.6 0.04
30 MDU Resources Bismarck, US 3.26 0.5 0.04
31 Breedon Group Breedon on the Hill, UK 3.2 0.5 0.04
32 UltraTech Cement Mumbai, India 3 0.5 0.03
33 Colas Paris, France 2.9 0.5 0.03
34 Al Kifah Ready-Mix and Blocks Al Ahsa, Saudi Arabia 2.5 0.4 0.03
35 Siam City Cement Bangkok, Thailand 2.43 0.4 0.03
36 Fletcher Building Auckland, New Zealand 2.3 0.4 0.03
Companies wishing to be 37 Adani Group Ahmedabad, India 2.27 0.4 0.03
included in future global
rankings should send de- 38 InterCement São Paulo, Brazil 2.15 0.4 0.02
tails of their most recent 39 Limak Holding Ankara, Türkiye 2.1 0.3 0.02
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GLOBAL CONCRETE: TOP 10 COUNTRIES
Top 10 concrete-producing countries
In the most recent recorded full year (2021), 9.42Bnm3-worth of concrete was produced
globally, 4.58Bnm3 (49%) of it in 10 countries. The Global Concrete Report 2023’s Global
Concrete Top 10 lists these, with country-by-country analysis of production and markets.
Right - Figure 3: Concrete

production (in 2021) by country. C oncrete is among the few commodities to have
been produced in every country in 2022 -
though volumes are far from evenly distributed. Our
1. China: 3.29Bnm3, 34%.
Global Concrete Top 10 are characterised by large
2. US: 333Mm3, 3.5%. populations and high construction activity. Figure CHINA
3. India: 219Mm3/yr, 2.3%. 3 (right) compares their 2021 shares of global con-
TOTAL 3.29Bnm3
crete production, which together almost equal that OTHERS
4. Indonesia: 141Mm3, 1.5%.
of all other countries. Of a combined 4.58Mm3, four 34%
5. Russia: 122Mm3, 1.3%. 4.92Bnm3 9.42Bnm3
Asian countries (China, India, Indonesia and Viet-
6. Türkiye: 119.7Mm3, 1.2%. nam) produced 3.75Bnm3 (40%), two countries in 4
51%
the Americas (the US and Brazil) produced 420Mm3 65
7. Egypt: 102Mm3, 1.1%. 10 9 8 7
(4.5%), three Middle Eastern countries (Türkiye, 2
8. Vietnam: 97.7Mm3, 1%.
Egypt and Saudi Arabia) produced 285Mm3 (3%) 3
9. Brazil: 87.3Mm3, 0.9%. and Russia produced 122Mm3 (1.3%). Figure 4
10. Saudi Arabia: (below) plots countries’ ready-mix concrete produc-
63.5Mm3, 0.7%. tion against population on a logarithmic scale.
Global Concrete Top 10
4000 1. China
China had a population of 1.41bn and total concrete
China . production of 3.29Bnm3 in 2021 - corresponding
2000 to 18% of humanity and 35% of global concrete
production respectively.1, 2 This gives the country a
per-capita production for the year of 2.33m3, higher
1000 than any other Top 10 country’s. Chinese concrete
production grew by 16% year-on-year in 2021, from
2.84Bnm3 in 2020. Figure 5 (opposite, top) shows
Concrete production (Mm3)
500 annual concrete production levels over the seven-

year period up to 2021. Levels rose every year except
. US 2018, with the sharpest increase recorded in 2019, of
250 41% to 2.55Bnm3 from 1.8Bnm3.
India . In China, concrete is usually mixed off-site, so
builders are entirely reliant on concrete producers,
. Indonesia
125 . Türkiye. Russia be it ready-mixed or precast. All-China ready-mix
concrete prices ended 2021 at US$68.95/m3, up by
Vietnam . . Egypt . Brazil 10% year-on-year from US$62.44/m3 in 2020. The
62.5 . Saudi Arabia price of ready-mixed concrete was highest in Shang-
hai, at US$89.21/m3, more than double its year-end
2020 price of US$36.16/m3.
Chinese product standards dictate the three main
0
types of precast concrete elements: concrete piles for
0 100 200 400 800 1600 construction, of which 95.8Mm3 were produced in
2021, up by 64% year-on-year from 58.4Mm3 in
Population (m) 2020; concrete poles for power and communications
lines (18.3Mm3, up by 1.3% from 18.1Mm3) and
concrete drainage pipes (13.1Mm3, up by 2.5% from
8 Global Concrete: Top 10 concrete-producing countriess

3.5
3.0
2.5
Concrete production (Bnm3)
2.0
1.5
1.0
0.5
0.0
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Year
12.8Mm3). Combined, these three types of precast 2. The US

concrete production yield a total precast concrete 332m people lived in the US in 2021, representing a Above - Figure 5: Chinese
production of 127Mm3, 3.9% of national cement 0.1% year-on-year increase in the country’s popula- concrete production,
production, up by 42% from 89.3Mm3. Different tion from 331.5m in 2020. United States Geological 2015 - 2021.
Chinese precast elements are pictured below. Survey (USGS) cement consumption figures lead us Source: Huaon.
to estimate national concrete production volumes at
333Mm3 in 2021, up by 5% from 317Mm3 in 2020.3
This corresponds to a production per capita of 1m3,
up by 4.9% from slightly below 1m3 in 2020. Opposite- Figure 4: Graph
The US produced 301Mm3 of ready-mix concrete, comparing Global Concrete Top
10 countries’ 2021 concrete
up by 4.3% year-on-year from 289Mm3, and 32Mm3 production and populations.
of precast concrete, up by 14% from 28Mm3. Ready-
mixed concrete production consumed 80.3Mt (75%)
of the US’s 102Mt-worth of domestic cement deliv-
eries, while precast concrete production consumed
Concrete piles. Source: Baidu. 11.8Mt (11%). This gives us a ready-mix-to-precast
concrete production ratio of 7:1. In a highly devel-
oped country such like the US, we would generally
expect a ratio closer to 2:1 - for instance Germany’s
2.5:1 ready-mix-to-precast concrete ratio in 2021.
The reason for the US’ outlier status here is its his-
torical comparatively low investment in the types of
construction which most consume precast concrete.
This situation may soon change, as planned
spending under the government’s US$1.2tn Infra-
Concrete poles. Source: Qingzhoushi Huaqiang. structure Investment and Jobs Act takes effect. In
May 2022, the Portland Cement Association (PCA)
forecast a year-on-year increase in US cement
demand of 0.4% from 107Mt in 2021 to 107.4Mt
in 2022 and of 2% to 110Mt in 2023.4 In 2022, the
sharpest growth, of 2.8%, is forecast in the Mountain
region, followed by the South Atlantic region with
2.2% and the West region with 1.8%. Meanwhile, the
West North Central region expects a decline of 5%,
and the West South Central region and New England
region declines of 1.6% and 0.5% respectively.
Concrete pipes. Source: Fengxiang Biaojiao.
Global Concrete: Top 10 concrete-producing countries 9

3. India Top 10 Country Factfiles

India’s 1.39bn-strong population (up by 1%
from 1.38bn in 2020) is second only to
1. China
China’s in size. In contrast to China,
Concrete production: 3.29Bnm3
builders in India commonly mix
Population:1.41bn
their own concrete for projects
Concrete production
at various different scales.5 India
per capita: 2.33m3
produced an estimated 219Mm3
Gross domestic product (GDP):
of concrete in 2021, up by 6.8%
US$17.7Tn
year-on-year from 205Mm3 in
GDP per capita: US$12,600
2020, with a per-capita production
of 0.16m3.6
The total production figure divides
2. US
unevenly between ready-mix and
Concrete production: 253Mm3
precast concrete production, with
Population:332m
192Mm3 of the former (88%) and
Concrete production
27Mm3 of the latter (12%). Ready-
per capita: 0.76m3
mix concrete production rose by
GDP:US$23Tn
6.7% year-on-year from 180Mm3
GDP per capita: US$69,300
in 2020, while precast concrete pro-
duction rose by 8% from 25Mm3.
Nuvoco Vistas Corporation’s chief
3. India
of ready-mix concrete Prashant Jha
previously forecast a six-year com- Concrete production: 219Mm3
posite annual growth rate (CAGR) Population:1.39bn
of 16% in the value of the Indian Concrete production
ready-mix concrete market, ris- per capita: 0.16m3
ing to US$5.86bn in 2026 from GDP:US$3.17Tn
US$3.48bn in 2020. GDP per capita: US$2280
Anil Banchhor, managing direc-
tor and CEO of Indian ready-mix
concrete producer RDC Concrete, 4. Indonesia
estimates that urban residential
construction consumes 70% of Concrete production: 141Mm3
Indian ready-mix concrete pro- Population:276m
duction. This sector is especially Concrete production
exposed to the effects of economic per capita: 0.52m3
headwinds, such as those result- GDP:US$1.19Tn
ing from the Russian invasion of GDP per capita: US$4311
Ukraine in February 2022.
In July 2022, financial advisory com- 5. Russia
pany Deloitte forecast growth in the
Indian economy of 7.1 - 7.6% year- Concrete production: 122Mm3
on-year in the 2023 financial year, Population:143m
compared to 8.7% in the 2022 Concrete production
financial year.7 per capita: 0.85m3
The growth of concrete offers GDP: US$1.78Tn
India the opportunity to accelerate GDP per capita: US$12,200
its decarbonisation, through produc-
ers’ collective uptake of waste materials
like fly ash and ground granulated blast 6.Türkiye
furnace slag (GGBFS).
The state of Indian infrastruc- Concrete production: 119.7Mm3
ture - specifically the country’s Population:85m
congested roads - has restricted Concrete production
the advance of batching plants and per capita: 1.41m3
mixer trucks. Here, as elsewhere, GDP:US$815bn
concrete is delivering the solution GDP per capita: US$9590
to its own problems.
10 Global Concrete: Top 10 concrete-producing countries

4. Indonesia 7. Egypt
Indonesia produced 144.5Mm3 of
Concrete production: 102Mm3
concrete in 2021, up by 1.4% year-
Population:104m
on-year. Production consisted of
Concrete production
96.9Mm3 of ready-mix concrete
per capita: 0.98m3
(67%) and 47.6Mm3 of precast con-
GDP: US$404bn
crete (33%).8, 9
GDP per capita: US$3880
As recently as 2020, Indonesia’s
62.1Mt cement consumption supplied
a mix of homebuilding - with 37.2Mt 8. Vietnam
(60%) - infrastructure projects - with
14.3Mt (23%) - and roadbuilding - Concrete production: 97.7Mm3
with 10.6Mt (17%).10 Population:98.2m
A transformation to Indonesia’s Concrete production per
concrete consumption began with capita:0.99m3/yr
the launch of construction of its up- GDP: US$363bn
coming 10m-population new capital GDP per capita: US$3690
Nusantara in August 2022. On 3 Au-
gust 2022, Global Cement reported that
national cement consumption is forecast 9. Brazil
to rise by 33% to 84Mt/yr throughout
the 20-year period during which the Concrete production: 87.3Mm3
new city is under construction. On Population:214m
the basis of this figure, we can esti- Concrete production
mate a total concrete production for per capita: 0.41m3
2023 of 231Mm3. GDP:US$1.61Tn
GDP per capita: US$7520
5. Russia
Russia’s estimated 122Mm3-worth of
concrete production in 2021 consisted of 10. Saudi Arabia
87.6Mm3 of ready-mix concrete and
34.4Mm3 of precast concrete.11 The Concrete production:63.5Mm3
figures represent a 7% year-on-year Population:35.3m
increase in total concrete produc- Concrete production
tion from 114Mm3. per capita: 1.8m3
On the eve of its invasion of GDP:US$834bn
Ukraine on 24 February 2022, Rus- GDP per capita: US$23,600
sia was enjoying a ‘construction boom’
amid an on-going six-year US$96bn infra- Below - Figure 6: Turkish
structure investment plan (ending in 2024) and 2021, including Global Cement’s estimate for the ready-mix concrete
high homebuilding activity. The government had last year’s production, based on national cement production, 2012 - 2021.
lifted inspection controls on cement imports from consumption. Source: ERMCO and YUF.14, 15
outside the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) for
the increased concrete production in January 2022.
Despite the invasion and the launch of inter-
national sanctions against Russia, its construction
output continued to grow consistently month-on- 120
Ready-mix concrete production (Mm3)
month during the four months up to June 2022.12 105

90
6. Türkiye
75
An estimated 119.7Mm3 of concrete was produced
60
in Türkiye in 2021, consisting of 83.3Mm3 of ready-
45
mix concrete and 36.4Mm3 of precast. This would
30
correspond to an 8.2% year-on-year increase from
15
2020 production levels of 110.6Mm3.13
0
The Turkish Ready Mixed Concrete Associa-
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
tion (THBB) publishes regular ready-mix concrete
Year
production statistics for the whole country. Figure
6 (right) shows these for the ten-year period up to

7. Egypt References
Egypt’s concrete consumption was an estimated 1. World Bank Data, ‘Population, total - China,’ data.world-
102Mm3 in 2021.16 It grew by 6.5% year-on-year bank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL?locations=CN
from 96Mm3 in 2020, but fell by 1.8% over the two
years since 2019, from 104Mm3 that year. 2. Huaon, ‘Economic operation report of China’s concrete
Ready-mix concrete production was 73.5Mm3 and cement products industry in 2021, with broad mar-
and precast concrete production was 28.5Mm3. A ket prospects “picture”,’ 5 February 2022, m.huaon.com/
104m people-strong population gave Egypt a com- detail/801823.html
bined concrete production per capita of just below
1m3 in 2021. 3. United States Geological Survey, ‘Cement,’ January 2022,
pubs.usgs.gov/periodicals/mcs2022/mcs2022-cement.pdf
7. Vietnam
Vietnam supplied its roughly 1m3/yr per-capita 4. Portland Cement Association, ‘Regional outlook
concrete demand with 45.6Mt of cement from its webinars,’ May 2022, www.cement.org/economics/state-
own abundant supply in 2021.17 This converts to and-regional-data/regional-conference-presentations
a concrete production of 97.7Mm3, consisting of
70.1Mm3 of ready-mix and 27.6Mm3 of precast. The 5. Sandhya Anveka, ‘Recent Developments in the Indian
total production figure represents a 5.1% year-on- Ready Mixed Concrete Industry,’ www.researchgate.net/
year decline from 103Mm3 in 2020. publication/272832951_Recent_Developments_in_the_
Indian_Ready_Mixed_Concrete_Industry_Effects_on_
9. Brazil Sustainable_Construction.
In Brazil, total concrete production reached
87.3Mm3 in 2021, up by 16% year-on-year from 6. Statista, ‘Cement consumption volume in India FY
75.6Mm3 in 2020.18, 19 It had previously climbed by 2009-2022,’ www.statista.com/statistics/269322/cement-
9.4% year-on-year from 69.1Mm3 in 2019. consumption-in-india-since-2004/
Domestic cement deliveries statistics for the first
half of 2022 suggest that Brazilian concrete produc- 7. Deloitte, ‘India economic outlook, July 2022,’ 12 July
tion growth may be entering a hiatus. The National 2022, www2.deloitte.com/us/en/insights/economy/asia-
Union of the Cement Industry (SNIC) recorded ce- pacific/india-economic-outlook.html
ment sales of 30.6Mt nationally during the first half
of the year, down by 2.7% year-on-year. 8. Global Cement, ‘Indonesian cement demand forecast
SNIC president Paulo Camillo Penna said to rise by 33% from start of Nusantara construction,’
“Throughout the year, with the progressive worsen- 03 August 2022, www.globalcement.com/news/
ing of the economic environment, high interest rates, item/14465-indonesian-cement-demand-forecast-to-rise-
inflation and commodity prices, added to geopoliti- by-33-from-start-of-nusantara-construction
cal instability caused by the conflict between Russia
and Ukraine, have impacted the economy and the 9. The Jakarta Post, ‘Local producers seek to produce 37m
entire Brazilian industrial sector.” He forecast that tons of precast concrete this year,’ www.thejakartapost.com/
cement consumption may sink back to 2019 levels. news/2018/09/20/local-producers-seek-to-produce-37m-
tons-of-precast-concrete-this-year.html
10. Saudi Arabia
We estimate Saudi cement production at 63.5Mm3 10. The Insider Stories, ‘ASI: Domestic Cement Con-
in 2021, up by 5.6% from 60.1Mm3 in 2020.20 The sumption to Grow 8% in 2021,’ 4 March 2021, www.
production splits between 45.6Mm3 of ready-mix theinsiderstories.com/asi-domestic-cement-consumption-
concrete and 17.9Mm3 of precast concrete. to-grow-8-in-2021/
The Saudi government’s Saudi Vision 2030 eco-
nomic plan presents the possibility of rapid concrete 11. David Perilli, Global Cement, ‘Update on Russia, Febru-
production growth, along with a diversification in ary 2022,’ 2 February 2022, www.globalcement.com/news/
cement use away from oil well production. Both item/13631-update-on-russia-february-2022
ready-mix and precast concrete production will
contribute to the expected growth. 12. Trading Economic, ‘Russia Construction Output,’ July
Market research company Technavio forecasts a 2022, www.tradingeconomics.com/russia/construction-
four-year composite annual growth rate (CAGR) in output
Saudi cement consumption of 6% between 2021 and
2025. Following this, concrete production may end 13. Türkçimento, ‘Üyelerinin 2021 Yılına İlişkin Üretim
the period at 75.9Mm3 in 2025. A potential market ve Satış Verileri Açıklandı,’ 16 March 2022, https://www.
challenge is presented by the government’s planned turkcimento.org.tr/tr/haber_detay/turkcimento-uyeler-
cancellation of energy subsidies for cement produc- inin-2021-yilina-iliskin-uretim-ve-satis-verileri-aciklandi
ers during the period.
12 Global Concrete: Top 10 concrete-producing countries

Rank Country Production (Mm3) Year-on-year growth (Δ%) Top 10 share (%) Global share (%)
1 China 3290 16 73 35 Left - Table 2: Global Concrete
Top 10 concrete production by
2 US 333 5 5.7 2.7 country in 2021.
3 India 219 6.8 4.9 2.3
4 Indonesia 141 1.4 3.2 1.5
5 Russia 122 7 2.7 1.3
6 Türkiye 119.7 8.2 2.7 1.3
7 Egypt 102 6.5 2.3 1.1
8 Vietnam 97.7 -5.1 2.2 1
9 Brazil 87.3 16 1.9 0.9
10 Saudi Arabia 63.5 5.6 1.4 0.7
TOTAL 4578.7 13 100 48.6
14. ERMCO, ‘Ready-Mixed Concrete Industry Statistics,’ 18. Sindicato Nacional da Indústria do Cimento, ‘Perfil
August 2019, www.mediatheque.snpb.org/userfiles/file/ da Distribuição do Cimento por Regiões e Estados,’ 2022,
Statistics%20Bound%20Volume%2030_08_2019%20 www.snic.org.br/assets/pdf/numeros/1657726209.pdf
-%20R4.pdf
19. TrendEconomy, ‘Brazil; Imports and Exports; World;
15. Yapı Ürünleri Üreticileri Federasyonu, ‘Turkish Ready Portland cement, aluminous cement, slag cement, su- Below - Figure 7: World map
Mixed Concrete Association announced its 2020 Ready Mixed persulphate cement and similar hydraulic cements,’ 14 showing the Global Concrete
Top10 highlighted in purple.
Concrete Industry Report,’ www.yuf.org.tr/en/news-from- November 2021, www.trendeconomy.com/data/h2/Bra-
For key, see Table 2 (above).
members/turkish-ready-mixed-concrete-association-thbb/ zil/2523 Circle size corresponds to
turkish-ready-mixed-concrete-association-announced-its- concrete production in 2021.
2020-ready-mixed-concrete-industry-report 20. Technavio via Cision, ‘Cement Market in Saudi Ara-
bia to Grow by 1.66 million tons,’ 10 January 2022, www.
16. Cement Industry Division, ‘Cement Industry in Egypt,’ finance.yahoo.com/news/cement-market-saudi-arabia-
2021, https://cementdivision.com/cement-industry-in- grow-113000834.html 250Mm3.
egypt/facts-and-figures/ 62.5Mm3.
17. VCBS, ‘Báo Cáo Ngành,’ November 2021, www.vcbs.

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GLOBAL CONCRETE: TOP 40 COMPANIES
1. China National Building Material
Like its namesake country, China National Building Material topped the global concrete
production rankings in 2021 by a sizeable margin. Its diversified concrete offering consists
of ready-mix and precast products. Headquartered in Beijing, China National Material
resulted from a merger between two similarly named entities (China National Building
Materials Group Corporation and China National Materials Group Corporation) in 1984.
S tate-owned China National Building

Material (CNBM)’s products in-
clude every major building material.
Company factfile
China National
Of these, concrete accounted for Building Material
US$7.49bn in sales in 2021, 2.7% of
group sales for the year. Headquarters: Beijing, China.
Throughout 2021, CNBM’s con-
crete sales volumes totalled 112Mm3, Concrete production:
up by 0.3% year-on-year from 112Mm3/yr (+0.3%).
Right - Figure 8: China
111.5Mm3 in 2023.
National Building 2021 sales: US$37.7bn (+7.4%).
Material’s 2020 concrete In the previous edition of this
production by subsidiary. report, we broke down CNBM’s
1. South Cement:
output between eight concrete-
54.7Mm3/yr, 49%. producing subsidiaries. This News
chart is replicated here 4 5 6
2. China United Cement: 3
45.9Mm3/yr, 41%. (right) as Figure 8. In August 2021, Xinjiang
The picture has since 7 8 OTHER
Region-based Tianshan
3. North Cement:
3.84Mm3/yr, 3.4%.
changed dramatically, Cement secured the
after the number four SOUTH China Securities Regu-
457,000m3 CEMENT
4. Tianshan Cement:
subsidiary, Tianshan CHINA UNITED
latory Commission’s
2.14Mm3/yr, 1.9%. TOTAL
Cement, swallowed CEMENT 0.4% clearance to acquire the
54.7Mm3
5. Ningxia Building up all but one (num- 111.5Mm3 fellow CNBM subsidi-
Material: 1.89Mm3/yr, 1.7%. 45.9Mm3 49%
ber three, North aries - Shanghai-based
6. Qilianshan: Cement) of its sibling South Cement and Bei-
41%
1.6Mm3/yr, 1.4%.
companies. This process jing-based China United
7. Southwest Cement: was four months away Cement and Sinoma
885,000Mm3/yr, 0.8%. from completion at the end Cement - outright, and to
8. Sinoma Cement: of 2021, with only Ningxia acquire a 96% stake in Sichuan
590,000Mm3/yr, 0.5%. Building Material and Qilianshan Province-based Southwest Cement.2
remaining independent alongside The deal ranks second in the list of
North Cement. China’s all-time largest mergers
Right - Figure 9: ...And
In 2021, CNBM only and acquisitions.
China National Building 2 3 4
Material’s estimated 2021 published consolidated On 28 April 2022, Ningxia
concrete production by volumes for its concrete Region-based Ningxia
subsidiary, showing the production. As such, Building Material merged
OTHER
effects of restructuring.
we must project its into Tianshan Cement.
1. Tianshan Cement: 2021 concrete volumes 459,000m3 Gansu Province-based
104Mm3/yr, 93%. back onto the respec- Qilianshan followed it
TOTAL
0.4%
2. North Cement: tive subsidiaries’ 2021 on 11 May 2022.
3.86Mm3/yr, 3.4%. production shares, re- 112Mm3 In Zambia, CNBM
3. Ningxia Building apportioned according TIANSHAN controls 200,000m3/yr
Material: 1.9Mm3/yr, 1.7%. to actual ownership at CEMENT in ready-mix concrete
4. Qilianshan: that time. Figure 9 (right) 3 capacity at its Zambia
104Mm
1.61Mm3/yr, 1.4%. does this. Industrial Park building ma-
93% terials complex.3
16 Global Concrete: Top 40 Concrete Companies

Results
Despite volumes growth, CNBM’s revenues from the
sale of concrete fell by 0.7% year-on-year to US$7bn, 120 72
constituting 19% of sales, from US$7.05bn (20%).
This was partly due to a 0.9% drop in the company’s 100 60
average selling price of concrete to US$62.7/m3
from US$63.3/m3. Figure 10 (right) charts CNBM’s
eight-year concrete volumes and price fluctuations. 80 48
Concrete volumes (Mm3)
Concrete price (US$/t)

Group sales rose by 7.4% to US$37.8bn in 2021
from US$35.2bn in 2020. CNBM recorded group-
60 36
wide costs growth of 11% year-on-year in 2021, to
US$28.7bn from US$25.9bn. Overall, its basic build-
ing materials segment, which includes concrete, 40 24
contributed US$25.9bn in sales (69%), up by 4.3%
year-on-year from US$24.8bn in 2020 (70%). The
20 12
segment’s costs were US$19.7bn (69%), up by 8.9%
from US$18.1bn (70%).
During the first half of 2022, CNBM’s concrete
0.0 0.0
sales volumes were 39.5Mm3, following a 24% year-
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022*
on-year decline from 51.8Mm3 in the first half of
2021. Its prices also declined, by 1.2% to US$61.9/m3 Year
from US$62.6/m3, further contributing to a 25%
concrete revenues decline, to US$2.44bn from
US$3.24bn. This constituted 16% of group sales,
which were US$15bn, down by 11% year-on-year
from first-half 2021 levels of US$16.8bn. Mean-
References
while, CNBM’s net profit was US$752m, compared
to US$1.09bn in the first half of 2021, representing 1. China National Building Material, ‘Annual Report 2021,’ Above - Figure 10: China
National Building Material’s
a 31% year-on-year fall. The group said that newly 21 January 2022.
concrete sales volumes (red
acquired concrete and cement subsidiaries contrib- 2. China National Building Material, ‘CNBM Cement Busi- bars) and prices (black line),
uted US$13.9m to its consolidated sales (0.1%) and ness Integration Conference Held in Beijing,’ 9 March 2022. 2015 - 2022.
US$897,000 to its net profit (0.1%). 3. Cision, ‘CNBM holds open day event at Zambia Indus- *2022 data is for the first half.
trial Park,’ 28 August 2020. Source: Company reports.
2. China West Construction Group
Ready-mix concrete is the primary business of China West Construction Group. Its
production capacity exceeded 100Mm3/yr during 2021.
O f the 26 Chinese provinces in which China

West Construction Group produces ready-
Company factfile
mix concrete, it was the market leader in Guizhou, China West Construction Group
Hubei, Xinjiang and its native Sichuan in 2021.
During 2022, China West Construction Group Headquarters: Chengdu, China.
commissioned eight new ready-mix concrete plants,
increasing its capacity by 5.6% to 106Mm3/yr. Concrete production:
61.1Mm3/yr (+18%).
References
1. China West Construction Group, ‘2021 Annual Report,’
2021 sales: US$3.67bn (+15%).
4 February 2022.
Global Concrete: Top 40 Concrete Companies 17

3. Cemex
For such a large producer, Cemex’s concrete geography is surprisingly dense: 707 of its
1350 concrete batching plants (52%) are in Mexico, the US, and the Caribbean region, with
most of the other 644 plants located ‘across the pond’ in Europe. Of the remainder, Israel
hosts 59 batching plants, the UAE eight plants and Egypt seven.1
U nlike China National Building Material, Ce-

mex’s concrete offering consists
exclusively of ready-mix concrete,
Company factfile
Cemex
though the group also produces
admixtures, including concrete
Headquarters: Mexico City,
Mexico.
plasticisers, accelerators, re-
tarders and air entrainers. Concrete production:
2200 concrete trucks serve 49.2Mm3/yr (+4.7%).
Cemex’s Mexican concrete op- 2021 sales: US$14.5bn (+14%).
erations. Among their number are
renewable diesel trucks, natural gas trucks and elec- Financial news
tric trucks. Cemex first piloted its electric concrete
trucks in its Berlin, Germany, and Paris, France, Cemex’s concrete sales totalled US$5.76bn in value
operations in March 2022. The move is part of the in 2021, up by 8.2% year-on-year from US$5.32bn in
group’s efforts to deliver 100% net zero CO2 concrete 2020, and constituting 40% of a total US$14.5bn in
globally by 2050, via an intermediate target of a 35% consolidated sales. Concrete volumes growth con-
emissions reduction between 1990 and 2030.2 tinued into the first half of 2022, at 5% year-on-year,
Other sustainability drivers under Cemex’s to 25.2Mt from 23.9Mt. This contributed towards
‘concrete levers’ heading involve innovative 9% consolidated sales growth to US$7.85bn.
concrete technologies. Developments currently
underway cover new admixture technologies, novel References
supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) and 1. Cemex, ‘20-F Report 2021,’ February 2022.
Below - Figure 12: World
map showing jurisdictions binders, the acceleration of recarbonation and cir- 2. Cemex, ‘Integrated Report 2021,’ February 2022.
in which Cemex produces cular economic solutions concerning raw materials 3. Cemex, ‘Second Quarter Results 2022,’ July 2022.
concrete shaded in blue. extraction and processing.
MEXICO CITY,
MEXICO

4. Heidelberg Materials
In 2023, Heidelberg Materials will celebrate the 150th anniversary of its founding. Its
global concrete production footprint spans 37 countries - as shown in Figure 13 (bottom).
G ermany’s ancient university town of Heidel-

berg is a world-leading
science hub, which is on
Company factfile
Heidelberg Materials
track for carbon neutral- Headquarters:
ity by 2030 and may soon Heidelberg, Germany.
become Europe’s first
circular city. However, the
Concrete production:
47.4Mm3/yr (+1.1%).
160,000-population mu-
nicipality also owes some of 2021 sales:US$18.3m (+6%).
its global renown to its most
famous corporate daughter: Heidelberg Materials. Financial news
The group’s latest name change in its century- Sales growth throughout 2021 enabled Heidelberg
and-a-half history, from HeidelbergCement, came Materials to offset cost rises to record a full-year net
in September 2022. Heidelberg Materials’ concrete profit of Euro1.9bn, compared to Euro2bn loss in
business certainly finds itself better represented in 2020.1
the new name, though the true aim of the rebrand In the first half of 2021, Heidelberg Cement in-
was a shift in emphasis away from cement and onto creased its sales by 11% year-on-year to Euro9.95bn
building materials digitisation and carbon neutral- from Euro8.94bn. Chair Dominik von Achten noted
ity. ‘Materials’ stands for the company’s innovative a ‘strong increase in energy and raw material prices,’
portfolio of sustainable and intelligent building as a result of which the producer’s net profit dropped
materials, as well as digital solutions. Subsidiaries by 28% to Euro542m from Euro755m.
around the world will also change their names to
Heidelberg Materials from the beginning of 2023. References
Below - Figure 13: World
In May 2022, Heidelberg Materials subsidiary 1. Heidelberg Materials, ‘Annual Report 2021,’
map showing jurisdictions in
Českomoravský Beton acquired six ready-mix con- 1 February 2021. which Heidelberg Materials
crete plants in Brno, Czech Republic, from Kámen produces concrete shaded
Zbraslav, gaining 85,000m3/yr-worth of capacity. in green.
HEIDELBERG,
GERMANY

Company factfile
Headquarters: Zug,
ZUG, Switzerland.
SWITZERLAND Concrete production:
44.2Mm3/yr.
2021 sales: US$28.3bn (+16%).
R eady-mix concrete sales contributed US$5.49m

(19%) of Holcim’s revenues in 2021. Holcim also
sells precast concrete elements in markets including
the Netherlands. Holcim ECOPact reduced-CO2
5. Holcim ready-mix concrete constituted over 50% of Holcim

subsidiaries’ concrete sales in multiple markets from
Argentina to the UK during the first half of 2022.
Holcim’s new acquisitions throughout 2022
included US-based Cajun Ready Mix Concrete, Gen-
Above - Figure 14: World Boardroom decisions have driven a eral Beton Romania and Poland-based Ol-Trans. In
map showing jurisdictions in
transformation of Holcim’s concrete October 2022, Holcim invested in Denmark-based
which Holcim produces
concrete shaded production footprint in the past 3D printer supplier COBOD.
in light green. year, while its tradition of innovation In mid-2022, Holcim subsidiary Lafarge Canada
remains as strong as ever. installed its first electric vehicle charging stations at
a ready-mix concrete plant in Vancouver, Canada.
Right: Holcim partner

COBOD prints the concrete
producer’s logo at
a COBOD facility
Source: COBOD.
6. Shanghai Construction Group
During the 13th Chinese Five-Year Plan Company factfile:

Shanghai Construction Group
(2016 - 2020), state-owned Shanghai
Construction Group’s compound sales Headquarters: Shanghai, China.
growth was 24%. Its 2020 ready-mix
Concrete production: 43.1Mm3/yr.
concrete volumes were 42.5Mm3,
versus 608,000m3 of precast concrete. 2020 sales: US$43.6bn (+30%).

7. CRH
DUBLIN,
IRELAND
CRH’s concrete output consists of
ready-mix concrete and infrastructural
concrete (precast and pre-stressed
concrete products), across both
its Americas materials and Europe
materials business.
Company factfile In July 2022, Catalonian ready-mix Above - Figure 15: World
concrete subsidiary Beton Catalan en- map showing jurisdictions in
Headquarters: Dublin, Ireland. tered a graphene concrete development
which CRH produces concrete
shaded in light blue.
Concrete production: partnership with Grapheno Smart Materi-
28.5Mm3/yr. als, which aims to sell graphene concrete
under CRH’s BeGreen low-CO2 label.
2021 sales: US$31bn (+12%).
In France, CRH subsidiary Eqiom’s
C RH was the US’ largest precast concrete pro-

ducer and Europe’s largest concrete producer
altogether in 2021. It was the first concrete multina-
Gennevilliers demolition waste recycling plant pro-
cessed 10,000t of material in its first three months
of operations, up to March 2022. Its full-year target
tional to withdraw from Russia, within a week of the was 50,000t.
outbreak of the war in Ukraine, on 4 March 2022.
Romania-based subsidiary Romcim acquired References
precast and autoclave aerated concrete products 1. Thomas, ‘Top Precast Concrete Manufacturers
company Macon in April 2022. and Companies in the USA,’ 18 July 2022.
8. SRM Concrete
Company factfile: SRM Concrete

SRM Concrete’s enlarged its pan-
US RMC footprint in 2022 with Headquarters: Nashville, US.
acquisitions from Charley’s Concrete,
Cementos Argos, Martin Marietta, Concrete production: ~22Mm3/yr.
Titan Group and Vulcan Materials.
9. Siam Cement Group

Company factfile: Siam Cement Group
As well as producing ready-mix and Headquarters: Bangkok, Thailand.
precast concrete, Siam Cement Group
develops and operates 3D printing Concrete production: ~20Mm3/yr.
and concrete recycling technology.
2021 sales: US$14.6bn (+33%).

10. BBMG Corporation

Company factfile: BBMG Corporation
State-owned BBMG Corporation Headquarters: Beijing, China.
commands 54Mm3/yr-worth of ready-
mix concrete capacity across China, Concrete production: 15.3Mm3/yr (-5.4%).
centring on Beijing, Hebei and Tianjin. 2021 sales: US$17.4bn (+14%).
11. Anhui Conch Cement
Company factfile: Anhui Conch Cement

China’s number two cement producer
Anhui Conch expanded its ready- Headquarters: Wuhu, China.
mix concrete production capacity by Concrete production: ~15Mm3/yr.
69% to 24.9Mm3/yr from 14.7Mm3/yr
during 2022. 2021 sales: US$23.5bn (-4.7%).
12. China Resources Cement

Company factfile: China Resources Cement
36Mm3/yr-capacity precast and ready- Headquarters: Hong Kong, China.
mix concrete giant China Resources
Cement operates in the concrete Concrete production:
14.8Mm3/yr (+11%).
industries of seven provinces in
Northern and Southern China. 2021 sales: US$5.62bn (+9.7%).
13. Buzzi Unicem
Company factfile: Buzzi Unicem

Ready-mix concrete is Buzzi Unicem’s
sole concrete line across eight Headquarters: Casale Monferrato, Italy.
European markets, Mexico, and the US.
Concrete production: 12.1Mm3/yr (+3.4%).
Together with aggregates, it yielded
US$1.22bn (33%) of sales in 2021. 2021 sales: US$3.57bn (+6.9%).

14. Vicat
Company factfile: Vicat

Vicat made ‘small, targeted’ concrete
acquisitions in France and Switzerland Headquarters: Paris, France.
during 2021. It launched its CARAT
Concrete production: 10.5Mm3/yr (+12%).
biochar-based carbon-negative
concrete binder in January 2022. 2021 sales: US$3.24bn (+11%).
15. Huaxin Cement
Company factfile: Huaxin Cement

Huaxin is one of a handful of Chinese
companies to have expanded rapidly Headquarters: Wuhan, China.
in the concrete sector in recent years.
Concrete contributed US$444m in
sales in 2021, up by 69% year-on-year. 2021 sales: US$4.54bn (+11%).
16. Votorantim Cimentos
Company factfile: Votorantim Cimentos

Votorantim Cimentos produces
concrete on five continents. Its net CO2 Headquarters: São Paulo, Brazil.
emissions reduction commitments
are 25% between 2021 and 2030 and
net zero by 2050. 2021 sales: US$4.16bn (+37%).
17. Cementos Argos
Cementos Argos bought 200 new Company factfile: Cementos Argos

ready-mix concrete mixer trucks for
its US operations in September 2022. Headquarters: Medellín, Colombia.
Meanwhile, the group plans to almost
double its Colombian aggregates
volumes between 2022 and 2024. 2021 sales: US$1.97bn (+9.1%).

18. Martin Marietta Materials

Company factfile:
US-exclusive ready-mix concrete Martin Marietta Materials
producer Martin Marietta Materials Headquarters: Raleigh, US.
recorded ‘robust demand’ in Texas and
in West US markets served by plants Concrete production: 7.64Mm3/yr (+19%).
acquired from Lehigh Hanson in 2021.
2021 sales: US$5.41bn (+14%).
19. Boral
Company factfile: Boral
Boral supplies ready-mix concrete Headquarters: North Ryde, Australia.
in Australia, where it expects the
28.8Mm3/yr market to grow by 1% on Concrete production: 7Mm3/yr (-3%).
average between 2021 and 2025.
2021 sales: US$3.87bn (-6.7%).
20. Taiheiyo Cement
Company factfile: Taiheiyo Cement

Early in 2022, Taiheiyo Cement
Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan.
acquired 14 former Martin Marietta
Materials ready-mix concrete plants Concrete production: ~6Mm3/yr.
in California, US, bringing its US plants
total to 98 across five states. 2021 sales: US$7.89bn (-2%).
21. Thomas Concrete Group
Company factfile: Thomas Concrete Group

Family-owned Thomas Concrete
Group holds 154 ready-mix concrete Headquarters: Gothenburg, Sweden.
batching plants and four precast
elements plants across Northern
Europe and the Southeast US. 2020 sales: US$750m.

22. Summit Materials
Company factfile: Summit Materials

Summit Materials recycled 388,000t of
concrete during 2021. Intermountain Headquarters: Denver, US.
West regional sales growth offset the
effects of wet conditions in Texas on
concrete volumes in 2021. 2021 sales: US$2.23bn (+6.9%).
23. Titan Group
Company factfile: Titan Group

With 123 ready-mix concrete plants
and seven precast concrete block Headquarters: Athens, Greece.
plants across five global regions, Titan
Group is committed to delivering
carbon neutral concrete by 2050. 2021 sales: US$2.02bn (+6.7%).
24. Taiwan Cement Corporation

Company factfile: Taiwan Cement
Taiwan Cement Corporation’s 5.26Mm3 Corporation
ready-mix concrete production during Headquarters: Taipei City, Taiwan.
2021 corresponded to a capacity
utilisation for the year of 35%. Concrete production: 5.26Mm3/yr (-2.3%).
2021 sales: US$3.47bnm (+1.1%).
25. Cementir Holding
Company factfile: Cementir Holding

Cementir Holding’s 15% concrete
sales growth came about partly due Headquarters: Rome, Italy.
to increased volumes in Türkiye and
Denmark. The group is ready-mix
market leader in the latter country. 2021 sales: US$1.45bn (+15%).

26. Empresas Melón

Company factfile: Empresas Melón
Empresas Melón offers over 30 Headquarters: Santiago, Chile.
specialist ready-mix concrete mixes,
available across its area of operations Concrete production: 4.5Mm3/yr.
along the length of Chile.
2021 sales: US$288m.
27. Vulcan Materials
130 of Vulcan Materials’ 173 ready-mix Company factfile: Vulcan Materials

concrete plants came to it through its
mid-2021 acquistion of US Concrete. Headquarters: Birmingham, US.
Taking both producers’ production
volumes together for 2020, we arrive at
a 59% decline in 2021 from 10.4Mm3. 2021 sales: US$5.55bn (+14%).
28. UNACEM
Company factfile: UNACEM

UNACEM commands 5.2Mm3/yr
in ready-mix concrete production Headquarters: Lima, Peru.
capacity across western South
Concrete production: ~3.9Mm3/yr (+46%).
America, in Chile (1.2Mm3/yr), Ecuador
(47,500m3/yr) and its native Peru. 2021 sales: US$632m (+43%).
29. OYAK Çimento
Company factfile: OYAK Çimento

All-Turkish building materials giant
OYAK Çimento produces eight Headquarters: Ankara, Türkiye.
varieties of concrete, including its
Concrete production: ~3.5Mm3/yr.
Chipbet electronic chip-embedded
monitorable precast concrete. 2021 sales: US$251m (+60%).

30. MDU Resources

Company factfile: MDU Resources
Ready-mix concrete is MDU Resources’ Headquarters: Bismarck, US.
second largest product line after
contracting services, and generated Concrete production: 3.26Mm3/yr (+4.4%).
US$584m in revenues in 2021.
2021 sales: US$2.22bn (+2.3%).
31. Breedon Group
Breedon Group acquired assets Company factfile: Breedon Group

including 49 ready-mix concrete
plants from Cemex UK in mid-2020. Headquarters: Breedon on the Hill, UK.
On a like-for-like basis, concrete
volumes fell in 2021, as ‘a number of
less profitable plants’ closed down. 2021 sales: US$1.46bn (+33%).
32. UltraTech Cement
Cement giant UltraTech Cement Company factfile: UltraTech Cement

has a 108-plant ready-mix concrete
presence across a total of 36 cities in Headquarters: Mumbai, India.
India. Other products include ultra-
Concrete production: ~3Mm3/yr.
high performance concrete for precast
elements and concrete for 3D printing. 2021 sales: US$6.13bn (+17%).
33. Colas
Company factfile: Colas

Global transport infrastructure
company Colas derived US$2.67bn- Headquarters: Paris, France.
worth of revenues from its external
sales of building materials, including
ready-mix and some precast concrete. 2021 sales: US$13.6bn (+8%).

34. Al Kifah Ready-Mix and Blocks
Al Kifah Ready-Mix and Blocks was Company factfile: Al Kifah Ready-

among the first concrete producers Mix and Blocks
to win a supply contract relating to Headquarters: Al Ahsa, Saudi Arabia.
the construction of Saudi Arabia’s
upcoming Neom smart city. Concrete production: 2.5Mm3/yr.
35. Siam City Cement
Company factfile: Siam City Cement

Siam City Cement’s concrete and
aggregates revenues fell by 19% year- Headquarters: Bangkok, Thailand.
on-year in 2021. The segment dropped Concrete production: 2.43Mm3/yr.
to third place among group revenue
sources, behind cement and trading. 2021 sales: US$1.26bn (-5.2%).
36. Fletcher Building

Company factfile: Fletcher Building
Fletcher Building covers the entire Headquarters: Auckland, New Zealand.
construction materials value chain
in New Zealand with its domestically Concrete production: ~2.3Mm3/yr (+15%).
produced offering.
2021 sales: US$5.1bn (+11%).
37. Adani Group
Company factfile: Adani Group

Adani Group’s acquisition of Holcim’s
Indian business in September 2022 Headquarters: Ahmedabad, India
brought it into possession of India’s
second largest ready-mix concrete
producer, ACC. 2021 sales: US$23.3bn.

38. InterCement
Company factfile: InterCement
Following a Brazilian Administrative Headquarters: São Paulo, Brazil.
Council for Economic Defence ruling,
InterCement was obliged to sell 20% Concrete production: ~2.15Mm3/yr.
of its Brazilian concrete assets in 2021. 2021 sales: US$1.69bn (+33%).
39. Limak Holding
Company factfile: Limak Holding

Infrastructure-focused conglomerate
Limak Holding holds 27 ready- Headquarters: Ankara, Türkiye.
mix plants with around 2.3Mm3 of Concrete production: ~2.1Mm3/yr
production capacity at the end of
2021, in Türkiye and Ivory Coast. 2019 sales: US$4.51bn (-1.4%).
40. Çimsa Çimento
Company factfile: Çimsa Çimento

As its name suggests, Çimsa Çimento’s
premier product is cement, which it Headquarters: Istanbul, Türkiye.
produces in Türkiye for the export
Concrete production: 1.94Mm3/yr (-2.5%).
market, as well as in Spain and the US.
Concrete is a major domestic sideline. 2021 sales: US$201m (+80%).
Conclusion a readiness to jettison cement assets in favour of

buying more aggregates and concrete assets, while
T hroughout the post-Covid-19 and Ukraine war-

related trade disruptions and costs rises of 2022,
global concrete producers’ quarterly results chart a
buying into ever-lower CO2 intensive industries.
One stand-out market to consider in this light is
India, where ready-mix concrete demand has been
steady growth trajectory. rising exponentially. For UltraTech Cement and
Counterveiling tendencies of consolidation and industry newcomer Adani Group, the sky - or some-
divestment characterised the activity of the Global thing in line with the Chinese top two’s ~100Mm3/yr
Concrete Top 40 during 2022. In coming years, we production each - may be the limit.
can expect to see consolidation continuing in mar- If 2022 is the birth year of at least one future
kets like the US, where the past year’s acquisitions concrete multinational, responses to continuing
put SRM Concrete even farther ahead of the pack. challenges in 2023 will determine the fortunes of
Elsewhere, companies like Holcim have shown each one of the Global Concrete Top 40.

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UK: Tarmac supplies glow-in-the-dark concrete
T armac, part of CRH, has supplied its Toptint Glow glow-in-the-dark

concrete for a major mixed-use commercial development called The
Glass Yard in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Contractor Blue Deer used Toptint
Glow in the main walkways and first-floor balconies of the office, res-
taurant and retail complex. France-based Chryso supplied its Lumintech
glow-in-the-dark chippings for use in the concrete. The supplier said that
the chippings are fully recycled. They are available in white, stone, light
grey, agate and jade to match the colour of the concrete mix. Each has
a corresponding glow colour of blue, green turquoise or blue turquoise.
Tarmac says that glow-in-the-dark concrete helps to enhance the night-
time built environment.
Product development manager Glanville Norman said “Tarmac is al-
ways looking to develop new and exciting materials that can complement
bold design. This is the first time that Toptint Glow has been used on a
major commercial development and we were delighted to be able to pro-
pose a solution that not only has high aesthetic and environmental quality
but also helped to improve safety and visibility.” Credit: Tarmac.
Switzerland: Holcim launches DYNAMax concrete
H olcim has launched the DYNAMax range of high-performance con-

cretes. The producer says that the range offers higher compressive
strength, rigidity and durability than its other concrete products. Hol-
cim plans to begin marketing DYNAMax in 10 markets in its Asia Pacific,
Europe, Latin America and North America regions in 2022. The product has
already been used in major projects, including the 23,000m2 MIRO office
building in Bucharest, Romania, shown below.
Chief executive officer Jan Jenisch said “I’m excited by the launch of our
DYNAMax high-performance concrete, advancing our global range of in-
novative and sustainable building solutions. With today’s population and
urbanisation trends, DYNAMax is an ideal material to build smarter cities.”
Credit: Speedwell.
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concrete? South Korea: Research into conductive concrete
R esearchers at Incheon National University have discovered an opti-

mal conductive carbon fibre volume for cement-based conductive
composite concretes, which could be used in net-zero energy buildings.
The team reported that a 1% conductive carbon fibre content facilitates
maximum energy generation from the movements of occupants and the
weather against floors and walls. It also enables the storage of electricity at
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November 2021.
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Germany/Switzerland: Holcim partnership

with magnetisable concrete start-up
H olcim has announced the launch of a strategic partner-

ship with the German inductive charging technology
developer Magment to test and commercialise magnetis-
able concrete technology for use in roads. The technology
will power and charge electric vehicles as they drive on
roads fitted with Magment. Another possible application is
in industrial floors, to charge robots and forklifts.
Holcim’s Global Innovation Center head Edelio Bermejo
said “At Holcim we are innovating to put concrete at the
centre of our world’s transition to net-zero. With Magment,
we are excited to be developing concrete solutions to ac-
celerate electric mobility. Partnering with start-ups all over
the world, we are constantly pushing the boundaries of in- Above: The road of the future?
novation to lead the way in sustainability.” Credit: Shutterstock.com.
Oman: World’s largest 3D-printed building
T he German University of Technology in Oman (GUTech)

has 3D printed a 190m2 house in Halban, Muscat, Oman,
using conventional concrete supplied by Cemex. The struc-
ture is the world’s largest 3D-printed building. GUTech
applied Denmark-based COBOD’s BOD 2 printer to print the
Above: Printing with the BOD 2. building using Mexico-based Cemex’s concrete in five days
Credit: COBOD. in December 2021.
Singapore: Producer investigates hydrogen trucks
P an-United Concrete has started a partnership with Surbana Jurong to

study the feasibility of using electric and hydrogen fuel cells to power
a fleet of more than 1000 trucks. The agreement is intended to support
Pan-United’s sustainability targets to offer only low-carbon concrete by Interested in
2030, carbon-neutral concrete products by 2040 and to become a carbon- concrete?
neutral ready-mix concrete company by 2050.
US: Lehigh Hanson to acquire Corliss Resources
L ehigh Hanson, part of HeidelbergCement, has finalised arrangements

for its acquisition of ready-mixed concrete and aggregates producer
Corliss Resources. The company, with operations that cover Greater Se- Join the Global Concrete
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aggregates in 2021.
US: Holcim buys Cowden
H olcim announced that it has completed its acquisition

of Washington-based ready-mix concrete and aggre-
gates producer Cowden in early January 2022. The group
said that the acquisition expands its footprint in the Pacific
Northwest region of the US.
Above: Seattle, Washington.
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Japan: CP Concrete receives low-CO2 funds
T he CP Concrete Consortium has received US$80m in funding under

the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organisation
(NEDO)’s Green Innovation Funding Programme. The funding will support
the consortium’s development of its Carbon Pool Concrete reduced-CO2
concrete production technology until 2032. Hazama Ando Corporation
leads the consortium along with 14 other members of the Japanese
Ready-Mixed and Returned Concrete Solution Association.
Carbon Pool Concrete technology can be used in the construction of
pavements, buildings and other civil engineering structures. Through
comprehensive carbon life cycle evaluation, the consortium is attempting
to robustly link the use of its technology with carbon market instruments
and environmental and social governance infrastructure funding. Its aim is
to redefine concrete as a CO2-neutral material.
Russia: Wacker opens new Moscow laboratory Germany: CEM II/C-M

and CEM VI admixes
G ermany-based Wacker has opened an additional laboratory in Mos-
cow. The development site will focus on water-repellent silicone
additives for cement and concrete. Mechanical pressure tests and ultra- M aster Builders Solutions
has announced the addi-
sound and temperature measurements are among the services that the tion of a new range of concrete
new laboratory offers for water-repellent treatment of cement and con- admixtures to its portfolio.
crete. The site is part of Wacker’s Innovation Hub for Cement and Concrete. The company developed
Wacker opened its first technical laboratory in Moscow in 2003. Both MasterEase and Master X-Seed
Wacker Silicones and Wacker Polymers now operate multiple labs in Mos- to best enable European com-
cow for construction chemical products. The new laboratory also hopes to panies to produce concrete
collaborate with local universities and testing facilities and the first pro- using the EU’s new CEM II/C-M
jects have already been commissioned. and CEM VI Portland-compos-
ite cements. Master Builders
Solutions hopes that the new
products will drive the con-
struction industry’s transition
to low-clinker cements and
CO2-optimised concrete.
UK: Oscrete goes it alone
C oncrete admixture manufacturer Oscrete UK has become a standalone

company following its departure from Christeyns Group. The move is
intended to spark a period of investment and allow for a renewed focus on
core markets. Oscrete manufactures and supplies a range of super-plasti-
cising admixtures, waterproofing agents and efflorescence controllers for
the precast and ready-mix concrete and the ready-to-use mortar indus- Interested in
tries. It has operated within Christeyns Group since 1983. concrete?
Russia: SiberskyBeton output rises in 2021
S iberskyBeton, part of Sibersky Cement, produced 243,420m3 of con-

crete and mortar in 2021, a 14% increase compared to 2020. The growth
is a result of increased demand for building materials in 2021. According
to Artem Safyanov, managing director of SibirskyBeton, the company pays Join the Global Concrete
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UK: New design could cut concrete use in floors
A research team comprising engineers, mathemati-

cians and industrial experts from the Universities
of Bath, Cambridge and Dundee, has developed an
arch-shaped design for concrete floors that carries
the same load as a conventional flat design.
The Automating Concrete in Construction
(ACORN) project has built a demonstration section
at the University of Cambridge’s Civil Engineer-
ing Department. It uses a thin eggshell-shaped
concrete layer to support the flat floor above. The
strong, load-bearing design allows the amount of
concrete to be reduced by 75% compared to mon-
olithic slabs, with overall CO2 emissions savings of
around 60%.
Left: The ACORN team’s Dr Paul Shepherd demonstrates the new design.
Source: University of Bath website.
Canada: ECOPact for Alberta power plant Colombia: Argos enters
L afarge Canada is supplying its ECOPact reduced-CO2 con-

crete to contractor PCL for its construction of the upcoming
Genesee power plant in Alberta.
pre-cast sphere
C ementos Argos has announced the

launch of its new modular concrete
Lafarge North America president and general manager Prez solutions subsidiary Soluciones Modu-
Skiba said “The original concrete proposed was already a low lares Argos. The company will produce
carbon design, but we knew we could take it further. We brought precast concrete elements for use in
in further emissions reductions with our ECOPact design, and housing and infrastructure construction.
we were able to reduce embodied CO2 by an additional 20%. It aims to build 500 new homes in the sec-
That’s 20% over and above the original design, which already ond half 2022 and says that its products
offered a 20% reduction. The combined 36% CO2 reduction is will halve building times.
equivalent to the energy used by 70 houses in a year.”
Indonesia: Power firm makes ash-based concrete
I ndonesia Power says that it has processed coal fly ash and bottom ash
from its Adipala power plant into building materials, including cement-
free ready-mix concrete, concrete blocks, paving slabs and refractory casts.
The energy company also supplies ash to mine reclamation and water Interested in
neutralisation projects, according to local press. In total, it reused 135,000t concrete?
of ash by-products in 2021. The company generates 85,000t/yr of fly ash
and bottom ash.
Russia: CRH exits Russian concrete market
I reland’s CRH says that it has withdrawn from the Russian building materi-
als market. It operated seven ready-mix concrete plants and a concrete
panel plant in St Petersburg through its LujaBetomix and Rudus units.
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CEO Albert Manifold estimated the group’s investments in the
businesses to be Euro1.5-2m.
Irish press has reported that
Manifold called the Russian Bangladesh: Seven Rings enters new supply contract
operations ‘infinitesimally small,’
and said that a Russian with-
drawal had previously been ‘on
S even Rings Cement has signed an agreement to supply cement to Soyo
BD International. The China-based ready-mixed concrete supplier has
recently started business in Bangladesh and is supplying various projects
the group’s radar’ anyway. locally, according to local press.

Mexico: Full EPCs for Holcim’s concrete range Poland: EPDs for Vertua
H olcim Mexico has launched ISO14044-compliant full-

lifecycle Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for its
ready-mix concrete range. The company says that the EPDs will
T he Building Research Institute has
issued environmental product dec-
larations (EPDs) for Cemex Poland’s
help designers and builders to inform their materials’ selection Vertua Classic and Vertua Plus concrete
processes. The Redacción newspaper has reported that data products.
from five cement plants contributed to the declarations. Cemex Poland’s Materials Director
Michał Grys said “For us, product certifi-
cation is another important step towards
sustainable construction and a sustain-
able future. EPD declarations provide
our clients with additional confirmation
of the properties of products offered by
Cemex Poland. They also improve their
chances of obtaining LEED or BREEAM
certificates for their investments.”
India: ACC launches Concrete Direct app
A CC has launched its new Concrete Direct app for booking and live
tracking of concrete deliveries. The producer says that the app re-
duces operational follow-up calls. Managing director and CEO Sridhar
Balakrishnan said “At ACC, we recognise the need to improve and lead
through digitalisation. We are happy to launch Concrete Direct, a pre-
mium digital tool that saves time and money for our customers. With such
innovations, we want to enhance customer ex-
perience and build a strong ecosystem
of partners to support them.”
India: The India Cements launches new concretes
T he India Cements has launched Concrete Super King, a general appli-

cation cement, and Halo Super King, a cement exclusively developed
for use in the production of precast hollow dense concrete blocks.
Vice chair and managing director Narayanaswami Srinivasan said that
many of the company’s customers already rely on its products in the pro-
duction of hollow dense concrete blocks. With the launch of Halo Super
King, it hopes to further increase the ease of application.
Finland: Betolar to use activated slag in concrete
B etolar has signed a letter of intent with Australia-based RISAB and

the Vanadium Recovery Project to research the use of steel slag from
which vanadium has been extracted in concrete production. Dow Jones
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Institutional News has reported that the company says that, through its
Geoprime alkali-activated additive technology, the new slag source could
replace 10% of the cement used in concrete production in Finland.
CEO Matti Löppönen said “We see a huge opportunity for Betolar here.
If successful, we would be able to offer our customers a specific, currently
unused slag of the steel industry to replace cement in concrete. Our
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expand the reach of our solution as planned.”

Germany: HeidelbergCement’s concrete

recycling project wins climate award
T he German Ministry for Economy and Climate Protec-

tion has presented HeidelbergCement with the German
Climate and Environment Innovation Prize (IKU) for its ReCon-
crete-360° concrete recycling process. The process retrieves
hardened cement paste from waste demolition concrete for
use in place of limestone in clinker and cement production.
The recycled material can also bind CO2 to act as a carbon sink.
Global research and development head Wolfgang Diene-
mann said “With ReConcrete-360°, we have succeeded in
developing a limestone substitute from demolished concrete
that also allows us to use the carbon-containing exhaust gases
from cement production. A small revolution with a big impact:
In Germany alone, the CO2 savings potential of this process is
10Mt/yr. The IKU award underlines that we can be proud of our
US: Holcim buys Cajun pioneering innovation.”
Ready Mix Concrete
H olcim has acquired Louisiana-

based Cajun Ready Mix
Concrete. Cajun Ready Mix Con-
US: Concrene patents Graphene
Reinforced Concrete
crete operates eight ready-mix
concrete plants in Baton Rouge,
with a total of 108 employees and
51 mixer trucks.
C oncrene Limited has obtained a US patent for its Graphene
Reinforced Concrete technology. The technology uses graphene
dispersed in water to create a uniform distribution of graphene parti-
Holcim region head North cles in concrete. Graphene increases the strength of concrete, enabling
America Toufic Tabbara said “This less cement to be used in its production.
acquisition expands our footprint
in the dynamic Baton Rouge
market, confirming our focus on
growth in North America. Cajun’s
commitment to innovation, service
and quality, along with its industry
relationships and engineering ca-
pabilities, are an ideal addition to
our business.”
Italy: BHS-Sonthofen buys Eurostar Concrete

Technology
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concrete?
B HS-Sonthofen has acquired planetary concrete mixer producer
Eurostar Concrete Technology. The Germany-based group says
that Eurostar Concrete Technology’s planetary concrete mixers will di-
versify its own product portfolio, increasing its equipment and service
flexibility.
Europe: Cementir launches Aalborg InBind binder
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I taly-based Cementir has launched Aalborg InBind, a premixed white
binder for ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) applications. The
supplier said that Aalborg InBind optimises UHPC producers’ costs by
leveraging locally-available materials.

Poland/Romania: Brace of ready-mix firms

for Holcim
S witzerland-based Holcim has concluded an agreement to ac-

quire the Polish ready-mix concrete producer Ol-Trans, which
operates five batching plants as the market leader in Gdansk,
Gdynia and Sopot. Holcim says that its new customers in the re-
gion will benefit from access to its CO2-saving products, including
Agila Fibro self-compacting concrete, which can reduce steel rein-
forcement usage in construction by up to 50%.
In Romania, Holcim earlier announced that it had acquired the
independent ready-mix concrete market leader General Beton
Romania, which operates eight batching plants with a total of 160
employees. Its markets include Arad, Bucharest, Constanta and
Sibiu. Holcim Romania says that it plans to use the acquisition to
grow the footprint of its ECOPact green concrete.
Spain: Graphene for

Beton Catalan
South Korea: Concrete from bottom ash
C RH’s Catalonian ready-mix
concrete subsidiary Beton
Catalan has partnered with Gra- S K Group subsidiary SK Ecoplant has partnered with CMD Group to
launch pilot production of building materials made using up to
pheno Smart Materials in order to 60% recycled bottom ash from waste incinerators. The partners say
implement the latter’s graphene that an exothermic reaction in the presence of non-sintered inorganic
technology in its high-perfor- binders and expansion-reducing reactants increases the compressive
mance concrete products. strength of the end product to match that of concrete that contains
Beton Catalan’s quality director ordinary Portland cement (OPC).
Alberto Arenillas said “By introduc-
ing the graphene additive, the
nominal amounts of CEM I can be Australia/Canada: New COBOD dealers
reduced or changed to cement
with a lower carbon footprint, im-
proving its performance.”
The company will sell the gra-
F ortex and Nidus3D have won contracts to become Denmark-based
COBOD’s distribution partners for the Australian and Canadian
markets respectively. Nidus3D previously printed a multi-unit residen-
phene-enriched concrete under tial building, the first of its kind in North America, using COBOD’s 3D
its BeGreen reduced-CO2 products printing equipment. Meanwhile, the supplier says that its first BOD2
label. 3D printer available on the Australian market will arrive in the country
later in 2022.
Libya: New concrete block plant announced
A l-Hosn International Company for Building Materials Industry has

partnered with China- and Germany-based Zenith with the aim to
establish an insulated concrete block plant. The Benghazi Chamber of
Interested in Commerce has held a meeting with the partners to discuss their plans.
concrete?
India: HIL to acquire Fast Build Block
C K Birla Group’s fibre cement roofing subsidiary HIL has agreed to

acquire Fast Build Blocks for US$8.22m in a ‘slump sale.’ Fast Build
Blocks produces autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC) blocks in Cuttack,
Odisha. Local press has reported that HIL is using the acquisition to
Join the Global Concrete establish a leadership position in the Eastern Indian market.
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US: COBOD starts largest 3D printing project in US
C OBOD says that construction of the

largest 3D printed building in the
US using its 3D printing technology
two-storey residential building constructed using the method.
PERI handled the order for contractor CIVE and architect HANNAH.
“For the design of the project, we developed a hybrid construc-
has commenced at a site in Houston, tion approach that couples innovations in concrete 3D printing
Texas. The building is the country’s first with traditional wood framing techniques to create a building
system that is structurally efficient, easily replicable and materially
responsive,” said Leslie Lok and Sasa Zivkovic of HANNAH. “The
project also highlights the exciting design potential of mass-cus-
US: 200 ready-mix tomised architectural components to meet homeowners’ needs
and to simplify building system integration.”
concrete trucks for Argos
A rgos USA has invested US$40m

in 200 new ready-mix concrete
mixer trucks, as the first phase of
a five-year fleet expansion and
replacement plan. The company
says that the vehicles have a use-
ful life of 8-10 years, or 53,500m3.
It expects to make its next truck
purchases in early 2023.
Poland: Holcim buys

Ol-Trans
Argentina: 50% of Holcim deliveries are ECOPact
H olcim has concluded an agree-
ment to acquire ready-mix
concrete producer Ol-Trans, which E COPact reduced-CO2 concrete accounted for 50% of Holcim
Argentina’s concrete deliveries at the end of the first half of 2022,
operates five batching plants. a higher share than in any other country apart from the UK. Holcim
Holcim says that its new custom- launched ECOPact concrete across its markets in June 2021. Holcim
ers in the region will benefit from Argentina plans to execute new investments to further increase its
access to its CO2-saving products, distribution of the product.
including Agila Fibro self-com-
pacting concrete, which can
reduce steel reinforcement usage
in construction by up to 50%.
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concrete? Canada: Electric charging points for Lafarge
L afarge Canada has installed its first electric vehicle charging sta-
tions at its Kent Avenue ready-mix concrete batching plant in
Vancouver, British Columbia. The company’s Vancouver team built
the four stations with US$39,200 in funding from Lafarge Canada
and US$15,700 in funding from BC Hydro’s CleanBC Go Electric Ve-
hicle charger rebate programme. The company plans to establish 96
Join the Global Concrete further stations at 30 sites in British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba and
group on LinkedIn. Saskatchewan. It says that the electric vehicle charging network will
enable it to eliminate 188t of CO2 emissions by 2028.

Denmark: COBOD International secures investment from Holcim
S witzerland-based Holcim has made an investment in 3D concrete

printer supplier COBOD International. Holcim hopes that the invest-
ment will help it to further expand its TectorPrint 3D printing concrete
range. Holcim and COBOD International’s collaboration dates to 2019,
since which time the partners have 3D printed windmill tower bases in
Denmark, a school in Malawi and a housing development in Kenya.
Holcim’s head of global research and development Edelio Bermejo said
“At Holcim, we are continuously expanding our range of building solutions
to build better with less, working to improve living standards for all in a
sustainable way. 3D concrete printing will help us meet these goals.”
India: Betolar launches Geoprime concrete products China: CBMA patents

3D printing method
F inland-based Betolar has launched its first concrete products manufac-
tured using Geoprime on the Indian market. Geoprime is an additive
designed for use in cement-free concrete production with ash and ground C hina Building Materials
Academy (CBMA) has
granulated blast furnace slag (GGBFS). The new concrete product range patented a new 3D printing
consists of precast blocks, paving slabs and tiles, and went on display at method which uses short re-
World of Concrete India in Mumbai, Maharashtra, in mid-October 2022. bars to reinforce printed layers.
Betolar’s India managing director Abhishek Bhattacharya said “We are The developer says that this
happy to introduce our first products to our customers for the Indian mar- ensures structural strength
kets. We have now moved from laboratory tests into the production phase, without the disruption other-
and can show concretely how well this solution works.” He added “Decar- wise caused to 3D printing by
bonisation of the concrete industry is a very current and important topic.” the long rebars of conventional
building skeletons.
CBMA said that “An inverted
Guatemala: Cementos Progreso operating COBOD U-shaped or inverted L-shaped
3D printer in Guatemala short rebar is vertically inserted
into the cement slurry layer,
C ementos Progreso has entered into a partnership with 3D printer

supplier COBOD. The cement producer has opened its new
Innovation and Development Centre in Guatemala to contribute to the
wherein the bending mecha-
nism comprises two bending
members, separately disposed
development of the construction printing industry in Central and South on two sides of a clamp.”
America. The centre is equipped with a COBOD 3D printer, which Cemen-
tos Progreso plans to use in housing projects which are currently in the 3D
modelling phase.
Cementos Progreso industrial designer Emanuel Ovalle said “We are ex-
cited about the possibilities that additive manufacturing opens. With this
technology, we can build new things and transform the reality in which
we live.”
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Austria: PERI and STRABAG 3D print office building concrete?
P ERI and STRABAG have used a COBOD 3D printer to successfully build

Europe’s first 3D printed office building in Hausleiten, Lower Austria.
PERI board member for innovation and marketing Thomas Imbacher
said “The building in Hausleiten is a milestone for STRABAG, for PERI, for all
involved. We are convinced that 3D printing of buildings will be part of the
future of construction, as this technology offers solutions for challenges that
are currently occupying our industry: digitalisation, efficiency, shortage Join the Global Concrete
of skilled workers and much more.” group on LinkedIn.

Croatia: Cemex supplies Vertua concrete for key new bridge
C emex has supplied 37,000t of cement for the

construction of the new Pelješac Bridge on the
Dalmatian coast. The 2.4km-long bridge has con-
Cemex’s Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia
president Sergio Menendez said “Cemex has been
a proud contributor to the development of Croatia,
nected Southern Croatia to the rest of the country, and we are very pleased to participate in one of the
eliminating the need to cross in and out of Croatia largest infrastructure projects in the region. Our Ver-
via Bosnia & Herzegovina when travelling by land. tua products are designed to meet society’s demand
Almost all of the cement used in the project was for resilient and long-lasting buildings and infra-
Cemex’s Vertua brand reduced-CO2 cement product. structure, built with a lower carbon footprint.”
China: CRC looking to

offload concrete units
C hina Resources Cement

(CRC) plans to sell sub-
sidiaries CRC Changzhi and
China Resources Concrete
(Lucheng) for US$168m or
more. CRC Changzhi operates a
2Mt/yr cement plant in Chang-
zhi City, Shanxi Province.
Spain: EcoPact Prime range launched Both it and China Resources
Concrete (Lucheng) serve the
H olcim has introduced its EcoPact Prime concrete and mortar range,
following a strong reception in other European markets, including
Switzerland, Germany and France. The EcoPact Prime range is presented
Shanxi Province market.
as a sustainable portfolio of concrete and mortar products offering a 70% US: GCCA and ACI
reduction in CO2 compared to equivalents based on ordinary Portland ce-
agree to partnership
ment (OPC).
All the products in the EcoPact Prime range have their own Envi-
ronmental Product Declarations (EPD). They incorporate low-emission
cements, also from the EcoPlanet range, selected aggregates, additions
T he Global Cement and
Concrete Association
(GCCA) has signed an interna-
and special additives and use electrical energy generated from renewable tional partnership agreement
sources in their manufacture. with the American Concrete
The products are in- Institute (ACI). Under the
tended for the construction agreement, the partners will
of all structural elements, collaboratively develop and
including beams, walls, floors, disseminate information on
foundations or pillars, as well concrete production and its
as self-compacting structures, use in construction, with a view
those that need to drain and to advancing best practices in
those that need to exhibit par- sustainability.
Interested in ticular aesthetic qualities.
concrete?
Spain: Votorantim buys ready-mix units
V otorantim Cimentos Spain has completed its acquisition of Heidelberg

Materials’ businesses in the south of Spain. Under the deal, Votorantim
Cimentos Spain gains control of FYM’s 11 ready-mix concrete plants in
Andalusia, as well as three aggregates quarries and the 1.6Mt/yr Málaga
cement plant.
Join the Global Concrete Votorantim Cimentos Spain already operates a mortar plant and multi-
group on LinkedIn. ple concrete batching and aggregates plants across Andalusia, the Canary
Islands, Castile and León, Extremadura and Galicia.

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S tate-owned China National Building

16 Global Concrete: Top 40 Concrete Companies

Concrete volumes (Mm3)

Concrete price (US$/t)

2. China West Construction Group

O f the 26 Chinese provinces in which China

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U nlike China National Building Material, Ce-

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G ermany’s ancient university town of Heidel-

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R eady-mix concrete sales contributed US$5.49m

5. Holcim ready-mix concrete constituted over 50% of Holcim

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6. Shanghai Construction Group

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9. Siam Cement Group

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10. BBMG Corporation

11. Anhui Conch Cement

Company factfile:  Anhui Conch Cement

Company factfile: SRM Concrete

Company factfile: Anhui Conch Cement

Company factfile: Buzzi Unicem

Company factfile: Vicat

Company factfile: Huaxin Cement

Company factfile: Votorantim Cimentos

Cementos Argos bought 200 new Company factfile: Cementos Argos

Company factfile: Taiheiyo Cement

Company factfile: Thomas Concrete Group

Company factfile: Summit Materials

Company factfile: Titan Group

2021 sales: US$3.47bnm (+1.1%).

Company factfile: Cementir Holding

130 of Vulcan Materials’ 173 ready-mix Company factfile: Vulcan Materials

Company factfile: UNACEM

Company factfile: OYAK Çimento

Breedon Group acquired assets Company factfile: Breedon Group

Cement giant UltraTech Cement Company factfile: UltraTech Cement

Company factfile: Colas

Al Kifah Ready-Mix and Blocks was Company factfile: Al Kifah Ready-

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Company factfile: Adani Group

Company factfile: Limak Holding

Company factfile: Çimsa Çimento