Materials | Construction News https://www.constructionnews.co.uk Read UK Construction Industry News, Analysis, Opinion and data Wed, 07 May 2025 12:10:17 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0 https://cdn.ca.emap.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2023/07/favicon-cn192-70x70.png Materials | Construction News https://www.constructionnews.co.uk 32 32 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/wp-content/themes/mbm-mops-2017/images/logo.gif Construction News https://www.constructionnews.co.uk 125 75 Read UK Construction Industry News, Analysis, Opinion and data Tarmac expands Portland limestone cement supply following standards update https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/supply-chain/tarmac-expands-portland-limestone-cement-supply-following-standards-update-08-05-2025/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/supply-chain/tarmac-expands-portland-limestone-cement-supply-following-standards-update-08-05-2025/#respond Thu, 08 May 2025 06:00:20 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=519983 This story was written with AI assistance from Harmsworth Who is Harmsworth? Tarmac has expanded the availability of its Portland limestone cement (PLC) across England and Wales, after recent changes to national concrete standards enabled wider use of the lower-carbon material. The move follows an…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/supply-chain/tarmac-expands-portland-limestone-cement-supply-following-standards-update-08-05-2025/feed/ 0 Minerals ‘overlooked’ in key government strategies https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/cn-intelligence/materials/minerals-overlooked-in-key-government-strategies-13-03-2025/ Thu, 13 Mar 2025 11:07:24 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=516322 The Mineral Products Association (MPA) has criticised the government for being “disproportionately partisan” toward timber construction, despite fire safety concerns. In a statement, the body, which represents aggregates, concrete and associated industries, said that the government’s recently updated Timber in Construction Roadmap contained over-optimistic assumptions about…

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