News Nearly half of companies say they’d pay more for greener steel and concrete Close to 50% of companies around the world say they’d pay a premium for lower-emission steel and concrete.
News Australia warns of $3bn ore slump as China’s boom reverses Australia’s economic policy chief, Treasurer Jim Chalmers, has warned that falling iron ore prices linked to a major slowdown in China’s construction output could lead to a A$3bn hole in…
News See the printed floor cassette researchers say could replace concrete, steel Researchers at the University of Maine have released images of the 3D-printed, natural-material floor cassette they say is strong enough to replace steel-and-concrete floors in multi-storey buildings. The university worked…
Innovation New printed wood floor cassette can replace concrete and steel, say researchers Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and the University of Maine have unveiled a 3D-printed, recyclable, natural-material floor cassette they say is strong enough…
News Vinci lands role on Germany’s first hydrogen-powered steel factory Vinci subsidiary Cobra IS has won a €74m contract for piping and mechanical works on a major hydrogen-powered steel plant Thyssenkrupp is building in Duisburg, Germany. Cobra IS was picked…
News Making Ukraine’s steel sector green would give $77bn boost, Oxford researchers say Researchers from the University of Oxford say rebuilding Ukraine’s steel sector as a zero-emissions one would generate $77bn extra gross value added (GVA) over 20 years compared to restoring the…
News Fluor wins role on Sweden’s hydrogen powered steel mill Texas engineer Fluor has been selected to fill engineering, procurement and construction management roles at a hydrogen-powered steelworks in northern Sweden. Work on the H2 Green Steel site in Boden…
Perspectives Is timber better for climate than steel and concrete? It’s actually not that simple Contrary to common belief, it’s a big oversimplification to say “material X is more sustainable than material Y”, our research suggests. It was conducted using a state-of-the-art, AI-powered conceptual design…
News Bouygues, Peikko join to promote “steel concrete” method for nuclear Finnish Peikko Group, a supplier of specialist steel and concrete structures, has signed a contract to work with French contractor Bouygues Travaux Publics to develop a “steel concrete” construction method…
Innovation What next, printed steel? Well, yes … The Politecnico di Milano is leading an international consortium developing metal 3D printing techniques to help construction save energy and cut waste. The consortium, “ConstructAdd”, believes that printing customised components…
News Rebar giant SteelAsia plans $2bn factory in the Philippines Philippines rebar giant SteelAsia and China’s BaoSteel will join forces to build a $2bn factory in the Philippines capable of producing 3 million tons of molten steel, the company said.…
News Norway’s Blastr aims to build €4bn green steel plant in Finland Norwegian company Blastr Green Steel plans to invest €4bn in a Finnish steel mill with an integrated hydrogen production facility, the Bloomberg news agency reports. Blastr signed a letter of…
Innovation Cargo ships to get steel sails to cut fuel and emissions Marine tech companies will next year start putting steel sails, called “WindWings”, on cargo ships to cut down on fuel consumption and emissions. Bar Technologies and Yara Marine Technologies will…
News Quiet Vietnamese province to get $2.6bn ‘premier league’ steel mill and port The relatively quiet Vietnamese province of Binh Dinh will experience heavy industry now that its government has approved a $2.2bn steel plant, complete with its own dedicated port, the VNExpress…
