Holcim’s Tilbury Cement Works has begun importing cementitious materials via a deep‑water berth at the Port of Tilbury, using a new ship‑to‑shore conveyor, enclosed belt conveyors and the UK’s first 30,000‑tonne cement dome silo to feed six loading heads and five weighbridges. A vertical roller mill due in late 2026 will grind GBFS and recycled concrete fines to produce GGBFS and blended cements, with ECOPlanet and ECOPlanet with ECOCycle products scheduled for early 2027. The site has been built using circular practices, reusing 25,000m³ of crushed concrete and 10,000 tonnes of reclaimed asphalt.

ALLU’s specialised Asphalt Recycling Bucket, designed for attachment to heavy-duty excavators and wheel loaders, screens and crushes cold-milled asphalt and reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) in a single pass to produce reusable aggregate on site. Developed over six years by the Finnish manufacturer founded in 1985, the bucket targets waste and recycling applications where mobile plants are impractical or uneconomic. For road contractors and pavement recyclers, the unit reduces haulage of millings, supports higher RAP contents in new mixes, and enables small-batch, on-demand processing at the jobfront.

China Baowu and Rio Tinto have completed industrial-scale pelletisation and hydrogen-based shaft furnace trials at Baoshan Iron & Steel’s Zhanjiang operations using Rio Tinto’s Pilbara Blend fines. The campaign tested direct reduction-grade pellets in a shaft furnace charged with hydrogen-rich gas, aiming to validate lower-carbon ironmaking routes compatible with existing Baowu infrastructure. Results will inform process design for future DR-grade pellet plants and potential retrofits of blast furnace–basic oxygen furnace lines in China’s coastal steel hubs.