Blue Phoenix, an international producer of sustainable secondary aggregates, has signed a three‑year agreement with digital reuse platform MukAway, signalling a shift from traditional waste logistics into online materials trading. The deal will channel incinerator bottom ash and other secondary aggregates through MukAway’s marketplace, matching surplus materials from energy‑from‑waste and recycling plants with nearby construction and infrastructure projects. For contractors and geotechnical designers, this could increase availability and traceability of certified recycled aggregates, supporting specification of lower‑carbon sub‑base and fill materials where local standards permit.

Materials supplier BRCK Group reported full-year revenue to 31 March 2026 up 1.3% to £645.4m, with adjusted pre-tax profit rising 4.9% to £38.3m despite gross profit margins edging down from 19.1% to 18.9% amid price pressure and weak housebuilding. Growth was driven by an 8.8% increase in its design & install division after restructuring into two core units: distribution and design & install. The group completed the acquisition of H S Jackson & Son fencing post year-end, signalling continued diversification and capacity for further bolt-on deals.

CATL has acquired a 20% stake and board seat in New Zealand-based CarbonScape, positioning itself as industrialisation partner for the company’s forestry by-product–derived “biographite” anode material. CarbonScape’s process converts renewable feedstock from major forestry suppliers into battery-grade graphite, targeting US and European lithium-ion supply chains that currently rely on oil-based feedstock for over 75% of graphite. A demonstration plant in Kotka, Finland, will build on an existing New Zealand pilot, with commercial-scale biographite production targeted by the end of the decade.