CCAA congratulates Labor on winning Saturday’s NSW election and looks forward to working with the new government to ensure the effective supply of critical construction materials to support efficient transport, hospital and education infrastructure programs. Pleasingly, CCAA has built a solid relationship with the Minns Labor ministry while in opposition and we look forward to … Read more
Decarbonisation of the global economy is a major challenge that has been grasped by cement and concrete industries around the world as it plans for a net zero future, and making real progress is reliant on deep and ongoing collaboration across the construction supply chain. In line with the importance of collaboration, this week CCAA … Read more
CCAA cautiously welcomes the first Albanese Government Budget but warns that many key challenges have not been addressed. Despite some encouraging news in the Federal Budget around housing and infrastructure support, our Construction Materials Industry continues to face challenges around skilled labour shortages and rapidly escalating energy and input costs which are cause for serious … Read more
The QLD Resources Minister (Hon Scott Stewart MP) visited key quarries supporting building and infrastructure in South-East Queensland at an industry site visit on 27 September. In visiting Holcim’s Beenleigh and Boral’s Ormeau quarries, Minister Stewart was able to tour the operations, speak with site workers and gain a better understanding the critical role of … Read more
The peak body representing Australia’s heavy construction materials industry, Cement Concrete & Aggregates Australia (CCAA), has welcomed the Queensland Government’s State Budget handed down by Treasurer Cameron Dick, and has highlighted the central role played by the construction materials sector in supporting the Government’s vision for the State. CCAA CEO Ken Slattery said the sector … Read more
Cement Concrete and Aggregates Australia welcomes the Tasmanian 2022/23 Budget’s focus on further infrastructure investment of $5.6 billion. With a continued focus on sustainably building Tasmania, the Government continues to show leadership in delivering productive infrastructure while minimising debt and returning to surplus. While this is welcome news for the construction materials industry, the government … Read more
CCAA has welcomed measures announced in the 2022/23 Federal Budget that continues Australia’s economic recovery through infrastructure investment while addressing short term cost pressures through a temporary halving of the petrol excise. A further increase of $16 Billion in new infrastructure commitments across the nation assists the construction sector to maintain its central role to … Read more
CCAA, in representing the State’s construction materials sector, has welcomed the release of the draft Queensland Resources Industry Development Plan by the State Government, and the announcement of the development of a new “Fit-for-Purpose” Extractive Industry Assessment Framework for the quarry sector. The draft Plan sets out a 30-year vision for Queensland’s resources industry. Quarry … Read more
A new independent report titled ‘Decarbonisation Pathways for the Australian Cement and Concrete Sector’ released today confirms the Australian industry’s ambition of net zero carbon cement and concrete to Australian society by 2050 is achievable. VDZ was recently commissioned, based on its international research credentials, to undertake this study to better understand the technologies and … Read more
Australia’s cement and concrete industry has today declared its ambition to deliver net zero carbon cement and concrete to Australian society by 2050.In a statement released jointly by Cement, Concrete & Aggregates Australia (CCAA) and the Cement Industry Federation (CIF), the industry has committed to working towards decarbonising cement and concrete in the construction supply … Read more