Concrete production heads into record territory

Concrete production heads into record territory
Staff reporters
New Zealand’s ready-mix concrete production hit a record 1.2 million cubic metres for the June quarter, up 6% on a seasonally adjusted basis over the prior three months, according to Stats NZ.That helped push total concrete production for the past year up 16% to 4.5m cubic metres, with construction activity in Auckland accounting for 1.6m cubic metres of that. The biggest jump came from regional North Island, which climbed by a third to 762,000 cubic metres. Ready-mix, alongside cement and aggregates, is considered a barometer of the...