Heidelberg Materials AG is a Germany-based building materials company. Its products are used for the construction of houses, traffic routes, commercial and industrial facilities. The Company's core activities include the production and distribution of cement and aggregates, the two essential raw materials for the production of concrete. It also offers services such as global trade in cement and coal by sea. The Company's business area are Sustainable products, Cement, Aggregates, Ready-Mixed Concrete and Asphalt. The Sustainable products includes using blast furnace slag and fly ash as secondary cementitious materials (SCM), co-processing of waste materials and concrete recycling. The Cement and the Aggregates focus on raw materials for concrete, namely cement and aggregates, such as sand, gravel and crushed rock. The Ready-Mixed Concrete and Asphalt includes the Company's ready-mixed concrete and asphalt activities.