Independent: Building projects could go to the wall as material costs leap by 20 per cent Housebuilders and construction companies are to be hit by massive price rises on key building materials - with staples such as cement and asphalt potentially jumping by as much as one fifth. Blaming spiralling energy and raw material costs, supply heavyweights Hanson, Cemex, Aggregate Industries and the Tarmac Group are telling customers to expect price hikes of between 10 per cent and 20 per cent on such materials as asphalt, mortar products, concrete and cement from 1 January.
