Holcim has launched a new calcined clay production line in Čížkovice that will enable it to produce 0.58Mt/yr of ECOPlanet low-carbon cement. It said that this cement has around 30% lower CO₂ ...

Dominican Republic-based Cemento Panam, a subsidiary of Grupo Estrella, has announced the acquisition of Cementos Fortaleza in El Salvador. The agreement includes the company’s plant in Acajutla, ...

Firstly, cement output fell by 9% year-on-year to 741Mt in the first half of 2026 from 815Mt in the first half of 2025. This isn’t the steepest rate of decline for the first half since 2020 with worse ...

UAE: The Fujairah Natural Resources Corporation (FNRC) and JSW Cement have signed a contract to build a new cement grinding unit in Al Tawyeen with a production capacity of 1.65Mt/yr. The project will ...

Jordan: Qatrana Cement has signed an agreement with the National Advanced Natural Gas Company to supply its Al-Qatrana cement plant with compressed natural gas. The move is part of an effort by the ...

Vietnam: Exports of cement and clinker rose in the first seven months of 2026, with the country exporting 22.5Mt of cement and clinker worth US$840m during the period, up by 13% in volume and 13% in ...

Australia: The CSL Group and Abri have commenced operations of MV Yampu, which they say is the world’s first battery-powered self-unloading bulk carrier. The vessel is 125m long and will transport ...

Japan: Japan-based cement producer Tokuyama has implemented ABB’s advanced process control technologies at its Nanyo plant. ABB’s Ability™ Expert Optimiser has enabled the control, stabilisation and ...

Kyrgyzstan: Since early 2026, Kyrgyzstan has been consuming approximately 0.7Mt/month of cement. This volume includes both domestic production and imports. The peak in cement demand occurred in April ...

Lebanon: Lebanon’s Minister of Industry Joe Issa El-Khoury has ordered an immediate investigation after a cement shipment entered the country through the port of Tripoli, without undergoing ...

China: Anhui Conch Cement’s sales fell by 11% year-on-year in the first half of 2026, to US$5.49m, RTT News has reported. As a result, group earnings almost halved, to US$336m – down by 48% ...

China: BBMG Jidong Cement Group reported US$1.43bn in sales in the first half of 2026, down by 18% year-on-year. Reuters News has reported that the producer recorded a net loss for the period of ...