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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The IEEE-IAS/ACA Cement Conference is the world's largest event for the cement industry, taking place annually in spring in the US (and occasionally in Canada). Here Global Cement gives the latest ...

India: Member of the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly Ardent Miller Basaiawmoit has called on the government to cancel an ...

India: Bangalore-based climate tech start-up CarbonStrong has raised US$1.3m in a seed round. The start-up turns industrial ...

Pakistan: Maple Leaf Cement reported sales of US$307m in the 2026 financial year, up by 24% year-on-year. Profit after tax grew to US$45.4m, up by 9% from first-half 2025 financial year levels.

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% ...

US: A fire reportedly caused the ‘loss’ of a kiln, along with electrical equipment, at Ash Grove's Durkee cement plant in Baker County, Oregon, in early August 2026. Local press has reported that ...

Pakistan: DG Khan Cement recorded sales of US$316m in Pakistan’s 2026 financial year, which ended on 30 June 2026. This corresponds to a rise of 11% year-on-year. Cost of sales also rose by 11%, to ...

France: Hoffmann Green Technologies has partnered with France-based CSBT Environnement, a company specialising in the recovery of scallop shells. The shells are byproducts of the fishing industry, and ...