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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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

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 ...

Tajikistan: President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon has laid the foundation stone for the construction of a new cement plant in Kushanyan district. It will be the fourth cement plant to begin ...

Sampyo Cement is training AI on operating data from experienced workers in order to hand over some of the constant monitoring required by workers, according to Korea Biz Wire. Early applications have ...