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 ...

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 ...