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Bolivian cement market contracts 6% in August 2026
Cement consumption in Bolivia declined 5.6 per cent YoY to 302,903t in August 2026 from 320,998t in August 2025, according to the Bolivian institute for statistics, INE. In...
Senegal’s cement consumption up 10% in July 2026
Cement consumption in Senegal increased by 10.4 per cent YoY to 0.753Mt in July 2026 from 0.682Mt in July 2025, according to data published by the Ministry of Economics’ econom...
JSW Cement awards 10-year electric-truck contract
India’s JSW Cement has entered into a 10-year agreement with Paradeep Parivahan Ltd and JSW Eco-Mobility for the deployment of 100 electric trucks. The vehicles will ...
Irish red-mud binder moves to industrial trials
Researchers at Trinity College Dublin, working with Gannon Eco and McGrath Quarries, have advanced geopolymer concrete incorporating bauxite-refining residue from laboratory d...
Nuada selected for EUR14.6m carbon-capture support
Belfast-based carbon-capture technology developer Nuada has been selected for EUR14.6m in EU Innovation Fund support for its SCALA project in France. The project will dep...
USG Supramax market shows higher rates on all routes
The USG Supramax freight market showed elevated activity, with improved rates across all trades. The segment seemed to be in a good place as the US grain season started and fur...
Heidelberg Materials installs first Sizewell C concrete batching plant
Heidelberg Materials UK has installed the first on-site concrete batching plant at the Sizewell C nuclear power station project in east Suffolk, where it is supplying specialist...
Colombian cement market expands 3% in August
Cement consumption in Colombia saw a 2.9 per cent uptick to 1.130Mt in August 2026 from 1.099Mt in August 2025, following its decline in July, according to DANE, the national ...
Heidelberg Materials pauses GeZero CCS project
Heidelberg Materials has paused its GeZero carbon capture and storage (CCS) project at Geseke, Germany, citing uncertainty over CO2 transport and storage infrastructure and t...
Holcim raises earnings outlook after stronger third quarter
Holcim has raised its full-year earnings guidance following stronger third-quarter results, with recurring EBIT increasing 16.8 per cent year on year to CHF976m (US$1.19bn). ...
Kohat Cement to commission coal plant in 2QFY27
Kohat Cement Company Ltd (KOHC) expects to commission its coal-fired power plant in 2QFY27, aiming to improve energy efficiency and reduce operating costs, management said at...
Molins Ventures makes first investments
Molins has completed the first transactions through its corporate venture capital arm, Molins Ventures, with a direct investment in Methanol Reformer and an investment commit...
EUA trading in very narrow range – awaiting news from ETS revision, moves driven by gas price
The EUA market has moved in a very tight range of EUR82-87 during the last month, due to lack of actionable news as the EU ETS revision is just in its start phase and will like...
Spanish 8M cement demand growth slows
Spain’s cement consumption increased by 4.7 per cent YoY to 11.02Mt in the first eight months of 2026, according to the latest cement statistics released by Oficemen. Growth mo...
Brazil’s cement demand declines 6% in September
Cement consumption in Brazil fell 5.7 per cent YoY to 5.743Mt in September 2026 when compared with September 2025, when 6.088Mt was sold in the domestic market, according to Br...
Swiss government backs cement carbon-border levy
Switzerland’s Federal Council has recommended parliamentary approval of a proposed CBAM for cement imports, while calling for an import-volume trigger before charges apply. ...
Lucky Cement upbeat on FY27 demand; expands renewable energy footprint
Lucky Cement expects domestic cement demand to improve in FY27 on the back of housing incentives, infrastructure development and lower financing costs, according to AHL Resea...
Cemvision selected for EU grant for Latvian plant
Sweden-based Cemvision has been selected for an EU Innovation Fund grant of up to EUR27.5m to support its first commercial-scale cement plant in Ventspils, western Latvia. ...
Molins CCS project selected for EU funding
Molins’ Mosusol-NetCO 2 carbon-capture project at Sant Vicenç dels Horts , near Barcelona, Spain, has been selected for funding under the EU Innovation Fund’s Net-Zero Techno...
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