Tanzania targets regional cement production to ease supply pressures
The Tanzanian government is encouraging the construction of cement plants in underserved regions as it seeks to improve domestic availability and curb rising cement prices. Prim...
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Colombia sees 4% decline in July cement dispatches
Colombian cement market contracted by 3.8 per cent to 1.158Mt in July 2026 from 1.204Mt in July 2025, according to the country’s statistics office, DANE. Bagged cement dispatche...
Asia's concrete boom puts pressure on sustainable sand and gravel supply
The study, published this week, found that global demand for sand and gravel has more than doubled since 2000, with more than 80 per cent of current demand originating in Asia. ...
Peruvian cement dispatches advance 9% in July
Cement deliveries in Peru increased nine per cent YoY to 1.194Mt in July 2026 from 1.096Mt in July 2025, reports ASOCEM, the country’s cement association. Of the total, 1.056Mt ...
Cement deliveries in Morocco up 2% in July
Morocco’s cement market expanded by 1.9 per cent YoY to 1,424,351t in July 2026 from 1,398,062t, according to the country’s cement association, APC. In the first seven months of...
US cement shipments up 6.6% YoY in 1Q26
Total shipments of Portland and blended cement, including imports, in the US and Puerto Rico amounted to 8.502Mt in March 2026, up 5.1 per cent YoY from the 8.092Mt recorded in ...
July cement deliveries increase 2% in Brazil
In July 2025 cement dispatches in Brazil edged up by 2.4 per cent to 6.233Mt from 6.084Mt in July 2024, reports SNIC in its latest release of monthly cement statistics. While sa...
Argentina’s cement market contracts 8% in July
Cement consumption in Argentina declined 8.1 per cent to 815,974t in July 2026 when compared with 887,586t in July 2025, according to the country’s cement association, AFCP. How...
Colombian cement market expands 9% in June
Cement dispatches in Colombia advanced 8.9 per cent to 1.062Mt in June 2026 from 0.975Mt in June 2025, according to DANE, the national statistics agency. The upswing was seen pa...
Puerto Rican cement deliveries see 1% uptick in June
Cement dispatches edged up one per cent YoY to 58,110t in June 2026 from 57,553t in in June 2025, according to the Puerto Rican Department of Economic Development and Commerce. ...