Risk of UK cement offshoring is growing, warns MPA
CO 2 emissions generated by the UK concrete and cement sector are now 63 per cent lower than 1990 levels, driven by a combination of continued decarbonisation efforts by manufac...
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Ukraine’s Supreme Court backs CRH’s EUR100m cement plant acquisition
The Supreme Court of Ukraine has upheld the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine’s (AMCU) approval of CRH’s acquisition of two cement plants from Italy’s Buzzi for EUR100m, dismiss...
US$70m Chegutu Cement plant nears completion
Construction of a US$70m cement plant in Chegutu, Zimbabwe, by Chinese investor Shuntai Investment Pvt Ltd is progressing steadily, with production scheduled to begin early next...
Sumitomo Osaka Cement to acquire 15% stake in Philcement
Japan’s Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co Ltd will acquire a 15 per cent stake in Philcement Corp, parent company Phinma Corp announced in a disclosure to the stock exchange. The agreeme...
Cement leaders open FICEM 2025 with call for sustainability
The 2025 FICEM (Inter-American Cement Federation) Technical Conference opened in Lima, Peru, on 15 September with a united call from industry leaders and policymakers to advance...
Birla Corp to raise capacity to 27.6Mta
Birla Corp Ltd, part of the M P Birla Group, is planning to raise its production capacity to 27.6Mta by 2028-29 through the addition of new clinker and grinding plants, Chairman...
Brazil’s cement market contracts in August
Cement sales in Brazil slipped 2.5 per cent to 6Mt in August 2025 from 6.154Mt in August 2024, according to the country’s cement association, SNIC. The association attributed th...
Cemtech Live Webinar: Advancements in Low Clinker Cements
Cemtech Live Webinar: Advancements in Low Clinker Cements 05 November 2025, 14:00 UK (GMT) As the cement industry pushes towards a greener future, reducing clinker content is on...
Disappointing 1H25 for Indonesian cement
Cement sales in Indonesia amounted to 5.014Mt in June, a drop of 6.3 per cent YoY compared to the 5.353Mt reported a year earlier, according to the Asosiasi Semen Indonesia. Bag...
Ricardo de Pablos elected as new president of Oficemen
Ricardo de Pablos, CEO of Holcim España , has been unanimously elected president of Oficemen, the association representing Spain’s cement manufacturers, during the organisation’...