US construction spending down for third consecutive month
Construction spending in the USA slipped by 0.1 per cent in July 2025, representing the third consecutive monthly decline, according to the American Cement Association (ACA).
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ACCC clears amended acquisition of BGC Cementitious by industry leaders
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has decided not to oppose the amended acquisition of BGC Cementitious (BGC) by Cement Australia , Holcim , Heidelb...
MPI successfully commissions NAS Cement Line 2 with Fives Pillard
Multipower International (MPI) has successfully commissioned Line 2 at the Najmat Al Samawa (NAS) Cement Factory, marking another milestone in its track record of engineering e...
Yura sells stake in Chile’s Cementos Bio Bio for US$100M
Peruvian company Yura, a subsidiary of Grupo Gloria, has sold its 19.71 per cent stake in Chilean cement producer Cementos Bio Bio (CBB) to Belgium’s Carmeuse Holding for mor...
Ultracem Guatemala launches 6500 PSI bag
Ultracem Cement Guatemala has unveiled its latest innovation, the 6500 PSI structural cement bag, the most resistant product in the local market, aimed at projects requiring ma...
New sustainable building material from palm biomass launched
UAE-based DesertBoard has developed palm strand board (PSB), a new sustainable building material from regenerated date palm biomass. The company launched the new material at the...
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 attribut...
Myanmar cement market stabilises after earthquakes
The Myanmar Cement Manufacturers Association (MCMA) held its fourth coordination meeting of 2025 at the Ministry of Industry’s office in Nay Pyi Taw on 9 September, addressing ...
Malaysian cement prices edge up in August
The Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) reported mixed trends in building materials for August 2025, with cement prices inching higher while steel costs fell on an annual ...
Dangote Cement’s chairman sets out expansion and growth strategy
Emmanuel Ikazoboh, newly appointed chairman of Dangote Cement Plc , has unveiled a five-point agenda designed to strengthen governance, accelerate innovation, and drive long-t...
Thatta Cement approves PKR5.5bn Sukuk for expansion
Thatta Cement Co Ltd (THCCL) has approved issuing a PKR5.5bn (US$19.3m) Sukuk, including a PKR500m green shoe option, to support growth initiatives. In a notice to the Pakist...
Islami Bank to auction Aramit Cement assets
Islami Bank Bangladesh PLC has moved to recover BDT588.930m (US$48.3m) in defaulted loans from Aramit Cement PLC by auctioning its mortgaged assets. The country’s largest pri...
Thai Cement Manufacturers Association wins Ministry award
Thai Cement Manufacturers Association (TCMA) has received the 2025 Outstanding Trade Association Award from the Ministry of Commerce for the third consecutive year, recognising...
Turning waste concrete and CO2 into a binder
In July, Heidelberg Materials switched on the first continuous-mode enforced carbonation reactor at its Górazdze cement plant in Poland, developed under the EU’s Carbon4Mineral...
Mibau Steam orders two self-unloading bulk carriers
Denmark-based construction materials supplier Mibau Stema Group has ordered two self-unloading bulk carriers from China's CSSC Chengxi Shipyard.
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. Ba...
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 organisatio...
Atlas Metals signs GBP1bn deal to secure pozzolan reserves
Atlas Metals Group plc has entered into a conditional agreement to acquire Universal Pozzolanic Silica Alumina Ltd (UPSA) in an all-share deal valued at GBP1bn (US$1.35bn). If ...
IKN reaches key milestones in cooler replacement project
IKN is advancing its satellite clinker cooler replacement project at Fábrica Els Monjos , part of Group Cementos Portland Valderrivas . The project includes the installation ...
Soukari Group seals cement export deal with Libya
Algeria has signed a major cement supply deal with Libya as part of a wider package of trade deals concluded during the Intra-African Trade Fair, with total contracts signe...
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