Taiwan cement producers report mixed revenues through August
Taiwanese cement producers, Southeast Cement Co and Universal Cement Corp have posted contrasting revenue trends in their latest financial disclosures. Southeast Cement repo...
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Martin Marietta strengthens leadership with SOAR 2030
Martin Marietta has unveiled SOAR 2030, a five-year strategic plan to strengthen its leading aggregates-based building materials business amid industry growth forecasts. The glo...
Quang Ninh Cement achieves double certification win
Quang Ninh Cement Co’s Lam Thach plant in Halong Bay region, northern Vietnam, is the first cement plant in the country’s cement industry to have received both CE and NF certif...
Nigeria's MSM Group to build 12Mta plant in Kebbi
MSM Group, led by chairman Muazzam Mairawani, has announced plans to construct a state-of-the-art cement plant in Kebbi State costing about NGN900bn (US$600m) per phase, markin...
Morocco’s cement dispatches up 10% in 8M25
According to the cement producers’ association, APC, Moroccan cement demand increased 6.5 per cent YoY to 1,347,858t in August 2025 when compared with August 2024, when 1,265,1...
Kohat Cement posts strong FY25 earnings despite lower sales
Kohat Cement Co Ltd (KOHC) has reported robust financial results for the fiscal year ending June 2025, with annual earnings rising 30 per cent year-on-year to PKR11.575bn (US$4...
Cemex UK launches reusable pallet system
Cemex UK has announced a pioneering partnership with The Pallet LOOP to introduce reusable pallets for its bagged cement products, marking a first in the UK cement sector. ...
CRH agrees to sell Farrans to Sisk
CRH has reached an agreement with Ireland-based construction company Risk to sell building and civil engineering contractor Farrans Construction, based in Northern Ireland.
Argentina’s cement market expands 8% in 8M25
Argentinian cement consumption slipped 0.4 per cent YoY and 0.2 per cent MoM to 886,079t in August 2025 from 889,908t in August 2024 and 887,586t in July 2025, according to the...
Security personnel killed in BUA Cement truck ambush
BUA Group has strongly condemned a deadly ambush on 5 September near its cement facility in Okpella, Edo State. The incident claimed the lives of eight Nigeria Security and C...
Vedanta top bidder for debt-ridden JAL
Vedanta Group has emerged as the top bidder for debt-laden Jaiprakash Associates Ltd ( JAL ), offering INR125.1bn (US$1.5bn) in a challenge auction held on 5 September. The bid...
Confidence Cement to divest Dhaka subsidiary
Confidence Cement has announced plans to sell its entire stake in its Dhaka-based subsidiary, Confidence Cement Dhaka Ltd, to its sister company, Confidence Power Holdings Lt...
Al Jouf Cement names new CEO
Al Jouf Cement Co has announced the appointment of Engineer Samir Mohammed Al-Rehaili as its new Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately following a board resolution o...
India's GST reduced to ease construction costs
India's Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council has announced it will reduce tax rates on essential building materials to bring down total project costs for developers and homebuye...
Rate cuts put pressure on Indian cement industry
India’s Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council, the federal body that decides indirect tax rates, has cut the levy on cement from 28 per cent to 18 per cent under the new GST 2.0...
Supreme court orders relocation of cement and other industries
Nepal’s Supreme Court has ordered the relocation of industries surrounding Lumbini, the birthplace of Gautam Buddha, in a landmark ruling aimed at protecting the UNESCO World H...
Egyptian Government curbs cement price hikes
Egypt’s government has stepped in to stabilise the cement market after months of soaring prices, with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Transport Kamel El-Wazi...
Tanga Cement refinances
Tanga Cement Plc has secured a 16-month moratorium on loan repayments from its majority shareholder Heidelberg Materials AG, providing the loss-making firm with vital breathing...
Plasma kiln order for European cement producer
PyroGenesis Inc, a high-tech company specialising in all-electric plasma processes and sustainable solutions for heavy industry, has signed a US$871,000 contract with a Europea...
Lafarge Africa unveils low-carbon ready-mix concrete
Lafarge Africa has launched Nigeria's first low-carbon ready-mix concrete (RMC), EcoCrete, as part of the company's commitment to supply more sustainable building materials and ...
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