Huaxin’s acquisition takes the competition to Dangote’s door
Last week Huaxin announced that it had completed the acquisition of Holcim’s 83.81 per cent stake Lafarge Africa , seemingly concluding a US$773m deal for Nigeria’s third-larg...
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Italian cement output struggling
Italian cement output dropped two per cent YoY in June, according to the latest data from Italian concrete association, Federbeton. This follows a two per cent YoY increase in ...
Heidelberg Materials to bring net-zero cement to Croatia and Bosnia Herzegovina
Branimir Muidža, Heidelberg Materials ' director in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and Croatia, has announced that the company’s pioneering net-zero carbon cement, evoZero ® , w...
Earnings down at Cementos Bio Bio as takeover deadline looms
Cementos Bio Bio (CBB) reported a sharp decline in earnings and revenues for 1H25, just one week before the close of a takeover bid by Belgian industrial minerals group Carme...
Libya starts work on US$600m cement plant
Officials in western Libya have laid the foundation stone for a new US$600m cement plant in Nalut, marking a major investment in the country’s industrial sector. The faci...
Shree Digvijay Cement Co considers strategic alliance with Hi-Bond Cement
Shree Digvijay Cement Co Ltd (SDCCL) has announced that it is exploring a long-term strategic alliance with Hi-Bond Cement (India) (Hi-Bond). As part of this initiative...
Heracles Group to install 6.5MW solar power station at Milaki plant
Heracles Group ( Holcim ) is moving forward with the operation of the new solar power station at the Milaki cement plant , with a power of 6.5MW and more than 11,000 state-of...
Kenyan cement industry reports strong 1H25
Kenya’s cement industry registered its fastest half-year expansion since 2023, with production rising 17.3 per cent in 1H25, official data shows. Output climbed to 4.85Mt from ...
Brett Martin and AmeriLux International create building materials JV
Construction materials supplier Brett Martin, based in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, has formed American Polycarbonate Co (AMC) with US-based plastic sheets producer AmeriLux...
ACA warns of muted US homebuilding outlook for 1H26
The American Cement Association (ACA) expects homebuilding activity in the United States to remain subdued until at least the first half of 2026, as high mortgage rates, stretc...
Portcemen SA: a pillar of Catalan cement logistics
Operating since 1975, Portcemen SA is a specialised dry bulk terminal located in the heart of the Port of Barcelona. Established through a joint venture betwee...
UK cement production plummets to 75-year low
UK cement production has dropped to its lowest level since 1950, according to new figures from the Mineral Products Association (MPA), raising serious concerns about the futur...
JSW posts big 1Q25 loss despite strong performance
JSW Cement reported a sharp increase in consolidated losses for the June quarter, driven by a one-time accounting expense related to the conversion of preference shares. The ...
Trump administration threatens green transition in USA
A Trump administration decision to cancel US$1bn in federal grants for low-emissions cement projects has sparked backlash in Republican strongholds and cast doubt on America’s...
Pakistan's dispatches rise 12% in August 2025
Pakistan’s cement industry continued its upward momentum in August 2025, with total dispatches reaching 3.846 Mt, marking a 12.45 per cent increase compared to 3.421Mt in Augu...
Energy increasingly pinch point in Asia-Pacific construction
Construction projects in Asia-Pacific are increasingly affected by energy constraints, according to a report by Linesight.
Domestic demand and exports powering Vietnam cement growth
Cement dispatches in Vietnam increased by 18 per cent YoY to 6.588Mt in July 2025, according to the Vietnam National Cement Association (VNCA). Of this total, VICEM delivered 1...
Huaxin Cement plans overseas spin-off
Huaxin Cement announced it is considering restructuring its overseas assets into a new subsidiary with the intention of listing it on an international stock exchange. The move ...
Polish cement industry pushes for government action on CCS
Poland’s cement producers are urging the government to designate a company responsible for building carbon capture and storage (CCS) infrastructure, warning that billions in pr...
Bolivia’s cement market contracts 4% in June
Bolivian cement sales declined 3.7 per cent to 306,714t in June 2025 from 319,041t in June 2024, according to Bolivia’s statistics agency, INE. In the first half of 2025, ce...
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