All quiet in the energy markets in July
July was a quiet month in the energy markets as geopolitical developments in the Middle East cooled slightly. Freight rates slipped from highs. Brent oil fell below US$70/b...
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UNICON signs AI truck optimisation agreement with INFORM
Peru-based Union de Concreteras (UNICON), part of the UNACEM group, has signed an agreement with INFORM to enhance the efficiency and performance of its truck fleet.
Molins and TITAN acquire 80% in Baupartner
Molins and TITAN have formed a joint venture to acquire an 80 per cent stake in Baupartner, a leading precast concrete solutions provider in southeastern Europe.
Dangote to launch Côte d'Ivoire plant in 3Q25
Dangote Cement Plc has announced plans to commission its 3Mta grinding plant in Côte d’Ivoire by the 3Q25. The facility, will bolster the company’s regional cement product...
Pakistan records a significant growth in value and quantity in FY24-25
Pakistan experienced a significant increase in both the value and quantity of cement and clinker exports in the just-concluded fiscal year of 2025. Official data from the Paki...
Taiheiyo Cement Corp launches AI-powered ship allocation system
Tokyo-based Taiheiyo Cement Corp has completed development of a ship allocation system utilising AI technology provided by GRID Inc with the aim of improving efficiency and str...
Umm Al Qura Cement sees 31% profit drop in 1H
Saudi Arabia-based Umm Al Qura Cement Co reported a 6.7 per cent decline in revenues to SAR62.07m (US$16.55m) in the second quarter of 2025 from SAR66.51m in the 2Q24. Th...
Moroccan cement market expands 18% in July
Cement deliveries in Morocco increased by 17.7 per cent to 1.4Mt in July 2025 when compared with July 2024, when they reached 1.1Mt, according to the country’s Ministry of Nati...
CRH begins CCU in Canada
This week, Ash Grove (CRH Group) broke ground on its Carbon 1 project with Carbon Upcycling, at the Mississauga cement plant in Ontario, Canada. This initiative will combine ca...
Colombian cement market sees 2% growth in June
Cement dispatches in Colombia saw a 1.8 per cent YoY uptick to 0.96Mt in June 2025 from 0.943Mt in the year-ago period, according to the country's statistics office, DANE. ...
City Cement to assess position after CMA reject application to acquire Umm Al Qura Cement
Saudi Arabia’s City Cement Co has had its plans to acquire 100 per cent of the shares held by Umm Al Qura Cement Co (UACC) via a share swap arrangement put on hold. The Cap...
Ambuja Cements reports record-breaking 1Q revenue
Ambuja Cements , part of the Adani group and the world’s ninth-largest building materials company, has begun FY25-26 on a high note, posting its strongest quarterly results ...
Arabian Cement sees profits fall to SAR44.1m in 1H25
Arabian Cement Co has recorded net profits worth SAR44.1m (US$11.76m) in the 1H25, down 46.9 per cent YoY, compared to SAR83.1m in 1H24. At the end of June 2025, revenues tot...
Paraguay's INC increases sales by 28%
Paraguay-based Industria Nacional de Cemento (INC) delivered 9.9m bags of cement in the July 2024-June 2025 period, showing 28 per cent growth when compared with the equivale...
Redecam carries out upgrades in Nigeria
Redecam has successfully completed work at two Nigerian cement plants. During the recent plant shutdowns in collaboration with Lafarge Africa PLC , Redecam has been making upg...
Recycled glass as stabiliser in construction
A study by the University of Portsmouth, UK, has tested the potential for using recycled glass as a stabilising agent in construction. Other participants in the study included t...
Heidelberg Materials performs strongly in 2Q25
Heidelberg Materials has delivered excellent results in the 2Q25, in what the company describes as a "persistently challenging market environment". The company increased ...
Titan 1H sales edge up but net profit drops
Titan sales edged by 0.4 per cent to EUR1.329bn in the first half of 2025 from EUR1.323bn in the 1H24. The company attributed the increase to a strong performance in the USA, G...
Molins reports 9% decrease in 1H net profit
Molins posted a revenue of EUR659m (US$754.4m) for the first half of 2025, down five per cent YoY as takings were affected by the depreciation of the Mexican and Argentinian ...
Vicat reports consolidated sales of EUR1885m in 1H25
Vicat reported 1H25 net sales fell 2.7 per cent as reported and 0.2 per cent like-for-like (LfL) due to a slowdown in USA, India and Africa. Consolidated sales totalled EUR18...
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