Heidelberg Materials Bangladesh sees 47% profit drop in 1H25
Heidelberg Materials Bangladesh posted a 6.4 per cent decline in first-half sales to BDT7.692bn (US$62.9m) in 2025 from BDT8.219bn in the 1H24. The company’s net profit fell 47...
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Pakistan starts FY25-26 with robust cement dispatches
Pakistan’s cement industry has made a strong start to the new financial year (FY25-26), with dispatches in July 2025 expected to post double-digit growth, according to estimate...
Cement carriers face decarbonisation challenge
UK-based startup Seabound recently caught the eye with the news that its ship carbon capture technology has been installed onboard the cement carrier UBC Cork. The patented sys...
Cemex reports 6% revenue decrease in 1H25
Cemex posted a five per cent decline in sales to US$4126m in the 2Q25 from US$4357m in the 2Q24. On a like-for-like (LfL) basis the decrease was four per cent. Operating EB...
Spain's cement market expands 14% in June
Cement consumption in Spain increased 6.5 per cent to 7.76Mt in the January-June 2025 period, according to Oficemen, the Spanish cement association. June delivered a particular...
Cimpor installs Pyrorotor combustion chamber at Alhandra plant
Cimpor has completed the installation of a new Pyrorotor combustion chamber at its Alhandra production centre in Portugal, marking a major milestone in the modernisation of...
Deccan Cements up for sale
JK Lakshmi Cement and Chettinad Cement are bidding to acquire Telangana-based Deccan Cements , India’s The Economic Times has reported. Deccan Cements, which is expecte...
MOU signed to advance graphene-enhanced concrete in India
TACC Ltd, an innovation-driven venture of the LNJ Bhilwara Group, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with India’s National Council for Cement and Building Materials...
USG Supramax rates pushed up across all routes
The USG Supramax freight market sentiment remained positive in June. Increased demand for grains and petcoke cargoes was observed, helping shipowners to insist on considerable ...
Caterpillar and Luck Stone celebrate 1Mt at Bull Run Quarry
Caterpillar and Luck Stone, producer of crushed stone and sand and gravel, have announced a significant milestone in their continued collaboration: 1Mt of autonomously hauled ag...
Breedon sees 7% revenue uptick but pretax profit down
UK-based Breedon Group plc reported a seven per cent increase in revenue in the 1H25 to GBP815.9m (US$1106.8m) from GBP764.6m in the 1H24, thanks to the acquisition of Lionma...
UltraTech Reddipalayam to host CCU testbed
UltraTech Cement 's Reddipalayam plant in Ariyalur district, Tamil Nadu, has been selected as the site for one of five locations in India to host a pioneering carbon capture...
Dalmia Bharat posts 1Q results as expansion plans await Jaiprakash outcome
Dalmia Bharat has reported a 173 per cent rise in net profit to INR3.95bn (US$45.72m) in the 1QFY25-26, compared INR1.45bn in the YoY period. The year-ago period included ...
Lafarge Africa reports record revenue for 2Q25
Nigeria-based Lafarge Africa Plc has recorded sales revenue of NGN268.63bn (US$175.51m) for the second quarter of FY25, a 70 per cent increase on the NGN157.80bn for the YoY ...
Northern Region Cement launches Syria's first white cement plant
Saudi-Arabian cement producer Northern Region Cement Co has announced the inauguration of the Al-Fayha Northern Cement plant in Syria, the country's first white cement plant....
Singapore to publish list of new construction decarbonisation roadmap
Singapore expects to publish in early 2026 a new list of technologies and best practices to guide building owners and developers in reducing the carbon footprint of their buildi...
Taiwan to impose five-year anti-dumping duty on Vietnamese cement
The Taiwanese Ministry of Finance's (MOF) customs administration says that it will impose an anti-dumping duty on Portland cement and clinker from Vietnam for five years beginn...
UltraTech Cement plans 29Mta capacity expansion
UltraTech Cement plans to add 29Mta of grey cement capacity across India by the end of FY26-27, increasing its total domestic capacity to 212.2Mta. As per the company’s in...
GCC net sales edge up in 2Q but net profit drops
Grupo Cementos Chihuahua (GCC) reported net sales of US$363.9m in the second quarter of 2025, representing a one per cent uptick when compared with the 2Q24, when sales reach...
Hanil Cement to merge with Hanil Hyundai Cement
Hanil Cement Co Ltd has announced it will merge with Hanil Hyundai Cement Co Ltd. The merger will see the combined company with pro-forma sales of KRW1.74trn in 2024 become...
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