BUA Cement to increase production to 20Mt
Nigeria’s BUA Cement has announced plans to expand its production to 20Mta with the establishment of a 3Mt plant in Ososo, Edo state. Abdul Samad Rabiu, chairman of the bo...
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Heidelberg Materials’ Bosnia operations post 10% net profit increase
Bosnia-based Heidelberg Materials Cement BiH reported a seven per cent increase in revenue to BAM91.6m (US$55m) in the January-June 2025 period when compared with the year-ag...
CNBM announces CNY1.35bn profit forecast
China National Building Material Co (CNBM) has announced a significant turnaround in its financial performance for the 1H25, expecting an unaudited profit of approximately CNY13...
Eco Material Technologies CEO named EY 2025 Entrepreneur of the Year
Grant Quasha, CEO of USA-based Eco Material Technologies, has been named EY's 2025 Entrepreneur Of The Year® for the Mountain West Region. Now in its 40th year, the Entrepreneu...
Cementos Pacasmayo 2Q revenue up 6%
Peruvian cement producer Cementos Pacasmayo reported a 5.9 per cent uptick in revenue to PEN484.1m (US$136.1m) in the second quarter of 2025, when compared with PEN457.1m in ...
UltraTech Cement reports consolidated net sales of INR201,400m in 1QFY26
UltraTech Cement Ltd has reported consolidated net sales at INR210,400m (US$2.43bn) in the 1QFY26, versus INR186,260m over the corresponding period of the previous year. Pro...
Sagar Cements reports turnaround in 1Q25
Sagar Cement reports that its revenue from operations increased by 19.6 per cent to INR5.60bn (US$68.83m) in the 1QFY25-26, supported by strong price hikes in India’s souther...
ADOCEM rejects AF bill amendment
The Dominican Association of Portland Cement Producers (ADOCEM) has rejected the article in the draft amendment to Law No 225-20 on the Comprehensive Management and Co-processi...
India Cements sees loss in 1QFY25-26
The India Cements Ltd , part of UltraTech Cement Ltd , reported a revenue from operations of INR10.25bn (US$118.7m) for the quarter ended 30 June 2025 (1QFY25-26), representi...
China’s sees 400-fold increase in exports to Kyrgyzstan
In June 2025 Kyrgyzstan saw surging imports of Chinese Portland cement as there was an almost 400-fold increase in volume when compared with June 2024. Data from the Genera...
Malaysian building materials sector sees mixed price trends in June
Malaysia’s building material sector experienced mixed price movements in June 2025, with a slight decrease in steel prices across most regions, while cement saw a marginal incre...
Els Monjos plant overview
Located in Santa Margarida i els Monjos, west of Barcelona, the “Els Monjos” plant has been in operation since 1902 and is part of the Cementos Portland Valderrivas Group, a co...
JK Cement 1QFY25-26 net profit jumps 66%
JK Cement reported stand-alone net profit of INR2.35bn for the quarter ended 30 June 2025 as compared to INR2.03bn in the same period last year, registering YoY growth of 65....
Shiva Cement reports 1Q net loss of INR302.8m
Shiva Cement , part of JSW Cement , posted a 9.3 per cent increase in net revenue to INR1.056bn (US$12.2m) in the April-June 2025 quarter (1QFY25-26) when compared with INR96...
Landmark reached for CI4C project
The modular version of the Carbon Purification Unit (CPU) has been modified and installed for the catch4climate (CI4C) project at Schwenk Zement 's Mergelstetten cement plant....
Middle East war and tariff to drive oil and coal prices up – petcoke stable
It has been another month dominated by geopolitics, most prominently the conflict between Israel and Iran. The bombing and missile exchanges led to a jump in oil prices before ...
CTP completes San Miguel pollution control order
CTP Team has successfully designed and delivered an air emissions control system and a heat exchanger to the Calatagan plant ( San Miguel ), a greenfield cement project buil...
China steel sees biggest fall in 10 months
China’s crude steel production has seen its largest decline in 10 months. Output fell 9.2 per cent YoY to 83.2Mt, reports Bloomberg.
US defunds carbon capture
Last week's announcement from the National Carbon Capture Center (NCCC) in the USA, that it is now pilot-scale testing a promising new capture technology developed by KC8 Captu...
Bolivian cement production stable in May
Output by Bolivia's cement producers remained stable in May 2025, edging up by 0.4 per cent to 338,536t from 337,131t in May 2024, according to data from the country's National...
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