Aalborg Portland Malaysia launches D-Carb® product
Following the decarbonisation strategy of Cementir group, Aalborg Portland Malaysia , a subsidiary of Cementir group in Malaysia, launches, under D-Carb ® family, CEM II/A-LL...
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ACC and Ambuja Cements have net-zero targets validated by SBTi
Ambuja Cements and ACC ( Adani group ) have achieved a landmark sustainability milestone as the leading two Indian cement companies amongst peers to have their net-zero tar...
North Korean cement plants undergoing expansion
North Korea’s state news agency, KCNA, reports that the country’s North Hwanghae province is making advances towards self-sufficiency by expanding the p roduction capacitie...
Heidelberg Materials launches milestone carbon capture plant at Brevik
On 18 June 2025 HRH Crown Prince Haakon of Norway inaugurated the carbon capture facility at Heidelberg Materials’ Brevik plant in southern Norway. The event, held in the prese...
Ecocem secures French technical assessment for ACT low-carbon cement
Ecocem has obtained a Technical Evaluation of Products and Materials (Evaluation Technique de Produits et Matériaux, or ETPM) in the French market for ACT1, the first version o...
Turkish experts assess Syrian cement factories
As part of efforts to strengthen economic cooperation between Syria and Turkey, a delegation representing several Turkish companies specialising in cement production visited Sy...
Schwenk Zement International still pondering Nambian market exit
Schwenk Zement International GmbH & Co KG, is still desperate to exit Namibia barely 10 years after investing in a state-of-the-art factory, according to local press reports. ...
Filipino cement importers express opposition to safeguard measures
Cement importers in the Philippines have responded to concerns about influx of foreign cement, saying that it has not significantly harmed the local industry, during the ongoi...
Iraq to expand cement capacity to 52Mta
The Iraqi Ministry of Industry and Minerals is developing a plan to set up new cement factories with a production capacity of 52Mta. The spokesperson for the Ministry of Ind...
Norway approves Northern Lights CCS expansion
The Norwegian government has approved plans for the second stage expansion of the Northern Lights carbon capture and storage (CCS) project. The expansion will increase th...
Cemex to expand solar power farms in Europe
Cemex ’s Central Europe Materials division is developing its focus on renewable energy, providing both environmental and financial benefits. Since 2023, the company's solar in...
Royalty issues challenge cement manufacturers in Pakistan
Cement manufacturers in Pakistan are currently grappling with royalty-related challenges, particularly in Punjab, where many production facilities are located. In this context,...
Afrimat CEO criticises slow pace of Lafarge merger approvals
Afrimat CEO, Andries van Heerden, has criticised the delays in the approval of his company’s acquisition of Lafarge South Africa in a letter to shareholders. The Competit...
FLSmidth to sell corporate headquarter buildings
FLSmidth has entered into a share purchase agreement to sell its Valley headquarters in Denmark. The collectively ‘the buying party’ Nrep and AG Gruppen will dispose all shares...
Metrocem launches new product
Metrocem in Bangladesh has launched a new environment-friendly product called ‘Metrocem Special’. Managing Director of Metrocem Cement Ltd Muhammad Shahid Ullaah unveiled the n...
Weak first quarter for US cement
Total shipments of Portland and blended cement, including imports, in the US and Puerto Rico amounted to 8.070Mt in March 2025, up 1.3 per cent YoY from the 7.962Mt recorded in...
Kenyan firm Bamburi paid KES27bn in fees to former owner
Bamburi Cement Co Ltd paid its former controlling shareholder Lafarge (part of Holcim ) a total of KES27.2bn (US$209m) for technical services in the 25 years to Decembe...
Australian researchers make low-grade clay cement discovery
Engineers at RMIT University in Australia have been able to transform low-grade clay into a high-performance cement supplement, opening a potential new market in sustainable c...
Filipino cement producers warn of dying local industry
Only 53 per cent of cement production capacity in the Philippines is currently in use, a public hearing of the country’s Tariff Commission was told yesterday. Reinier Dizon...
Kant Cement completes its expansion project
The Kant Cement plant in Kyrgyzstan has commissioned a new production line. The expansion project was completed by Triumph Engineering and funded by the Eurasian Development ...
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