Attock Cement Pakistan received offers to sell its 84.06% shares
According to the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX), Attock Cement Pakistan Ltd (ACPL) has garnered significant interest from investors wishing to acquire 84.06 per cent (115,526...
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Polish competition office searches six cement company offices
The Polish Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) has started proceedings and ordered searches at six cement and concrete producers to investigate alleged price ...
Taiheiyo Cement announces blended cement export hub
Taiheiyo Cement Corp has announced plans t o establish a new production and shipment facility of blended cement using classified fly ash as part of its carbon reduction strat...
Dominik von Achten is appointed new president of GCCA
Dominik von Achten, chairman of the Managing Board of Heidelberg Materials has been elected as the new president of the Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA), whose ...
PPC proclaims success in turnaround strategy
South African cement manufacturer PPC Ltd says that its ‘Awaken the Giant’ turnaround strategy has resulted in a step change in its p rofitability and cash generation, achiev...
Ohorongo Cement takeover speculation sparks Namibian monopoly fears
An at tempted takeover of Schwenk Namibia ( Ohorongo Cement ) by rival Whale Rock Cement is facing strong opposition from stakeholders who fear it could create a monopoly...
Cimsa to spend EUR18m at Buñol
Cimsa Cementos España, a subsidiary of the Turkey-based Sabanci group, plans to invest EUR12.55m this year and EUR5.43m next year in its Buñol plant in Valencia, Spain. The i...
Holcim buys Canada’s Langley Concrete
Holcim has acquired the operations of Canadian precast solutions provider Langley Concrete Group Inc. The deal will see the Switzerland-based building materials producer enter ...
Pakistan's cement capacity expands to 84.58Mta in FY24-25
Pakistan's cement production capacity has reached 84.58Mta for FY24-25, according to the Pakistan Economic Survey FY25, released by the Ministry of Finance (MoF) on 8 June. Th...
Moctezuma co-processes 36,000t of waste in 2024
Cemento Moctezuma SAB de CV , part of Molins , reported it had used 36,000t of waste as alternative fuel in its operations in 2024. In addition, it had generated more than 44...
Brazil’s cement market expands 5% in 5M25
Cement sales in Brazil increased by 6.5 per cent YoY in May 2025 to 5.736Mt from 5.387Mt, according to the country’s cement association, SNIC. Per business day, total sales imp...
Sublime Systems' US$87m grant cancelled by US DoE
Low-carbon cement developer Sublime Systems has lost a US$87m federal award issued last March, as part of the cuts announced by the Trump administration. The award ...
Lucky Cement reports 2% drop in 5M revenue
Taiwan-based Lucky Cement Co has posted a revenue of TWD388.571m (US$13m) in May 2025, down 10.8 per cent from TWD435.713m. In the first five months of 2025 the company r...
SCG reports US$301m in 1Q25 sales from Vietnam
Thailand-based Siam Cement Group (SCG) reported sales of VND7.77trn (US$301m) in Vietnam in the 1Q25, reflecting the country's importance as a key market for the Thai conglo...
JK Cement completes 60% stake acquisition of Saifco Cements
JK Cement said that it has acquired 60 per cent stake in Saifco Cements for total consideration of INR1497m (US$175m). Saifco Cements (Saifco) has an integrated unit wit...
UAE moves increasingly towards a low-carbon cement structure
The UAE is making significant strides in adopting decarbonisation technology for the cement industry. At COP28 in December 2023, the UAE Ministry of Advanced Technology announc...
Argentine cement market contracts 1% in May
Cement consumption in Argentina contracted one per cent YoY to 772,461t in May 2025 from 780,541t in May 2024, according to the country's cement association, AFCP. When compare...
Aliko Dangote claims Nigeria's cement sector has been transformed
Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man and president of the Dangote Group, says Nigeria’s has become the continent’s leading cement exporter thanks to strategic investments and i...
Uzbekistan’s cement production reached 4.32Mt in Jan-Apr 2025
Major enterprises in Uzbekistan produced 4.32Mt of Portland cement in the period from January to April 2025, more than 200,000t more than the same period last year, according ...
SpectraFlow wins Vicat order
SpectraFlow Analytics has won an order from Vicat Group (France) for two SpectraFlow Crossbelt Analyzers for its aggregates project related to the new Lyon-Turin high-spee...
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